Popular Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 249

The Rothschild Legacy

2021

The Rothschild Legacy

2021
8
The rags to immense riches story of the Rothschild family - from surviving the Jewish ghettos of WWII, to becoming one of the most powerful banking families in the world.
Beautiful

2000

Beautiful

2000
5.8
Determined to win the Miss American Miss pageant, Mona is ready to sacrifice anything and everything to guarantee herself the crown including her own daughter! She manages to persuade her best bud to raise the kid as her own (Miss AM can't be a mom), but just when this beauty-queen wannabe thinks her prize is in sight, she's surprised by a come-from-behind competitor. Love.
The Fatal Game

1996

The Fatal Game

1996
8.2
In 1994, New Zealand mountaineer, Mark Whetu, summitted Mt Everest with climbing partner and friend Mike Reinberger. However it was late in the day and after a freezing night on the summit, Whetu was faced with a terrible decision...to leave Reinberger or stay with him forever.
Where is Good?

2015

Where is Good?

2015
5.6
Hannah and Jonas Bailey are considered “Good People.” They are a happily-married, church-going couple who are trying to have a baby. As conservative, devout Christians they are also pro-life advocates. While Jonas is out of town on business, Hannah goes with her friend Jennifer to a small birthday party. The next morning, Hannah wakes up in a hotel room disoriented and confused about the details of the night before. Life is unpredictable and sometimes bad things happen to good people. Hannah and Jonas question "Where is Good?" while navigating through life's curve balls that have been thrown their way.
Turner Risk

2020

Turner Risk

2020
3.1
A topical yet timeless story about the parallel impacts of both bullying and friendship, Turner Risk focuses on a troubled young man who sets out to effectively reboot his world by clearing out all the negative forces in it.
Home Town Story

1951

Home Town Story

1951
4.6
Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle's newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people. Miss Martin works in the "Herald" newspaper office. When tragedy strikes, Blake must re-examine his views.
Sin condón

2013

Sin condón

2013
7
Take the Night

2022

Take the Night

2022
5.9
When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.
Final Heat

2024

Final Heat

2024
6
The married owners of a struggling functional fitness gym have the perfect plan to raise money: they’ll bring in the best athletes to compete in The Games to win the huge cash prize. They record everything documentary-style for the athletes to confess their secrets. As the team trains, egos clash, tempers flare, and a figure from the past threatens to destroy the team, the gym, and their lives.
I'm Not in Love

2021

I'm Not in Love

2021
Rob, in his late thirties, needs to decide if he wants to have a baby with his girlfriend Marta, but worries that he’s fallen out of love with her. He asks his seemingly unhappily married friends for advice, who all tell him that he won’t be able to do better so he might as well marry her. But when Rob eventually does propose to Marta, things don't go exactly to plan.
The Astronaut of God

2020

The Astronaut of God

2020
4.7
1962. The US Genesis 1491 space mission launches with a unique objective, based upon mankind's ongoing quest to seek answers to existential questions. It is the dawn of the Golden Age of Space exploration, and the possibilities seem limitless...
The Colors of Emily

2017

The Colors of Emily

2017
1
Kate Montgomery, an artist/art buyer, is searching for something missing in her life. However, when she discovers blind artist, Emily Burton, she's forced to re-examine her own twisted past - one painting at a time.
Across the Moon

1994

Across the Moon

1994
3.5
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison.
Dixieland

2015

Dixieland

2015
4.8
A young, recently-released and unpredictable ex-con with bad luck, and a sexy, listless girl-next-door with a troubled family, become trapped in a downward spiral of crime and obsessive love, as they try to ditch their dead-end town for a better life.
Fighting for Freedom

2013

Fighting for Freedom

2013
3.7
Two intertwined families, one American, one Mexican, and their fight to save three year old illegal Angelina from deportation.
El albañil

1975

El albañil

1975
6.4
Construction worker falls in love with a handicapped woman who aspires to a career as a singer.
A Nice Quiet Life

2018

A Nice Quiet Life

2018
3.9
Two college students fall in love one year before graduation and have bright futures ahead until one of them develops schizophrenia.
In a New York Minute

2019

In a New York Minute

2019
3.6
In A New York Minute follows three Asian women, each at a different stage in their life as they deal with their own personal struggles. Amy is haunted by a past breakup that has manifested into an eating disorder. Angel is caught between a loveless marriage with an older American businessman and a passionate affair with Chinese filmmaker. Nina moonlights as an escort as a way of supporting herself financially. As the story unfolds, the film reveals each character’s wants and desires is reflected in the other.
Childish Games

2012

Childish Games

2012
5.4
Daniel agrees to take Julia, the daughter of an old childhood friend who has just died, into his home.
Immigrant

2013

Immigrant

2013
"Immigrant" is the coming of age story of Daanyik, a nine year-old Russian boy, whose family immigrates to the United States in the late nineteen-seventies to pursue the American Dream. Daanyik's childhood of pencil drawings and toy soldier battles in Moscow is interrupted overnight as he is hurled into the harsh reality of adulthood in New York City. Upon losing his father Deema, Daanyik and his mother, Meela, are left poor, alone and helpless in a foreign land. Out of desperation for survival, Meela begins a relationship with Tolik, an abusive man that may have had a hand in Deema's death. Daanyik finds himself trapped in a precarious web of torment brought on by his new stepfather, a lecherous Rabbi and a neighborhood bully. Drawing becomes his only source of comfort and catharsis. As his battles grow fiercer, Daanyik, at the tender age of nine, is left to overcome insurmountable odds to save himself and his mother from complete destruction.