Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dorset-england"

1. Broadchurch (2013–2017)

TV-MA | 1,143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan

Votes: 127,380

2. Dunkirk (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy

Votes: 740,566 | Gross: $188.37M

3. The Forgotten Battle (2020)

TV-MA | 124 min | Drama, War

1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.

Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Jan Bijvoet

Votes: 37,084

4. Tess (1979)

PG | 186 min | Drama, Romance

A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin

Votes: 18,284

5. Tamara Drewe (2010)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Roger Allam

Votes: 22,657 | Gross: $0.56M

6. The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003 TV Movie)

196 min | Drama

A drunken farm worker sells his wife and child at a market and begins a new life of wealth and respect as the Mayor of Casterbridge. However, his past returns to haunt him when he is reunited with his family, with unexpected consequences.

Director: David Thacker | Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Juliet Aubrey, Jodhi May, James Purefoy

Votes: 1,591

7. Moonfleet (1955)

Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama

A young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but leads a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers; the duo go on a treasure hunt.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 3,980

8. Moonfleet (2013)

87 min | Adventure

John Trenchard is an orphan who dreams of finding Blackbeard's riches. But a friendship with a notorious smuggler soon forces him into hiding with a price on his head, wondering if he'll ever see Moonfleet again.

Stars: Ray Winstone, Aneurin Barnard, Sophie Cookson, Anthony Ofoegbu

Votes: 572

9. Shoot First (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Thriller

A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer, Marius Goring

Votes: 357

10. Alien on Stage (2020)

86 min | Documentary

A very amateur dramatics group of Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious stage adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring more luck than judgement.

Directors: Lucy Harvey, Danielle Kummer | Stars: Jason Hill, Lydia Hayward, Jacqui Roe, Susan Baird

Votes: 208

11. Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.

Director: Sally Thomson | Stars: David Attenborough, Benjamin Moon, Chris Moore, Fiann Smithwick

Votes: 419

12. Farrow & Ball: Inside the Posh Paint Factory (2021 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary

Documentary uncovering the secrets behind the success of paint company Farrow and Ball, after the firm was recently sold for £500million. With full access to its paint factory in Dorset,

Directors: Paul McCallum, Thomas Stark Holland, Max Thurlow | Star: Linda Marlowe

Votes: 7

13. Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion & Tragedy (2021 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography

Hardy is not the man he appears to be. Combining radical instincts, a hatred of hypocrisy, poetic brilliance and a deep sense of the tragic basis of life, Hardy had a quiet external ... See full summary »

Directors: Vance Goodwin, Adrian Munsey | Star: Thomas Hardy

Votes: 7

14. Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer (2020)

30 min | Reality-TV

The former football manager welcomes celebrity friends to his house in Sandbanks, Dorset - Britain's most exclusive and expensive seaside area.

Stars: Harry Redknapp, Sandra Redknapp, Rita Simons, Nick Knowles

Votes: 19

15. Nature (1982– )
Episode: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (2019)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Family

Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs.

Director: Sally Thomson | Stars: David Attenborough, Chris Moore, Benjamin Moon, David Martill

Votes: 22

16. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Entscheidung des Herzens (2009)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Antonia Winston is a fashion designer and lives with Peter.But one day she fires Peter and travels to the family house.Her father George who manages a textile factory has great problems.

Director: Thomas Herrmann | Stars: Gaby Dohm, Michael Degen, Maxi Warwel, Bernhard Piesk

Votes: 38

17. Saved on Camera (2020– )
Episode: Paraglider Panic (2020)

29 min | Documentary

In Dorset, a coastguard officer must rescue a paraglider who has crashed into a cliff. A rescue operation is launched when a beloved pet dog gets stuck in a water pipe.

Director: Samuel Morter | Star: Kevin Duala

18. Filthy House SOS (2020–2021)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2020)

Documentary

Cleaning duo Jon and Brennan help illusionist James in Dorset, who has neglected his career, his life, and his home following the recent loss of his parents.

19. Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Episode: Episode #9.16 (2021)

29 min | Drama, Reality-TV

A kayaker comes to the rescue of a young man who has plunged more than 100 feet into the sea from a Dorset beauty spot. Mountain Rescue are called out to help a man on a remote river trail.

