Top Rated Drama Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 85

Pushing Hands

1991

Pushing Hands

1991
7.3
Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.
The Manxman

1929

The Manxman

1929
6.1
A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
The Auschwitz Report

2021

The Auschwitz Report

2021
6.3
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning, they manage to escape. While the inmates they had left behind courageously stand their ground against the Nazi officers, the two men are driven on by the hope that their evidence could save lives.
Into the Ashes

2019

Into the Ashes

2019
5.1
With an honest job and a loving wife, Nick Brenner believed he had safely escaped his violent, criminal history. But his old crew hasn't forgotten about him or the money he stole, and when they take what Nick now values the most - his wife - he has nothing left to lose. Confronted by the town sheriff, who is also his father-in-law, Nick must decide if he will stay on his new path or indulge in his need for revenge and force his enemies to pay for what they have done.
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

2021

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

2021
5.5
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
Step Up: Year of the Dance

2019

Step Up: Year of the Dance

2019
6.1
Two young people from different social classes put aside their differences and come together to form a dance group and win a championship in China.
Funny Pages

2022

Funny Pages

2022
5.7
A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
Changeland

2019

Changeland

2019
5.7
Follow two estranged best friends on an epic, life-changing adventure in Thailand, as they're reminded that there's no problem that friendship and a few rounds in a Muay Thai boxing ring can't fix.
Swing Kids

2018

Swing Kids

2018
8.2
Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.
El fantasma de mi novia

2018

El fantasma de mi novia

2018
8
Green Butterflies

2017

Green Butterflies

2017
7.1
Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, even his life.
Jack Goes Home

2016

Jack Goes Home

2016
5.2
After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.
Salt and Fire

2016

Salt and Fire

2016
4.9
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
Margarita with a Straw

2015

Margarita with a Straw

2015
6.8
A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.
Jack & Diane

2012

Jack & Diane

2012
4
The romance between two teenage girls quickly manifests as terrifying, violent and inexplicable.
For Colored Girls

2010

For Colored Girls

2010
6.6
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Down Terrace

2010

Down Terrace

2010
6.2
After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..
The Truth About Love

2005

The Truth About Love

2005
4.6
As part of a drunken bet with her sister Felicity, happily married Alice sends an anonymous Valentine's card to her husband Sam to see if he hides it. When he does, what was a prank leads to a series of events and revelations that may put her marriage at risk, and leaves her looking for answers.
Edge of the World

2021

Edge of the World

2021
5.6
Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.
Before the Fire

2020

Before the Fire

2020
5.7
Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming TV star, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past – threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary.