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- Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
- An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
- The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
- The host guides various participants as they repair and renovate various houses.
- David's wife died 2 years ago. He, his teen daughter Rachel, her cute friend and 2 in-laws trying to fix him up with a friend, are all spending the weekend at his beach house. David still "talks to his wife" and neglects Rachel.
- A couple steals a Matisse painting on contract, and manage to evade the police. The sale takes place four days later on an island, but things don't go as planned.
- Eve tells her shrink, Ann, about kinky sex with a man. Ann learns that it's the same man, she's been seeing lately. Eve finds out and explodes. A murder follows.
- A Pulitzer prize writer buys a cabin. The neighbors get suspicious when a stranger "breaks in". They see a black man and call the police, who start shooting at him. The sheriff tries a cover-up involving a white petty crook. Bad idea.
- A mother and daughter must plan their escape from enslavement after learning they are about to be sold and separated forever.
- A knowledgeable doctor, (Philip Michael Thomas) moves to a secluded community and soon discovers a deadly virus changing the town's young people. What is more disturbing, is the conspiracy to protect this epidemic when he tries cure it.
- A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
- Vacationing on historic Nantucket Island, a teenage mystery writer and her friends must outwit two scheming thieves to solve the secret behind a legendary ghost story.
- Based on Jack London's autobiographical novel, "Martin Eden" tells the story of a poor and unschooled sailor (Martin Eden), who unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends both lives and propels timely themes of impossible love, pursuit of the American Dream, and the quest for a comfortable place in an inconstant world.
- That's Not Us is an intimate portrait of three twenty-something couples as they travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer. But what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship and make love last in what is now being called the "gayest generation." Through each of the three couples - one gay, one lesbian, and one straight - That's Not Us explores sex and relationships with a fresh perspective, finding that while sexuality and gender may vary, the struggles to keep love alive do not.
- Martin Bayerle, who has lost everything in his past expeditions of the sunken RMS Republic, reignites his passion to find buried treasure on board the ship, alongside his previously estranged son.
- A town doctor's jealousy over his younger brother's mysterious inheritance is compounded when they both fall for the same woman.
- An epic tale of Vermont's fight for self-determination, led by Ethan Allen; and Lucy Prince, the first black female poet, and her quest for justice and peace.
- A one-hit novelist is out of his depth on a winter residency.
- From the 1891 Masterpiece, written by German playwright Frank Wedekind, comes the true tale of teenagers growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
- An scriptwriter heads off to Nantucket to find some inspiration for his latest, overdue, assignment. He becomes embroiled in small-town hi-jinks of murder, sex and violence, when he decides to pass off the local weirdo's script as his own.
- In 1880, a little girl is sent to Nantucket Island to live with her grandmother. She discovers, however, that her grandmother is an odd woman who has some strange habits, one of which is keeping a vigil for a lover of many years ago who went out to sea one day and never returned.
- An ensemble romantic comedy chronicling the lives of a group of twenty-somethings that deals with adolescence of growing up and the realities that life has to offer, set on the island of Nantucket.
- An MTV producer's life is transformed when he meets the recently retired host of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,' Fred Rogers. Friendship with the PBS icon sets the young producer on a hero's quest to find depth and simplicity amidst a shallow and complex world through conversations with Susan Stamberg (NPR), Tim Russert ('Meet The Press'), Marc Brown ('Arthur') and more.
- In 1820, a Nantucket whaleship, the Essex, was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean. Out of 20 crew men, only 8 survived. This is a tale of remarkable courage, endurance and pathos, of men driven to the edge of darkness, forced to make the most awful decisions in order to survive.
- Welcome to the Beyond examines a controversial cult whose members were fashion models in New York City during the 80's and 90's. As the filmmaker digs deep to uncover the story, new-unexpected truths are found.
- A Roaring Twenties escapade about a small-time crook turned vaudeville theater owner.
- Nantucket Life is a magazine-style series that celebrates the uniqueness of Nantucket and its people through a broad view of the island's environment, history, and culture.
- Confessions of A Name Dropper is a dark comedy about a middle aged man named Cutter who lives alone on an island. He lives his life according to, and is obsessed with, other people's words and ideas he stubbornly claims are his own.
- A portrait of a desperate man in the East Village circa 1996.
- The surreal, fascinating, and tragicomic story of the battle over America's most controversial clean energy project, the Cape Wind offshore wind farm.
- Dispatches takes us on an epic journey around the globe while focusing on stories about the initiatives, technologies, & people who impact our world.
- Cora needs to escape her bachelorette party at an isolated house on Nantucket Island so she can face what she's been hiding, but her friends will do anything to keep her there.
- Two intrepid boys wonder around the neighborhood causing mischief on an innocent summer day. Little do they know, their simple shenanigans would soon turn into one unforgettable sin.
- The regulars of Nantucket's Take It Or Leave It are met with a crisis when a new policy is put in place. Together they come up with a plan to counteract the policy that threatens their livelihood. During their revolt, the regulars find that they are more alike than they originally thought.
- She & He is a 12-minute short film based on the play of the same name, which captured 1st prize at the 2005 Nantucket Short Play Festival. It was adapted to the screen by Greg Bourbeau. It tells the story of an educated man who is recalling a moment in time that he and his wife shared. This couple takes a retrospective look at their long and tempestuous married life by re-living particular events. This is all accomplished by only using one or two words to describe each personal experience or a moment in history. The conversation takes place in a hospital room and as the conversation evolves the husband becomes aware that his wife has received a dire prognosis. This prompts them both to admitting to events that they would rather forget but only proves to enhance their love for each other.
- A documentary about the Something Natural Restaurant & Bakery, located on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.
- A winter on the island of Nantucket can be a lonely and cold affair to those who are unwilling to reach out. One such winter, a Nantucketer fell victim to his own apprehensions.