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1. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,349 | Gross: $96.52M
2. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
PG | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 24,519
3. Bergerac (1981–1991)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White
Votes: 2,229
4. Enemy at the Door (1978–1980)
TV-14 | 650 min | Drama, War
During the Second World War, the inhabitants of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, try to cope with the German occupation.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall, Antonia Pemberton, Simon Cadell
Votes: 393
5. Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)
93 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Celia Milius, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Carlos Romero
Votes: 547
6. The Devil's Rock (2011)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.
Director: Paul Campion | Stars: Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater
Votes: 4,560
7. Danger Route (1967)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, a British secret agent is ordered to kill a Soviet-bloc defector held by the CIA in England but this straightforward mission turns into a convoluted plot involving double-agents.
Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Richard Johnson, Carol Lynley, Barbara Bouchet, Sylvia Syms
Votes: 511
8. Dead on Course (1952)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance, Arthur Lane
Votes: 328
9. Island Rescue (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During WW2, British Major Valentine Moreland is tasked with rescuing a prized pedigree cow from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Barry Jones
Votes: 380
10. The Real Housewives of Jersey, UK (2020– )
60 min | Reality-TV
Reality series based on the Channel Island of Jersey in the UK. Following the lifestyles of Jersey's biggest characters, bringing fun, laughter, fall-outs, and plenty of glitz.
Stars: Kate Taylor, Margaret Thompson, Sascha Hartmann, Valentina Hartmann
Votes: 70
11. Channel Report (1976– )
29 min | News
Daily news show for the Channel Islands.
Stars: Jess Dunsdon, Jonathan Wills, Clare Burton, Alastair Layzell
12. Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne (2021)
86 min | Documentary, Crime
Tells the extraordinary story of the child abuse scandal that erupted on the idyllic island of Jersey in 2007. For a long time, the victims' voices had remained unheard, but when widespread... See full summary »
Director: Camilla Hall
Votes: 172
13. Counter-Attack (1960)
30 min | Adventure, Family
In June 1940, Germany took over the Channel Islands . These are the stories of how the three children, Terry Benson and Cliff and Carol Delamere fought back to give the enemy a bloody nose.
Stars: Joseph Fürst, Jeremy Bulloch, Irene French, Murray Yeo
14. Hitler's Victory (2002 TV Movie)
PG | 95 min | Documentary, War
What if the Nazis had invaded and occupied Britain during World War II?
Director: Richard Bond | Stars: Diego Matamoros, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, King George VI
Votes: 168
15. Catalina (2022)
16 min | Short, Drama
A queer man and his two childhood best friends reunite for a weekend camping trip on Catalina Island.
Director: Tyler Rabinowitz | Stars: Sam DiGiovanni, Ronald Peet, Ben Holtzmuller, Emily Wilson
Votes: 31
16. Secrets of Hitler's Island Fortress - The Islands of Guernsey (2019 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, History
Guernsey and its neighboring islands have a unique distinction which sets them apart from the rest of the British Isles. Together with the rest of the Channel Islands, they were the only ... See full summary »
Director: Kathrin Benoehr | Stars: Dan Snow, Shaun Marsh, Molly Bihet, Roy Domaille
17. Flow: The True Story of a Surfing Revolution (2006 Video)
Documentary
Directors: Josh Landan, Scott E. Stankey | Stars: Brandon Boyd, Kelly Slater
Votes: 8
18. Eye of the Dictator (1988)
Documentary, War
The story of Joseph Goebbels and the production of wartime Nazi newsreels.
Director: Hans-Günther Stark | Stars: Donald Arthur, Osman Ragheb, Heinz Braun, Karl-Friedrich Falcke
Votes: 10
19. Jerry Love (2002 TV Movie)
Documentary
A true story of love, loss and war set on Guernsey during the second world war, and for years after.
Director: Jon Lane | Stars: Jack Sandle, Deborah Wills, Phyn Nevelle
20. Channel Swimmer (1951)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Adventure, Sport
After her 1950 record-breaking swim of the English Channel over the "easy route" from France to England, England's Florence Chadwick, "Queen of the English Channel," began her diligent ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Walsh | Stars: Harry Wismer, Florence Chadwick
21. Naziland: Life in Nazi-Occupied Britain (2019)
15 min | Documentary, Short
During the outbreak of WWII, German expansion across the European continent came to include the British territory of the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands, consisting of Guernsey, Jersey... See full summary »
Director: Brandon Ashplant | Stars: Brandon Ashplant, Reg Ashplant, Molly Bihet, Mak Tachon
22.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Factories of Death
(2005)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
The year 1942 is to be the most significant of 'the Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Annette Muller
Votes: 182
23.
Saving Lives at Sea (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #4.1
(2019)
58 min | Documentary
The volunteers of the RNLI race to the scene of a plane crash on a busy beach, search for a man missing at sea in the Channel Islands and battle to save a horse from drowning.
Directors: Phil Broadhurst, Dominick French, Luke Proctor | Star: Steven Mackintosh
24.
Secret Nazi Bases (2019– )
Episode:
Hitler's Forbidden Island (Guernsey)
(2019)
Documentary
Why would the Nazi's pour so many resources into this strategically insignificant island, and hold onto it at all costs even at the end of the war when the end was surely near? What dark ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Oron | Stars: James MacPhee, Rejeanne Aimey, Rob Bell, Brooke Guzar
Votes: 19
25.
Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode:
Charlie Don't Surf
(2008)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The father of a childhood friend of Don and Charlie asks for Don's help when his son, a former pro surfer, is found dead.
Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
Votes: 237
26.
Lillie (1978)
Episode:
Emilie
(1978)
51 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Beautiful Emilie Le Breton, parson's daughter on the Isle of Jersey, is only 15 years old and a tomboy. Lillie's mother arranges a brief London visit to show Lillie a Season, but she is too... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Francesca Annis, Anton Rodgers, Patrick Holt, Peggy Ann Wood
Votes: 31
27.
Geoff Marshall (2007– )
Episode:
The Tube Train In the Channel Islands
(2021)
11 min | Documentary
On the small island of Alderney in the Channel Islands, did you know there's a railway which uses old Tube Stock to run its services. So I took a trip and spent a few days there to explore the island
Director: Geoff Marshall | Star: Geoff Marshall
28.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
World War II: Blitzkrieg - 1940
(2023)
Documentary, History
In May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister and Germany launched its offensive. By mid-July, the Battle of Britain had begun.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Steven P. Remy, Jonathon Riley, Peter Lieb, Richard John Evans
Votes: 5
29.
Expedition Unknown (2015– )
Episode:
Viking Sunstone
(2015)
TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Mystery, Reality-TV
Josh Gates travels to Norway and England to discover the secrets of the Viking Sunstone, a mystic crystal the Vikings where though to have used to conquer the seas.
Director: Brea Tisdale Brumels | Stars: Josh Gates, Christian Berg, Balazs Bernath, Jan Bill
Votes: 102
30.
History (2000–2023)
Episode:
Hitlers England
(2017)
Documentary, Drama, History
A spot light on an often forgotten episode in British history: Nazi Germany's occupation of the British Channel Islands.
Director: Alexander Berkel | Stars: John Nettles, Nick Benjamin, Molly Bihet, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 24
31.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Britain's Offshore Secrets Exposed
(2017)
59 min | Documentary, News
Richard Bilton continues to investigate how the wealthy shield their money from tax, focusing on how Britain and its overseas territories are at the heart of the offshore industry.
Star: Richard Bilton
Votes: 7