The Rainmaker

About The Rainmaker

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 scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

The Rainmaker is a 1997 crime thriller film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Released in November 1997, it runs 135 minutes.

Matt Damon appears as Rudy Baylor, Claire Danes as Kelly Riker, Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet, and Jon Voight as Leo F. Drummond. Written by Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Herr. Production companies include American Zoetrope and Douglas/Reuther Productions. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under court case, courtroom, legal thriller, and jurors. It streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus in the United States.

A Time to Kill, Anatomy of a Murder, and Primal Fear make useful companions to The Rainmaker, all filed under inspirational. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 1,555 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.