Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 30

A Hijacking

2012

A Hijacking

2012
6.8
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
The Crime of Padre Amaro

2002

The Crime of Padre Amaro

2002
6.6
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.
De Gaulle

2020

De Gaulle

2020
6.1
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
Land and Freedom

1995

Land and Freedom

1995
7.3
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
Boulevard

2014

Boulevard

2014
5.7
Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in pursuit of lost time after meeting a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home. What begins as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering series of events.
Another Woman

1988

Another Woman

1988
6.8
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
White Men Can't Jump

2023

White Men Can't Jump

2023
6.4
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.
Deathtrap

1982

Deathtrap

1982
6.7
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Mama Weed

2020

Mama Weed

2020
5.8
A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
Redbelt

2008

Redbelt

2008
6.5
Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike's wife to his own - the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike's debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.
Bomb City

2017

Bomb City

2017
7.1
An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.
Una

2017

Una

2017
6.1
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
Giant Little Ones

2019

Giant Little Ones

2019
7.2
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Chappaquiddick

2018

Chappaquiddick

2018
6.1
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Strangerland

2015

Strangerland

2015
5.3
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.
Hamlet

1948

Hamlet

1948
7.4
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Barking Dogs Never Bite

2000

Barking Dogs Never Bite

2000
6.8
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
Delicious

2021

Delicious

2021
6.9
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the very first restaurant in France.
Ideal Home

2018

Ideal Home

2018
6.5
A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.
Front of the Class

2008

Front of the Class

2008
8
A boy with Tourette's syndrome overcomes criticism and discrimination to achieve his dream of becoming a teacher.