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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.

#1
Hands of a Murderer

Hands of a Murderer

1990★ 6.5

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

Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classif...

#2
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

1993★ 6.3

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

The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When t...

#3
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1970★ 7.0

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

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war....

#4
Clerks

Clerks

1994★ 7.4

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

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey ...

#5
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

2012★ 5.2

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

Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace so...

#6
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951★ 7.2

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

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country....