Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 273

The First of May

1999

The First of May

1999
7
Cory is a foster child nobody wants. Carlota is an elderly woman the world has forgotten. Together, they find friendship and family when they join a traveling circus. Also features Mickey Rooney and Joe DiMaggio, in his last screen appearance.
Hard Time: The Premonition

1999

Hard Time: The Premonition

1999
5
Logan McQueen is an ex-cop serving a prison term for a bust that had gone awry. During his stint, he learns of a death row inmate that claims he can predict the details of the next violent act of a serial bomber. Once released from prison, Logan tries to find the identity of the bomber and stop him. His best course of action is agreeing to the inmate's request of a reunion with his estranged daughter before he is executed.
Expiration Date

2012

Expiration Date

2012
6.7
Ramona's compulsive life becomes a wreck when she finds out, after a long search that Osvaldo, her only son, has died.
The Piano Lesson

1995

The Piano Lesson

1995
7.2
1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.
Breathing Lessons

1994

Breathing Lessons

1994
5.3
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Beauty's Revenge

1995

Beauty's Revenge

1995
5.3
An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.
The Coalition

2013

The Coalition

2013
4.2
A group of women form an unlikely alliance to get their revenge on a pro athlete and his three friends who played them. The guys are used to getting what they want when they want it, but that's all about to change.
Date Bait

1960

Date Bait

1960
5
Two wild and rebellious teenagers in love find that their eager wedding plans are being complicated by family members and roughneck gangsters.
Come Away Home

2005

Come Away Home

2005
6.6
Twelve-year-old Annie Lamm's first day of summer break quickly turns into a disaster. She realizes that her parents have not only decided to fly her to Hilton Head Island during their second honeymoon, but they also plan to coerce her to spend half her summer with her 76-year-old Grandpa Donald whom she hardly even knows.
The Flemish Farm

1943

The Flemish Farm

1943
5.6
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
Walking Thunder

1995

Walking Thunder

1995
6.1
In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear known as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, and his family's survival is secured.
Two Thousand and None

2000

Two Thousand and None

2000
4.7
A paleontologist is diagnosed with a fatal brain disease and, rather than falling into a depression, explodes into life.
A Dangerous Summer

1982

A Dangerous Summer

1982
3.7
Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.
Streets of New York

1939

Streets of New York

1939
4.8
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?
Irene in Time

2009

Irene in Time

2009
1.2
A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
Concrete Canyons

2010

Concrete Canyons

2010
5.8
A sheriff searches for his son, accused of murder and on the run.
They Call Me Sirr

2001

They Call Me Sirr

2001
6.9
An inspirational story that celebrates the grit, perseverance and talent of Sirr Parker, the star footballer of Locke High School who then went on to play for San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals.
Every Woman's Dream

1996

Every Woman's Dream

1996
6.3
A man suffering from borderline personality disorder is married to two women, who don’t know the other exists. As bills pile up and cracks start to show, the women independently start to suspect something is wrong.
Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006

Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006
6.3
After Fran Smith disappears one day in mysterious circumstances, Fran's daughter Deanna and Fran's sister, Sherrie endlessly search for her with enduring hope. The most likely suspect in Fran's disappearance is her husband John, but without a body, neither Deanna or Sherrie can prove that murder, much less a crime, has even been committed. With the support of Sherrie, Deanna embarks on an eleven-year search to trace John's past, eventually uncovering a 25 year-old case of a missing person that involved John's first wife, who too, disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Using this lead, Deanna and Sherrie must use all their evidence to bring John to justice.
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

1996

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

1996
4.3
When an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children are determined to get him out of jail in time for Christmas and they decide to enlist the help of "the most powerful man in the world" - President Hoover. En route to the White House, they meet an array of colorful characters.