Saturday 17 February 2018

Stream award-winning movies on your Roku player or Roku TV

Stream award-winning movies on your Roku player or Roku TV

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Stream award-winning movies on your Roku player or Roku TV

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 10:16 AM PST

There’s no reason to hit the theaters to see all the buzz-worthy movies before the award shows. It’s easier to stream them at home on your Roku player or Roku TV! Another bonus to staying home? You don’t have to hide your snacks and soda in your bag. 😉

Looking for free movies? Scroll down to find award-winning movies from over the years.

stream coco on roku

Award-winning and nominated movies:

– Coco – Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. | FandangoNOW, Google Play

– Lady Bird – In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California. | FandangoNOW, Google Play, Prime Video

– Get Out – It’s time for a young African-American to meet with his white girlfriend’s parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare. | FandangoNOW, Prime Video, Spectrum, HBO NOW

– Darkest Hour – During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. | FandangoNOW, Prime Video

– Dunkirk – Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. | Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Vudu

– Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit. | FandangoNOW, Google Play

– Blade Runner 2049 – A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years. | Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Vudu

– Baby Driver – After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. | Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Vudu

– Roman J. Israel, Esq. – A driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.| Prime Video, FandangoNOW

– Beauty and the Beast – An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love. | Netflix, Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Sling TV, Vudu

– The Boss Baby – A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. | Netflix, Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Vudu

– The Big Sick – Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. | Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Vudu

– Loving Vincent – In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist’s final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. | Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Google Play

– Logan – In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X, somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan’s attempts to hide from the world, and his legacy, are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces. | Prime Video, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Spectrum, HBO NOW

Free movies: winners and nominees from over the years 

Free on The Roku Channel

  • The Hurt Locker (Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and more) – During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
  • Monster (Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role) – Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
  • Yentl (Oscars for Best Music, Original Song Score and Best Adaptation Score) – A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
  • Freeheld (Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subjects) – After spending a lifetime fighting for justice for other people, Laurel – a veteran New Jersey detective – launches a final battle for justice.

Free on Tubi

  • Ordinary People (Oscar for Best Picture) – The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.
  • Dead Man Walking (Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role) – A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim’s families.

Free on Popcornflix

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Oscar for Best Film Editing) – Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Stream on!

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