
10 Best Movies Like Roots
If you loved Roots, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Cowboys
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit....

Mothers' Instinct
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paran...

Mrs Lowry & Son
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all ...

Celia
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
In 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play with the kids next do...

Tuesday
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird....

Remember Me
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who...