Popular Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 173

Yuni

2021

Yuni

2021
6.8
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
Older Man, Younger Woman

2023

Older Man, Younger Woman

2023
Donavan Jackson, a founding partner at his law firm and legal professor at an esteemed college. Kiara Crockett, a beautiful, young lady with a tremendous future ahead of her. Without looking they find each other. She sees him as the strong, protective, kind man she has always desired and wished she had. In her, he sees and is reminded of the purity of love that he had at one time with his wife.
A Gun for Jennifer

1997

A Gun for Jennifer

1997
5.9
A woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.
Rob Roy

1995

Rob Roy

1995
6.7
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
House of D

2004

House of D

2004
6.3
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
Detours

2016

Detours

2016
4.7
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Nerve

2013

Nerve

2013
4.8
Jakob Evans suffers an emotional breakdown after the death of his wife in a car accident. His loss and pain runs deep as he claims to have found her in bed with another man just before she died. Unable to accept her death and her infidelity, Jakob decides his only chance at closure is to find the man she was sleeping with to help him comprehend what they shared. With the help of Grace, a promiscuous and troubled girl, Jakob starts to put together the pieces of the puzzle and track down his wife's lover.
The Loveless

1984

The Loveless

1984
5.7
Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.
Hell and Mr Fudge

2012

Hell and Mr Fudge

2012
Hell and Mr. Fudge is an 2012 American drama film directed by Jeff Wood and written by Brian Phillip Stoddard. Based on a true story, the film stars Mackenzie Astin as Edward Fudge, an Alabama preacher who has been hired to determine the existence of hell.
In the Middle of the River

2018

In the Middle of the River

2018
6
Led to believe his abusive grandfather is responsible for his sister's recent death, Gabriel returns to his humble home in rural New Mexico. Yearning to protect his family, he swears to secretly kill his grandfather, yet at the critical moment, his plan is foiled and the two men are forced to spend the day together. Both war veterans, they begin talking about their traumatic experiences. Gabriel realizes the world is not as black and white as he once thought it was. Slowly, he is forced to take responsibility for his own role in the family crisis.
A Thousand Men and a Baby

1997

A Thousand Men and a Baby

1997
5
An American soldier finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster. The aircraft's crew welcomed him enthusiastically to provide necessary medical care, but the Korean authorities want to avoid calling the commander to let him in an orphanage. Telefilm based on a true story that occurred in 1953.
My Family and Other Animals

2005

My Family and Other Animals

2005
6.3
Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu.
Christmas Grace

2014

Christmas Grace

2014
3.8
Rival toy store owners compete over several Christmas seasons, and God's grace goes to work in their lives.
Mr. Nice

2010

Mr. Nice

2010
6.1
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
Landfall (1734—1987—2018)

2019

Landfall (1734—1987—2018)

2019
After a surveyor goes missing while working on the southern coast of England, her successor begins to encounter strange phenomena. These experiences may either hold the key to this mystery, or simply deepen the frontier marshland's enigmas.
Moments in Spacetime

2020

Moments in Spacetime

2020
6
Macie (Patty Srisuwan), a Thai immigrant adopted into a North American family, must look after her dementia suffering grandfather (John Rhys-Davies). When she discovers that her birth mother may not have died in a tsunami fifteen years earlier, Macie teams up with grandfather to discover the truth about her past in order to decide which family means the most to her.
The Black Ball

2015

The Black Ball

2015
5.8
Married with a family and professionally successful, Vincent Ferreira has all he needs to be happy. Sensitive about his modest origins, he dreams of joining the local upmarket club attended by the town big wigs. But with each election, his bad luck prevents him from being admitted.
First Man into Space

1959

First Man into Space

1959
5
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
A Great North Christmas

2021

A Great North Christmas

2021
5.4
Caroline North is one of the LA's entertainment power-attorneys. She is beautiful, smart and aggressive type-A woman in her 30s. She is also a very lonely workaholic. Her best friends, Jackie and Samantha, decided to end Caroline's long streak of working weekends and lonely holidays by booking a surprise Christmas vacation for her in Prince George, Canada.
Edge of Extinction

2020

Edge of Extinction

2020
4.7
15 years after a global apocalypse, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and killing. One boy clings onto life in the desolate British countryside, where staying away from others has been key to his survival. But this self-imposed isolation comes to an abrupt end when he crosses paths with another group of survivors and faces an enemy far more savage than any of them could imagine.