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10 Best Movies Like The Rainmaker

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

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#1
Love & Slaps

Love & Slaps

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rainmaker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A comedy about generational conflict between two parents who do not want to grow old and a seventeen year old daughter who wants to become an adult. During a weekend with some frie...

#2
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958★ 6.7

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

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the m...

#3
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rainmaker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever...

#4
Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

1994★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rainmaker for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldh...

#5
Come September

Come September

1961★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rainmaker for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has dec...

#6
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941★ 7.2

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

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to...