Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 144

The Wild Ride

1960

The Wild Ride

1960
5
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking.
Shadrach

1998

Shadrach

1998
5.7
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
Beauty and the Beast

2005

Beauty and the Beast

2005
5.1
Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed by his god Odin.
No Child of Mine

1997

No Child of Mine

1997
6.7
Thirteen-year-old Kerry is repeatedly sexually abused by several adults, including at one point her mother. Her father sets her up as a prostitute. Kerry finally calls Childline and is put in a safe house, where she tries to come to terms with what has been done to her. Based on a true story, with the names changed to protect the real Kerry's identity.
Second Chances

1998

Second Chances

1998
7.7
A little girl's physical and emotional reawakening after an accident claims her father and her spirit.
Sunday School Musical

2008

Sunday School Musical

2008
4.2
Two competing groups of high school students must rally together and enter a song and dance competition in order to save their church from closing.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971
7.3
It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. He is late, and Ma and the grandparents hear on the radio a report of a bus accident that worries them. Oldest son John-Boy must step up to help grandfather cut down a Christmas tree, and upon learning the concern about Daddy sets out to find him.
Follow the Stars Home

2001

Follow the Stars Home

2001
6.3
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad brother pulls his disappearing act. Mark walks out on wife Dianne after learning that the baby they're expecting has severe genetic abnormalities. Dianne is nonetheless determined to bear her child, with support from her mother and Mark's brother David, a pediatrician whose love for Dianne is unspoken but obvious. How do they cope with the challenges of raising this little girl named Julia?
Loved

1997

Loved

1997
4.2
After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage.
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America

2009

Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America

2009
4.9
On the coast of North America in AD 1007, two Norsemen are stranded when their expedition is attacked and they are left for dead. As they struggle to survive in the vast forests of the New World, their paths diverge as one pursues a spiritual quest and the other reverts to his primal instincts
A Christmas Romance

1994

A Christmas Romance

1994
5.8
A widowed mother with financial woes comes to the aid of a bill collector who crashes his car in a snowstorm.
Flying Lessons

2010

Flying Lessons

2010
5.9
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an Alzheimer's Disease patient who, in an opposing way, shares Sophie's struggle to remember.
City Beneath the Sea

1953

City Beneath the Sea

1953
5
Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.
Housewife, 49

2006

Housewife, 49

2006
6.3
Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her son Cliff leaves to join the troops - provoking a painful confrontation with her husband Will.
Painful Secrets

2000

Painful Secrets

2000
6.3
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing self-mutilation is very real, and this movie exposes the growing epidemic. It's a film you can't afford to miss.
The Black Pimpernel

2007

The Black Pimpernel

2007
5.3
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs

2007

Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs

2007
6.8
The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3,000 year old DNA of the mummies, which may lead to a cure for malaria.
Come Dance at My Wedding

2009

Come Dance at My Wedding

2009
6.4
Just a few weeks before her wedding, dance teacher Cyd Merriman comes face-to-face with the father she never knew. As they deal with the emotional repercussions of his return, they must decide together whether to sell the dance studio that has been in the family for generations to a real estate developer.
Pandemic

2009

Pandemic

2009
4.2
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
Rx (Simple Lies)

2005

Rx (Simple Lies)

2005
5.1
What is meant to be a weekend party across the border soon becomes a heartbreaking journey that tests the boundaries of companionship, romantic love and personal ethics.