Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 235

Shelter

2015

Shelter

2015
5
After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
The Wine of Summer

2013

The Wine of Summer

2013
5.6
A frustrated actor travels to Spain in search of a playwright, a trip that unexpectedly binds him to a group of five previously unconnected people.
I Am Alone

2015

I Am Alone

2015
4.8
An unknown virus begins to spread infecting the local population almost instantly, but footage found by the CDC of one man's survival may just help them find a cure.
Looking for Grace

2016

Looking for Grace

2016
5.8
When rebellious 16-year-old Grace takes off, her exasperated mum and dad enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must confront the realities of their changing relationship to one another, and to their daughter…
Civil Love

2012

Civil Love

2012
5.9
Rachel is a widow during the Civil War who holds the South responsible for her husband's death. When a wounded enemy soldier takes refuge in her barn, Rachel reluctantly helps him. As she gets to know him more, she realizes she must protect him from the dangerous men pursuing him, and discovers a courage she didn't know she had - the courage to love again.
Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel

2014

Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel

2014
5.3
Bertha Kinsky works as a governess in the Suttner household and has an affair with Arthur Suttner, the son of the house, who is a few years younger than her. When the affair is discovered, she is forced to leave the house and gets a job with Alfred Nobel. Nobel has become very rich thanks to the invention of dynamite. The somewhat reclusive Nobel and the prudent Bertha quickly take a liking to each other. But one day, Arthur Suttner appears on the doorstep, having broken with his family in order to marry Bertha. Bertha marries him and life drives the penniless couple to Russia, where they are confronted with the horrors of war. This experience turned Bertha von Suttner into a successful author on pacifism. She continued to cultivate a close friendship with Alfred Nobel. Nobel detested the war, but gradually realized that he could go down in the history books as a "warmonger" thanks to the invention of dynamite.
Track 143

2014

Track 143

2014
6.1
Olfat is raising her children in hardship. She has one daughter and one son called Yonos who works in Kerman copper mine. One day, she finds a note at home with this massage "My friends and I are going to enter the war as soldiers". After reading this note, Olfat and his friend's parents got worried about their sons. When operation Valfajr failed, they received news about Yonos's friend. Olfat is waiting for her son too. As she finds out that the Iraqi radio announces the Iranian captives' names, she ties a radio on her back and carries it everywhere.
Horse Camp

2015

Horse Camp

2015
7.5
What’s the matter with Kathy? She’s your typical 17 year-old girl in search of something more in her life. It seems the only place she is going to find it is at Horse Camp. Her father Luke recognizes that she’s got it in her blood, a sensibility in her being - she understands horses just as much as they understand her. But at Horse Camp there is much more to learn, not only about horses, but about people and the many challenges of friendship.
The Woman Who Sinned

1991

The Woman Who Sinned

1991
4.7
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.
Hasta Morir

1994

Hasta Morir

1994
4.8
A street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal
Shana: The Wolf's Music

2014

Shana: The Wolf's Music

2014
7.5
The First Nations girl Shana is a very gifted musician. But to bring her violin to sing, she must follow the wolf. Nino Jacusso has filmed this captivating coming-of-age drama with sensational beauty and spiritual tenderness.
Strike One

2014

Strike One

2014
5.1
Juan Garcia is a boy on the threshold of manhood living in a gang-controlled neighborhood. His role models could not be further apart: his older sister Angie, a single mom, struggling to gain a foothold in the white corporate world and his uncle Manny, an ex-gang member, who has fallen into an acting career playing gang bangers since his release from prison. With the future on his doorstep, Juan, like most boys, can only think of girls and is unaware of the judicial system's hard line stance against gang affiliation.
Hostages

1992

Hostages

1992
5.9
True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991
5.1
True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.
Yo

2015

Yo

2015
5.9
"Me" is a is a teenager in the body of an adult, a simple being of spirit. He lives and works at his mother's restaurant; "Me" loves his mom and he is loved by everyone, especially Elena, her friend of 11 years. "Me" detests Pady, the man who sleeps with his mother. Sometimes, "Me" sees shadows on people and he knows that means they are going to die.
Love and Action in Chicago

1999

Love and Action in Chicago

1999
4.7
Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a renegade drug cartel hit man -- leading to nothing but trouble. Complicating matters is Eddie's vow of celibacy and the fact that Lois is unaware of his murderous lifestyle.
The Last Riders

1992

The Last Riders

1992
4
When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
80,000 Suspects

1963

80,000 Suspects

1963
6.9
A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.
Criminal Justice

1990

Criminal Justice

1990
5.8
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Mercy Rule

2014

Mercy Rule

2014
3.5
Mercy Rule is a baseball adventure for the whole family, starring Kirk Cameron and his wife, Chelsea. Parents and kids alike will be inspired by the story of the Miller family as they learn life’s lessons of mercy, patience, sacrifice, legacy and trusting God. Co-starring Bas Rutten and comedian Tim Hawkins and written by bestselling author N.D. Wilson, Mercy Rule will teach your family what it means to be a "No Quit Family."