Here Are The 11 Best Films On TV Today And Tonight

Here Are The 11 Best Films On TV Today And Tonight
Michael McCarthy
By Michael McCarthy
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Every day here on the Rewind, we scrawl through the TV listings to find you the best films on TV on a given day. There is a huge amount to choose from today, covering all genres and covering all kinds of different tastes.

We've whittled it down to what we consider the 11 best today, covering early afternoon to late night.

As usual, all of these films are available on non subscription channels, though may not be on all platforms.

 

The Magnificent Seven: 1.10pm, RTE One

Year: 1960

Cast: Charles Bronson, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen

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Plot: Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.(IMDB)

Rating: 88% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

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Happy Feet: 2.10PM, RTE Two

Year: 2006

Cast: Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman

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Plot: Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce! (IMDB)

Rating: 76% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

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Teen Wolf: 2.20PM, Channel 4

Year: 1985

Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti

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Plot: An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself turning into a werewolf. (IMDB)

Rating: 81% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

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Mrs. Doubtfire: 3.05PM, Rte One

Year: 1993

Cast: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan

Plot: After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife. (IMDB)

Rating: 71% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

Hitch: 6.40PM, Sony Movie Channel

Year: 2005

Cast: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James

Plot: While helping his latest client woo the woman of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" finds that his game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist with whom he's smitten. (IMDB)

Rating: 68% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

Hail, Caesar!: 9.00PM, RTE Two

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Year: 2016

Cast: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson

Plot: A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line. (IMDB)

Rating: 86% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

King Lear: 9.00PM, BBC Four

Year: 2018

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson

Plot: An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one. (IMDB)

Rating: 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

Closer: 9.00PM, Sony Movie Channel

Year: 2004

Cast: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen

Plot: The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. (IMDB)

Rating: 68% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

The Elephant Man: 10.30PM, BBC One

Year: 2014

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft

Plot: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication. (IMDB)

Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

The Breakfast Club: 10.30PM, Sky Comedy

Year: 1985

Cast: Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson

Plot: Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. (IMDB)

Rating: 89% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

A Man Of No Importance: 11.00PM, TG4

Year: 1994

Cast: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon

Plot: Alfred Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin, Ireland in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s. (IMDB)

Rating: 86% (Rotten Tomatoes)

 

Quiz: Can You Name The Movie From The Screengrab

 

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