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.
The Last Rifleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...
Emperor
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....
Field of Lost Shoes
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...
The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...
Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....
The Legend of Tomiris
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
This is the story of the life of the great queen of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scy...