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10 Best Movies Like The Root of All Evil

If you loved The Root of All Evil, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Secrets We Keep

The Secrets We Keep

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Root of All Evil for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he comm...

#2
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Root of All Evil 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....

#3
Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Root of All Evil for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the ...

#4
House of Strangers

House of Strangers

1949★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Root of All Evil for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's ...

#5
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Root of All Evil for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#6
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Root of All Evil for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

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