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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
Juror #2

Juror #2

2024★ 6.9

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

While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and ...

#2
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993★ 6.6

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

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed....

#3
Suspect

Suspect

1987★ 6.6

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

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender...

#4
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017★ 6.3

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

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel...

#5
Rampage

Rampage

1987★ 5.9

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

Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing agai...

#6
The Chamber

The Chamber

1996★ 6.0

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

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met....

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