Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 279

In Lieu of Flowers

2013

In Lieu of Flowers

2013
5.5
Most love stories are about losing love or finding it. This is a story about what happens in between.
Replacing Dad

1999

Replacing Dad

1999
6
Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her daughter's young teacher, and has to deal with the kids, the town and her love to him.
Children of the Bride

1990

Children of the Bride

1990
6.8
A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.
Into the Fire

2005

Into the Fire

2005
5.2
Into the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with grief and what is really important about this life.
Witch Hunt

1999

Witch Hunt

1999
2.5
An infant girl named Hannah is abducted by her grandmother Barbara Thomas. Hannah's father David Overton, convinced that Barbara is the head of a coven of witches, inaugurates a desperate nationwide search for his missing daughter. However, David may have a sinister agenda of his own, as indicated by the fact that his wife recently died under mysterious circumstances.
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975
5.7
A middle-aged woman finds herself simply a widow, a grandmother and a person when a friend takes her to the Stardust Ballroom, a dance hall which recreates the music and atmosphere of the 1940s. There she encounters a most unlikely Prince Charming, a middle-aged mailman. With this encounter, life takes on a new meaning for the film's heroine.
Young Bodies Heal Quickly

2014

Young Bodies Heal Quickly

2014
5.3
Two brothers are fleeing arrest for the "accidental" killing of a young girl. Their destination is their estranged father's desolate compound on the sea shore.
Greencard Warriors

2014

Greencard Warriors

2014
5.5
The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.
Time Served

1999

Time Served

1999
2.2
When a boy kills his abusive stepfather in self-defense, his mother takes the blame and gets sentenced to a long prison term. The warden is corrupt and forces hot inmates to work as strippers in a local nightclub. Is it a way out?
Secret Lives

2005

Secret Lives

2005
6.5
An art professor is informed that the husband she thought died ten years before has just been murdered. So she starts to research her husband's secret life in search of the reason he disappeared and who might have killed him.
Spirit of Youth

1938

Spirit of Youth

1938
5.5
The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis.
I Am Happy

2009

I Am Happy

2009
5.8
A man suffers from mental illness after having lived with a mother suffering from dementia and a brother addicted to gambling. Now institutionalized, he falls in love with a nurse at the psychiatric hospital.
The Sheriff

1971

The Sheriff

1971
5.3
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
Blonde Comet

1941

Blonde Comet

1941
5
A tire manufacturer's daughter becomes a champion auto racer.
Kite Adrift

2013

Kite Adrift

2013
5.8
Paulina, a trainee social worker doing her internship in a reintegration center, meets Manuel, with whom she starts a friendship that promps her to question her vocation and begin a 'second adolescence', this time free from the tyranny of conventions and routine. Spending time in a world that does not belong to her.
Isle Of Destiny

1940

Isle Of Destiny

1940
5
A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.
Mandela and de Klerk

1997

Mandela and de Klerk

1997
6.5
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Season of Miracles

2013

Season of Miracles

2013
5.4
Based on the award-winning novel by Rusty Whitener, Season of Miracles follows the Robins, an underdog Little League team through their 1974 season with newcomer and autistic baseball savant, Rafer. Team leader Zack takes Rafer under his wing despite taunting from their rivals, the Hawks.
Complicity

2013

Complicity

2013
3.7
When a seemingly fun party goes horribly awry, a group of teenagers must decide their fates.
Hidden Away

2013

Hidden Away

2013
4.8
A woman and young daughter escape her abusive husband by faking their deaths. Eight years later she is happily living in the upscale Palm Springs with her now-17-year-old daughter. When her husband discovers they are still alive, he tracks them down and spies on them to learn all about the new life they've created until he can exact his revenge.