Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 246

Jimmy

2013

Jimmy

2013
6.9
The story of a mentally challenged teenager who interacts with supernatural beings he calls "Watchers".
The Fear

2013

The Fear

2013
6.4
The Fear tells the story of Manuel, a boy in his teens who's always reluctant to talk about what happens at home: he's afraid of his father, who beats him often. However, one day he makes a decision about his future...
If... Dog... Rabbit

1999

If... Dog... Rabbit

1999
3.9
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Marquis de Sade

1996

Marquis de Sade

1996
3.4
Based on the true story of the notorious Marquis de Sade. In 18th century Paris, an innocent beauty's search for her missing sister leads her into the deadly sensuous realm of the infamous Marquis de Sade. Imprisoned for his sordid crimes, the Marquis likewise has the beauty morally trapped... for she must help him complete his banned book of lust, or never learn the fate of her sister. It becomes a test of wills and wit, as the Marquis attempts to convert her to his deviously sexual philosophy. When the Marquis escapes his prison, she must follow him to his remote chateau of sin to finally discover her sister's fate, and to face her own.
Badge of the Assassin

1985

Badge of the Assassin

1985
5.4
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.
The Runner

1999

The Runner

1999
5.1
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Morning

2013

Morning

2013
4.3
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark and Alice Munroe as they circle each other in a heart-breaking pas-de-deux of grief before finally coming to grips with their shared loss.
Have You Seen Lupita?

2012

Have You Seen Lupita?

2012
7.3
Lupita, a young mexican girl, runs away from her family who want to commit her into a hospital. She will start a journey that will take us into a world that seems crazier than she is. With her sensuality, innocence and romanticism, Lupita invites us to think that the world can be experienced in other ways.
This Matter of Marriage

1998

This Matter of Marriage

1998
4.1
Successful Hallie has it all - power, wealth, status - but she has no man in her life. Together with her friend Donnelee she goes out into the night to search for the right one. New lovers come and go without Hallie understand that true love is closer than she thinks - just across the street
Asylum

1997

Asylum

1997
4.3
Robert Patrick stars as a private investigator traumatized by his father's suicide who goes undercover in a mental institution to uncover the murderer of his psychiatrist.
To Brave Alaska

1996

To Brave Alaska

1996
5.2
True story of a yuppie couple's Alaskan trip turning into a wilderness survival struggle.
Jewel

2001

Jewel

2001
5.9
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996
7
Explores the life and work of the psychoanalytic theorist and activist Frantz Fanon who was born in Martinique, educated in Paris and worked in Algeria. Examines Fanon's theories of identity and race, and traces his involvement in the anti-colonial struggle in Algeria and throughout the world.
Abolition of Property

2013

Abolition of Property

2013
4.9
(In a dark basement) Norma hears the faint voice of Everio and her own, from an Ampex vintage tape recorder. They have been talking incessantly, and *oftentimes the taped conversations coincide with their *chats. The only thing troubling Norma is that until that day, she and Everio had never met and the last she heard was Everio strangling her.
Liars, Fires and Bears

2012

Liars, Fires and Bears

2012
4.2
The poignant story of nine-year old Eve, a street savvy orphan, who crosses paths with Dave, a man-child, accidentally on the run from the law. Dave embarks on a mission to help Eve reunite with her older brother, and consequently clear his name along the way.
An American Affair

1997

An American Affair

1997
3.1
Mutual friends Barbara and Genevieve are both sleeping with District Attorney Sam Brady. When they become aware of their bizzare love triangle, they plot against him.
Destiny Road

2012

Destiny Road

2012
8.1
Follows three different people and the curve balls that life throws at them. In the end they are all brought together by one common Destiny.
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory

1997

In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory

1997
4.8
Former marine and cop Jeff Erickson starts a new life after meeting his dream girl, Jill, running a bookshop, until they decide to become the modern Bonnie and Clyde. Learning on the job the hard way, Jeff becomes famous through media-coverage, despite his power-trip tendency to bully his victims which becomes worse when Jill is hospitalized. FBI agent Tom LaSalle, has a hard time eliminating suspects and following the trail through
Terry

2005

Terry

2005
5.2
"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario when he died, one month before his 23rd birthday yet his memories will live on forever in the hearts of Canadians everywhere.
Tricks of the Trade

1988

Tricks of the Trade

1988
3.3
After her picture perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Beverly Hills homemaker Catherine is devastated. But she doesn't spend too long mourning, because she's soon on a mission to put her husband's killer behind bars. To do so, she forms an unlikely partnership with Marla, the Hollywood hooker who serviced the deceased. Under Marla's guidance, the pair navigate the seedier side of Los Angeles to put this mystery to rest.