Movies Like The Roots
If you liked The Roots (2025), a drama and comedy movie directed by So Ji-in, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The World of Love (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and comedyJooin, a 17-year-old student confused by love, unleashes chaos with some words spoken in a moment of anger. Anonymous notes questioning her actions begin to arrive, altering her quiet life.
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Don't Think Twice (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaAn improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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An Irish Goodbye (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedyIn rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.
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The Foul King (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaDae-ho is a timid, unproductive, constantly harassed bank clerk. He starts secretly wrestling and adopts the persona of the cheating villain wrestler "The Foul King". He starts to stand up for himself but things soon…
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Twenty (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaA story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad.
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My Own Love Song (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
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Chloe and Theo (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We…
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Nothing in Common (1986)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyA successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
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Sunflower (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaTae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former…
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TalhotBlond (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
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Hooking Up (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaBailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…
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Fatherhood (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and comedyA widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
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Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
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A Better Tomorrow (2010)
★ 6/10Also dramaAn idealistic policeman must bring down his estranged older brother, now a powerful gangster in a South Korean port city.
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What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaIn New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
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Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAfter NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
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Ana (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyAna meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
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Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyA straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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Click & Collect (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyTo save his daughter's Christmas, Andrew goes on a road trip with Dev, his neighbour from hell, to buy an elusive Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess.