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10 Best Movies Like Just Mercy

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

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#1
Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It

1991★ 6.7

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

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's f...

#2
Juror #2

Juror #2

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mercy for fans of Drama. 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 ...

#3
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mercy for fans of Drama & Crime. 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 Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mercy for fans of Drama & Crime. 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....

#5
Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mercy for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader....

#6
Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mercy for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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, onl...

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