Popular Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 155

Long Weekend

2009

Long Weekend

2009
5.1
Peter and Carla, a couple whose marriage is faltering, decide to go on a camping weekend. When they become lost, the pair sets up camp on a remote beach that doesn't seem to be on any map. At first the trip is the romantic getaway they imagined – then slowly things begin to go wrong. After Peter disrespects the unspoiled habitat, it seems as if the surroundings are exacting revenge on the couple, as insects, animals, and then nature itself become the enemy.
The Boy

2014

The Boy

2014
Every day on his way to work, a man steals a look at a boy living in the neighborhood. He can't help gazing at the boy's beautiful face.
Aline

2021

Aline

2021
6.6
A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.
The Tunnel

2019

The Tunnel

2019
6.3
When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
The Desert Within

2008

The Desert Within

2008
5
To redeem himself from a great sin, a man dedicates himself to building a church.
Poor Boy's Game

2007

Poor Boy's Game

2007
5.5
Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home to the same violent and racist neighborhood that created him. At the other end of town, the black community still wants revenge. The instrument of justice will be Ossie Paris, a devastatingly talented boxer who challenges Donnie to a match; a match Donnie's family and peers won't let him refuse. George Carvery has waited nine years to avenge his son's fate at the hands of Donnie. When finally they meet face to face, however, both realize they share a similar desire to overcome the past.
Taboo 3: The Unforgettable Act

2021

Taboo 3: The Unforgettable Act

2021
3.3
When Devin finally meets his soap star birth mother, Rebecca, as an adult, feelings go beyond family love.
Music

2021

Music

2021
5.2
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon challenges whether it is Zu or Music who has a better view of the world, and that love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.
Carrie

2002

Carrie

2002
6.1
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
My One and Only

2009

My One and Only

2009
6.4
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
Inheritance

2017

Inheritance

2017
4.3
When Ryan mysteriously inherits a house from his biological father, a man he thought long dead, he and his pregnant fiancé travel to the property with high hopes for the future. But curiosity about his deceased father leads Ryan to uncover a dark family history...
The Elephant Man

1982

The Elephant Man

1982
5.6
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.
Operator

2015

Operator

2015
5
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives: save the city — or save their daughter.
The Box

2021

The Box

2021
4
A struggling actor is haunted by a recurring dream that he is trapped in a house surrounded by impenetrable mirrors.
Maudie

2016

Maudie

2016
7.7
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
Faith

2019

Faith

2019
1.7
A devout Evangelical Christian struggles with his faith and against the insistent pressures from his family and community after a sudden and unexpected tragedy.
How to Be

2008

How to Be

2008
4.8
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.
...First Do No Harm

1997

...First Do No Harm

1997
6.8
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital.
Chopin: Desire for Love

2002

Chopin: Desire for Love

2002
5.1
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over

2009
6.1
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.