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10 Best Movies Like A Civil Action

If you loved A Civil Action, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

2000★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Civil Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Civil Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Civil Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrapp...

#4
The Verdict

The Verdict

1982★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Civil Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by ser...

#5
Marshall

Marshall

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Civil Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases....

#6
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Civil Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

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