Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 156

The Kiss

1929

The Kiss

1929
6.3
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Joy Division

2006

Joy Division

2006
5
A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

2007

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

2007
6
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
The World Will Tremble

2025

The World Will Tremble

2025
6.7
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Der Schutzengel

2022

Der Schutzengel

2022
5.7
When a body is found floating inside a pond deep in the forest, Detective Paul Werner is faced with a mystery.
The Horla

2023

The Horla

2023
6
Damien and Nadia, 34, leave Paris with Chloé, their 8-year-old daughter, to settle in the provinces. Graphic designer for an events company, the first negotiated a full-time telework to follow his partner who has just been offered a position at the Rivière Research Institute where her friend and colleague Marion already works. The couple are expecting a child. But behind this new beginning hides a deaf threat that will soon implode the happiness of this seemingly perfect family.
The Greatest Inheritance

2022

The Greatest Inheritance

2022
5.5
Estranged siblings return home to bury their mother and claim their inheritance, only to discover that their deceased mother has hidden the deed to the entire estate somewhere on the property.
Downeast

2021

Downeast

2021
6.9
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame and Emma begins to uncover the web of lies the town has been keeping.
Cosmic Dawn

2022

Cosmic Dawn

2022
5.1
After witnessing the alien abduction of her mother as a child, Aurora joins the UFO cult "The Cosmic Dawn". At the cult's remote compound Aurora experiences miraculous revelations, and consciousness-expanding flowers but all isn't as it seems with the cult's leader, Elyse. Now moved on from the cult, Aurora is forced to confront her past and pursue the ultimate truth about The Cosmic Dawn.
Don't Read This on a Plane

2021

Don't Read This on a Plane

2021
5.1
As novelist Jovana Fey attempts to check into the first hotel of her 3-week European book tour, she learns that her publisher has gone bankrupt. Penniless and stranded, she decides to continue the tour regardless.
1982

2020

1982

2020
6.6
On the eve of an invasion in 1982 Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy at a mountain school is determined to express his feelings to a classmate. As tension builds across the country, the day takes an unexpected turn, reflecting the fragile line between innocence and conflict. Through a child's eyes, the film explores the impact of war, the power of love, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Astronaut

2019

Astronaut

2019
6.1
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
Those Who Remained

2019

Those Who Remained

2019
7.2
A man who lost his wife and daughter in the Holocaust and a girl who lost her parents meet. Knowing each other′s emptiness, they become like father and daughter. It is the beginning of a sad love that the world cannot accept.
Hearts and Bones

2019

Hearts and Bones

2019
6
A shell-shocked photojournalist, haunted by what he has witnessed on assignment in Africa, returns home on the eve of becoming a father. When one of his photographs threatens to destroy a Sudanese refugee's new life, the two men are reunited by nightmare events from the past.
The Gasoline Thieves

2019

The Gasoline Thieves

2019
6.5
Lalo is a fourteen year old teenager who, from an naive approach, gets involved in the underground world of the gas theft mafia while he's trying to make money to buy a gift for Ana and win her heart.
Good Kisser

2019

Good Kisser

2019
4.3
Jenna agrees to a sexy weekend fling with her materialistic girlfriend Kate and the worldly Mia, but as the night unfolds, Jenna notices strange details about each of them, as the love triangle starts to crack.
Miss Arizona

2018

Miss Arizona

2018
6
A former pageant queen embarks on an all-night adventure with four unlikely friends she meets at a women's shelter.
Empathy, Inc.

2018

Empathy, Inc.

2018
5.8
Desperate to get back on top, venture capitalist Joel meets Nicolaus and Lester, entrepreneurs seeking investors for Empathy, Inc., a virtual reality startup offering realistic and moving experiences for users by placing them in the lives of the less fortunate. Joel gets the startup its funds but soon discovers the tech's creators have a far more insidious agenda.
Paper Year

2018

Paper Year

2018
5.4
Young newlyweds encounter a series of challenges during the first year of their marriage.
Rockaway

2019

Rockaway

2019
6.7
Inspired by true events, a man recounts the summer of '94, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.