Movies Similar to Roots

State of Grace(1990)

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael(1990)

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

Homecoming(2019)

Madde lives a hectic life in Stockholm. One day she receives a letter from her father Leif who wants her to come back to her childhood home. An intense weekend with her father changes her attitude to the rural area she left a long time ago.

Voyage to Cythera(1984)

An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things.

Long Day's Journey into Night(2018)

Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.

S.F.W.(1994)

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

Arsenal(1929)

A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.

Deadfall(2012)

A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.

Baby the Rain Must Fall(1965)

Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and kid. However, his abusive step-mother and his dependence on alcohol threaten to ruin his future.

Homeland(2005)

A mother and her son return to their home in Sylhet, Bangladesh after 15 years abroad and try to retrace their roots. Beginning with the death of the father of the family, the film proceeds with the central characters seeking a link to their lives.

A Stranger to Love(1996)

In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is suddenly attacked one night, he loses his memory, leading his family to believe that he is dead.

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo(1989)

Hilda Crane(1956)

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

Two Autumns in Paris(2019)

A striking political activist and refugee from Paraguay escapes to Paris and falls in love with a rich law student changing their lives forever. The beauty of their love is challenged by a fervent devotion to fighting for a cause. "Two Autumns in Paris" has won more than 130 awards and was the most awarded Venezuelan film of 2020. A historic examination of class, refugees, and political rebellion that subtly speaks in parallel to the world today. Its turbulent romance set with the background of the 'City of Love'.

Nudo Mixteco(2021)

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.

The Homecoming(1973)

In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and introduces the four men - father, uncle and two brothers - to his wife.

Goodbye to the Past(1961)

An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.

Swell Guy(1946)

Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true nature until a climatic redemption.

Ti ehoun na doun ta matia mou(1984)

Three friends reunite in Athens after struggling abroad. They think of a business idea but quickly realise that not everything goes as planned. When they reach out to a lawyer friend for help, they find that we are all on our own.

Crossing Bridges(2014)

After losing his job in Mumbai, Tashi is compelled to return to his village in the remote interiors of Arunachal Pradesh. Waiting for news of any new job in the city, he struggles to get accustomed to life in his native place.