15 Of The Best Films On TV Tonight
by Sean PowerAfter searching through the listings again, we have found a plethora of great films on TV tonight for you to watch. We've selected 15 great movies across a range of genres, so there should be something for everyone to enjoy this evening.
As usual, all of these films are available on non-subscription channels, though may not be on all platforms.
Films On TV
The Fault in Our Stars: 6.25pm, Film Four
Year: 2014
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff
Plot: Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam. (IMDb)
Rating: 81% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Bridge to Terabithia: 7.05pm, Sony Movies
Year: 2007
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel
Plot: A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality. (IMDb)
Rating: 85% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation: 9pm, Virgin Media One
Year: 2015
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner
Plot: Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF. (IMDb)
Rating: 93% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Sleepers: 9pm, Sky Witness
Year: 1996
Cast: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt
Plot: After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge. (IMDb)
Rating: 73% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Central Intelligence: 9pm, Film Four
Year: 2016
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Danielle Nicolet
Plot: After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage. (IMDb)
Rating: 71% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Bad Neighbours: 9pm , ITV Two
Year: 2014
Cast: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron
Plot: After they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down. (IMDb)
Rating: 73% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Ocean's Eleven: 9pm, Comedy Central
Year: 2001
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
Plot: Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously. (IMDb)
Rating: 82% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Braven: 9pm, Sony Movies Action
Year: 2018
Cast: Jason Momoa, Garret Dillahunt, Jill Wagner
Plot: A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners. (IMDb)
Rating: 77% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Remaining: 9pm, The Horror Channel
Year: 2014
Cast: Johnny Pacar, Shaun Sipos, Bryan Dechart
Plot: Friends gather at a wedding, but the celebration is shattered by terrifying apocalyptic events forcing them to examine life, love and faith as they must choose between redemption and survival. (IMDb)
Rating: 60% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Z for Zachariah: 9.45pm, RTE Two
Year: 2015
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie
Plot: In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors. (IMDb)
Rating: 79% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Constant Gardener: 11.10pm, Sky Atlantic
Year: 2005
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston
Plot: A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption. (IMDb)
Rating: 83% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Green Mile: 11.10pm, Film Four
Year: 1999
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse
Plot: The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. (IMDb)
Rating: 78% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: 11.10pm, UTV
Year: 2014
Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage
Plot: Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness. (IMDb)
Rating: 59% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Young Adult: 11.45pm, BBC One
Year: 2011
Cast: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt
Plot: Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter. (IMDb)
Rating: 80% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Carrie: 11.45pm, TCM
Year: 1976
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Plot: Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. (IMDb)
Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)
LA Story: 11.50pm, Sky Comedy
Year: 1991
Cast: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant
Plot: With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a wacky weatherman tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early 1990s Los Angeles. (IMDb)
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)