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.
Tigertail
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....
Bastard Out of Carolina
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...
Sky
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....
Babylon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...
Parked
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred ...
Return
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Roots for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....