Best Movies and Shows on Roku Channel
Free movies and shows — no subscription, no extra apps, just press play.
Roku Channel — Genre × Quality
How ranked titles are distributed across genres and quality tiers. Stronger color = more ranked titles.
| Drama | 51 | 153 | 820 |
| Action | 24 | 54 | 347 |
| Thriller | 22 | 70 | 425 |
| Comedy | 25 | 84 | 443 |
| Romance | 14 | 38 | 223 |
| Horror | 12 | 33 | 214 |
| Fantasy | 11 | 36 | 188 |
| Kids | 7 | 43 | 93 |
| Sci-Fi | 2 | 12 | 76 |
Fewer → More ranked titles
Each column shaded independently.Drama has the most elite content (7 top-1% titles). Kids has the highest quality concentration — 12% of its ranked titles are in the top 10%.
Roku Channel — Content by Decade
When ranked titles were released, colored by quality tier. Brighter = higher quality.
2020s152
2010s825
2000s390
1990s207
1980s200
pre-1980232
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Roku Channel's 2010s content leads with 57 top-10% ranked titles. Their pre-1980 catalog has the highest quality density — 18% of ranked titles are in the top 10%.
Full Breakdown
Roku Channel Genre Scorecard
Performance across 18 genres, ranked against 12 featured services. Click a genre for top titles.
| Genre | Rank | Total | Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sci-FiSci-Fi | — | 94 | 6 |
| FantasyFantasy | — | 247 | 23 |
| KidsKids | — | 154 | 18 |
| HorrorHorror | — | 275 | 28 |
| RomanceRomance | — | 289 | 28 |
| ActionAction | — | 444 | 43 |
| DramaDrama | — | 1063 | 90 |
| ThrillerThriller | — | 536 | 41 |
| ComedyComedy | — | 568 | 41 |