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10 Best Movies Like Root

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

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#1
Twitches

Twitches

2005★ 6.7

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

Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry fr...

#2
Lights Out

Lights Out

2016★ 6.4

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

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother....

#3
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Root for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must ...

#4
Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986★ 6.0

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

The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily...

#5
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

2020★ 6.8

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

Lara Jean and Peter have just taken their romance from pretend to officially real when another recipient of one of her love letters enters the picture....

#6
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

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

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white wo...

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