If You Liked The Rainmaker, Watch These Next
Finished The Rainmaker (1997) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Rainmaker, most of them are drama, crime, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.The Pelican Brief(1993)
6.6ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
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.
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2.Roman J. Israel, Esq.(2017)
6.3DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
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 suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping…
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4.Cry of the City(1948)
6.7CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism.…
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5.Winged Creatures(2009)
5.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A…
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6.Just Mercy(2019)
7.8DramaCrimeHistoryAlso drama and crime
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
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7.Brute Force(1947)
7.3CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
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8.Changing Lanes(2002)
6.3ThrillerDramaAlso thriller and drama
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be…
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9.House of Strangers(1949)
7.0DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the…
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10.The Parts You Lose(2019)
6.7DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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11.Richard Jewell(2019)
7.4DramaHistoryCrimeAlso drama and crime
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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12.The Seven-Ups(1973)
6.4ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso thriller and crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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13.Riot in Cell Block 11(1954)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
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14.Islands(2025)
6.2ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso thriller and drama
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband…
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15.Limbo(2023)
6.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case.
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16.Witness for the Prosecution(1957)
8.2DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and crime
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
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17.Killer's Kiss(1955)
6.3ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced…
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18.The Enforcer(1951)
7.1DramaThrillerAlso drama and thriller
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
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19.No Way Out(1950)
6.9DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
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20.The Independent(2022)
6.5ThrillerMysteryCrimeAlso thriller and crime
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made, an idealistic young journalist teams up with her idol, legendary journalist Nick Booker, to uncover a…
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