Movies like Silent Partner
If Silent Partner's mix of race politics, moral conflict and lawyer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Silent Partner's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Rainmaker
1997 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 135 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer · Also drama and thriller
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.
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · Directed by Dan Gilroy · 122 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer · Also drama and thriller
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.
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Just Mercy
2019 · Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
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…
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Marshall
2017 · Directed by Reginald Hudlin · 118 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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...And Justice for All
1979 · Directed by Norman Jewison · 119 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.