Popular Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 219

The Man of the Future

2019

The Man of the Future

2019
6.1
Michelsen, an older trucker who is lonely and sick, while traveling through Patagonia meets someone on the highway who reminds him of his daughter, whom he has not seen in years.
The Beautiful Beast

2013

The Beautiful Beast

2013
5.3
The classic Beauty and the Beast tale told with a twist! Isabelle is all beauty - on the outside. When she gets lost on a skiing vacation, she is helped by Jeremy, a man hiding from the world and his past. He's the first person to put Isabelle in her place, and Isabelle realizes she might be more beast than she wants to admit. Through Jeremy's influence she begins to change - and fall in love.
Reverse Angle

2009

Reverse Angle

2009
5.5
In the remote, sun soaked Pennsylvanian countryside, Ned Larson - a retired professor and reclusive inventor is killed in an explosion at his home. Soon after, small-time investigative journalist Eve Pretson crawls from the wreckage of a burnt out car nearby. She suffers a complete loss of memory - with no recollection of who she is or anything that preceded the accident. Weak and disorientated, she stops at a gas station for help, but instead witnesses the murder of a local mechanic. How are these events connected? In a desperate search for answers, Eve pieces together the scattered fragments of her life, becoming ever more fearful of all she uncovers.
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

2013

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

2013
6.8
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
La Cucina

2007

La Cucina

2007
4
A small group of amateur cooks and kitchen guests discover exactly why some refer to the kitchen as the "heart of the house".
Yellow

2006

Yellow

2006
4.6
Amaryllis Campos is a young, classically trained Puerto Rican ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Setting audiences afire with her erotic moves, Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club's hottest attraction, but must finally decide between true love and realizing her dream of becoming a star.
Asthma

2015

Asthma

2015
5.9
A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.
When Time Got Louder

2023

When Time Got Louder

2023
6.6
Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.
Radio On

1979

Radio On

1979
5.8
A London radio DJ receives news of his brother's suicide and travels west to Bristol to find out more.
American Bistro

2019

American Bistro

2019
5
A heartfelt adventure about a milquetoast accountant, Medor, whose perfect life is ruined when he discovers his wife having an affair with his boss. Having lost everything, he finds refuge in his estranged, deadbeat nephew and together, they chase his old, forgotten dream: opening a restaurant.
Two Rabbits

2012

Two Rabbits

2012
6.8
Edgar is a young upper-middle class man, close to completing 30 years old, he lives a full life crisis and is in a position common to the vast majority of Brazilians. On the one hand the power, represented by a corrupt state, abusive and absent in their taxes before their obligations. On the other, crime increasingly organized violence became a constant in the lives of citizens in large cities. Edgar responds to all this as a modern vigilante. With the help of ingredients such as technology, counter-information and manipulation, Edgar concocts a brilliant plan, using the greed of their opponents as the reason for its destruction. As the plot unfolds, we know more about the dark past of each character as Edgar fit the pieces together in an intriguing puzzle that makes up the film's plot.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

2010

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

2010
6.5
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Dreaming Grand Avenue

2020

Dreaming Grand Avenue

2020
6.5
Maggie and Jimmy have never met, but they keep showing up in each other’s dreams. As they navigate memories, traumas, hopes and desires in sleep and the waking world, they’ll discover the truth of their linked destiny with the help of a dream detective, a sleep scientist and the poet Walt Whitman himself.
A Horse Called Bear

2015

A Horse Called Bear

2015
8.8
After his mother unexpectedly dies, 17-year-old Ethan discovers he is the owner of his mother's horse - a horse he never even knew existed. He travels cross country to live with his grandparents and investigate the mystery. His grandmother is supportive but his angry grandfather Otto doesn't seem to want him around. Next door live three children who are taking riding lessons at the same farm where his mother's horse is boarded. Their lives intersect as Ethan deals with his grief over his mother's death and the children deal with a neighborhood bully whose father works at the horse farm. The journey for Ethan, Otto, the three children, the bully and her father all revolve around a gentle and faithful horse called Bear who deeply touches all their lives. This is a delightful redemption-themed family movie that will appeal to children, teens, horse-lovers and people of all ages.
Grace by Night

2024

Grace by Night

2024
6.7
After a tragedy, a man volunteers at a crisis hotline and meets a troubled teen. Together, they pursue hope through a high school wrestling dream.
One Life at a Time

2020

One Life at a Time

2020
4
Featuring Dean Cain and Luke Schroder, One Life at a Time highlights both the importance of awareness and the misconceptions of homelessness in West Michigan, in addition to having an historical nod to Mel Trotter.
Porcupine Lake

2017

Porcupine Lake

2017
5.2
During a hot and hazy summertime in northern Ontario, 13-year-old Bea wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets boisterous Kate, she gets more than she imagined. A story of bravery, small-town summer love, and the secret world of girls.
May-December-January

2022

May-December-January

2022
4.8
A story about Claire a single mom and a career woman. She is aware that her son is gay and accepts this wholeheartedly. What breaks her heart, though, is finding out that they are both in love with the same man.
Black Rose

2014

Black Rose

2014
2.8
A Russian Police Major is enlisted by the LAPD to help solve a series of gruesome murders perpetrated against young women by a sadistic sociopathic killer on the mean streets of Hollywood.
Outpost

2023

Outpost

2023
4.8
After a violent attack, a woman searches for strength in the solitude of a lookout job, but is overwhelmed by something darker.