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10 Best Movies Like Tap Roots

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

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#1
4 for Texas

4 for Texas

1963★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tap Roots for fans of Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. O...

#2
The President's Lady

The President's Lady

1953★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tap Roots for fans of Drama & Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal ...

#3
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#4
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tap Roots for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary....

#5
King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes

1967★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tap Roots for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to ...

#6
White Hunter, Black Heart

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990★ 6.4

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

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually be...