Directors: Paul Andrews, Elliot Carr-Barnsley, Carol White | Star: Nick Knowles

20. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Brown (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The barristers return to the case that featured in the ninth episode of series four, and which inspired the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Dorset housewife, Martha Brown was accused of murdering her young husband in 1856.

21. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode: Episode #23.9 (2021)

44 min | Reality-TV

The 4th leg of their trip takes our experts to Wiltshire and Dorset. James meets a famous fossil hunter and banks on brasses to bring him success at auction. Irita visits the site of Shaftsbury Abbey and backs porcelain for victory.

Directors: Selina Chan, Andrew Dedman, Sam Hughes, Harriet Leaf | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, James Braxton, Irita Marriott

Votes: 5

22. My Unique B&B (2021– )
Episode: Liam and Hannah's Shepherd's Hut (2022)

29 min | Reality-TV

Situated in a water meadow on their farm in north Dorset, rare breed farmers Liam and Hannah's 1930s shepherd's hut was bought for just £5 almost 40 years ago. Simon and the team help them to restore it.

Director: Thomas MacNab | Stars: John Nettles, Simon Parfett, Verity Coleman, Ian Tsang

23. Council House Swap (2022– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2022)

60 min | Documentary

Dave and Fran are crammed into their two-bed flat with two teenagers, two toddlers and a dog in the picturesque town of Christchurch in Dorset.

Directors: Simon Brown, Libby Overton | Star: Lauren Pattison

24. My Unique B&B (2021– )
Episode: Lynn and Mick's Romany Caravan (2022)

29 min | Reality-TV

Simon and team are in Surrey to help Lynn and Mick restore an old bow-top Romany caravan to its former glory. They help turn the caravan into the focal point of the couple's wedding business.

Director: Thomas MacNab | Stars: John Nettles, Simon Parfett, Zoe Howett, Ian Tsang

25. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode: Episode #26.8 (2023)

44 min | Reality-TV

Catherine Southon and David Harper reach the halfway point of their road trip as they shop on the Isle of Wight and across Hampshire. Before going to auction in Dorset they learn how homesick French sailors introduced garlic to the isle.

Directors: James Brailsford, Simon Brant, Molly Fraser, Dominic Horner, Strahila Royachka | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, David Harper, Catherine Southon

26. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Episode: Dorset (2023)

45 min | Documentary, Adventure

In Dorset, Ben spends a week with Chris, a former paratrooper who has spent the last five years walking the UK's coastline, finding love and raising thousands for charity.

Director: Samuel Lang | Star: Ben Fogle

Votes: 8

27. Saving Lives at Sea (2016– )
Episode: 24-7 (2023)

59 min | Documentary

The crew at Wick search for a paddleboarder who has drifted a mile out to sea. The Fraserburgh crew respond to a mayday call from a trawler that has run aground. In Dorset an inflatable boat struggles to get back to harbour in high winds.

Directors: Phil Broadhurst, Maddie Henri, Oliver Rose | Star: Steven Mackintosh

28. Saving Lives at Sea (2016– )
Episode: All Hands on Deck (2023)

59 min | Documentary

The North Berwick crew try to save a windsurfer as he and they fight the gale-force winds of Storm Dennis off the east coast of Scotland. In Northern Ireland a crew face two very different jobs. A yacht has become stuck in Dorset.

Directors: Phil Broadhurst, Oliver Rose | Star: Steven Mackintosh

29. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode: Phil Serrell and Catherine Southon - Day 2 (2023)

44 min | Reality-TV

Phil Serrell and Catherine Southon are on the 2nd leg of their road trip. They travel through Dorset and into Hampshire in a sporty red Morgan Roadster. Phil meets volunteers keeping the memory of war veterans visible.

Directors: Dominic Horner, Sam Miles, Benjamin Risley, Jim Warren | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Philip Serrell, Catherine Southon

30. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2018)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Sasha and Jeremy re-investigate the case of Charlotte Bryant, tried, convicted and hung for poisoning her husband Frederick with arsenic in Dorset, in 1935. Could it have been an accident?

Director: Simon Cooper | Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford

Votes: 15

31. The Durrells (2016–2019)
Episode: Episode #4.3 (2019)

TV-14 | 46 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Louisa's plan for a family picnic to Kalami goes awry when she inadvertently invites Spiros's wife. The Durrells are surprised to discover Captain Creech's new business venture. Leslie runs... See full summary »

Director: Roger Goldby | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone

Votes: 204