Do I need a Roku device to watch The Roku Channel?

No. The Roku Channel streams free in any web browser and through its mobile apps, so the movie your group picks works even on a Fire TV or a laptop.

What does The Roku Channel cost?

The ad-supported library, which is everything on this page, is free. Premium subscriptions exist inside the app, but none of these picks need one.

What kind of movies is The Roku Channel good for?

A rotating mix of studio back catalog, from action classics to prestige dramas, plus Roku Originals. The quality bar on the licensed side is higher than people expect from a free service.

How does a group settle on one Roku Channel movie?

Open a PickFlix room with The Roku Channel selected, share the link, and everyone swipes the same deck. The most-liked movie becomes the plan in a few minutes.

Best movies on The Roku Channel (September 2026)

01

Dark Nuns

2025 · 6.2 ·Drama · Horror · Thriller

Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they take on the dangerous forbidden rituals themselves, putting their immortal souls in grave danger. They must confront the terrifying cost of their sacrilegious actions, but one goal remains: the boy must be saved at all costs.

02

Coraline

2009 · 7.9 ·Fantasy · Animation · Horror

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

03

Jungle

2017 · 6.7 ·Adventure · Thriller

In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.

04

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022 · 7.7 ·Adventure · Action · Science Fiction

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

05

Shrek the Third

2007 · 6.3 ·Adventure · Fantasy · Animation

After the King of Far Far Away dies, Shrek and Fiona are to succede. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, he and Donkey set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

06

Shrek Forever After

2010 · 6.4 ·Adventure · Fantasy · Animation

A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days of when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

07

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 · 8.5 ·Western

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

08

Mean Girls

2004 · 7.2 ·Drama · Comedy

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

09

Night of the Living Dead

1968 · 7.6 ·Horror · Thriller · Science Fiction

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

10

The Little Rascals

1994 · 6.8 ·Comedy · Romance · Family

When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

11

American Psycho

2000 · 7.4 ·Drama · Thriller · Crime

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

12

The Whale

2022 · 7.8 ·Drama

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.