Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week (2024)

And we have another exciting list this week, with everything from classic musical Meet Me in St Louis to Luca Guadagnino's cannibal love story Bones & All – so there really is something for everyone.

With so many amazing films airing, we've compiled a list of the best flicks for you to choose from below.

Sponsored

Bring the cinema home with Sky Cinema

Upgrade now for just £12 a month to enjoy blockbusters like The Suicide Squad, Peter Rabbit 2 and Godzilla vs Kong, alongside a selection of festive flicks like A Boy Called Christmas and Elf – all from the comfort of your own home.

Shop the promotion on Sky Cinema

Friday 31st May

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 8:45pm, BBC Three

More like this

Superhero adventure starring Tom Holland, Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch. After Peter Parker's secret identity is revealed to the world, he and his friends find their lives turned upside-down. Peter decides that he can fix things by turning back time, and turns to Doctor Strange for help. But complications in Strange's spell lead to a rift in the space-time continuum, allowing uninvited guests into Peter's world. Read our full review

Logan - 9pm, E4

Action adventure starring Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart. In the future, the X-Men are gone, no new mutants have been born in decades and a world-weary Wolverine is now lying low south of the American border in the company of a mentally frail Professor X. However, their seclusion is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a mutant child with some familiar-looking powers. Read our full review

Dunkirk - 10:40pm, BBC One

Second World War drama starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh. During the 1940 British evacuation at Dunkirk, three individuals each fight to survive. As young soldier Tommy waits to escape the wartorn beach, a civilian sailor from Weymouth aids in the rescue efforts, while a Spitfire pilot provides air support and gains a singular perspective on the chaos taking place below. Read our full review

Team America: World Police - 11:05pm,Channel 4

Satirical comedy co-written, directed by and featuring the voices of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and performed by Thunderbirds-style puppets. A counter-terrorism squad causes havoc as it does battle with the Film Actors Guild and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, who is bent on destroying the civilised world. Read our full review

Saturday 1st June

Meet Me in St Louis - 1:40pm, BBC Two

Classic musical starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien that charts the everyday adventures and romantic entanglements of the Smith family in early 20th-century St Louis. ital}Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Trolley Song and Skip to My Lou are just a few of the memorable numbers belted out by Garland and the cast. Read our full review

Girls Trip - 9pm, ITV2

Comedy starring Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah and Tiffany Haddish. Four old friends reconnect during a wild weekend in New Orleans where the group indulge in bawdy behaviour before confronting some home truths. Read our full review

Military Wives – 9pm, Channel 4

Comedy drama based on a true story, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan. With their partners away in Afghanistan, a group of soldiers' wives form a choir to keep up their morale. Led by the often clashing Kate and Lisa, the group at first struggles to take itself seriously. But when their story catches on and the choir is invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall, the ladies have to step up their game. Read our full review

Shaun of the Dead - 10pm, ITV4

Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week (1)

Comedy horror starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. On the day north London slacker Shaun decides to sort his life out, the dead rise and the city becomes overrun with zombies. Can Shaun and best mate Ed fight off the marauding hordes of the undead and win back Shaun's girlfriend? Or will they just go down the pub? Read our full review

A co*ck and Bull Story - 12am, BBC Two

Satirical film-within-a-film comedy starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as the two leads in an attempt by an English crew to shoot Laurence Sterne's "unfilmable" 18th-century novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. But in the same way as Tristram Shandy's constant digressions hamper his attempts to progress the story beyond his traumatic birth, so too does Coogan and Brydon's bickering interfere with the actual making of the movie. Read our full review

Sunday 2nd June

The Longest Day - 12:15pm, BBC Two

Second World War drama starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan. Normandy, 6 June 1944: as the huge task of preparing for D-Day draws to a close, the Allied commanders await suitable weather conditions to set in motion history's greatest amphibious operation. Read our full review

Goldfinger - 2:50pm, ITV1

Spy adventure starring Sean Connery. Agent 007 James Bond investigates ruthless criminal Auric Goldfinger, a man with an insatiable appetite for gold and a desire to become the most powerful man on Earth. Read our full review

Ralph Breaks the Internet - 4:50pm, BBC One

Six years after the events of Wreck-It Ralph, the destructive video game character and his hyperactive friend Vanellope discover a wi-fi router in Litwak's Family Fun Centre and Arcade. Before long, they embark on a new quest involving Disney princesses, and a few familar faces. Animated adventure, with the voices of John C Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Gal Gadot. Read our full review

Bones and All - 10pm, BBC Two

Romantic horror drama starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet and Mark Rylance. Abandoned by her father, teenager Maren, who has cannibalistic tendencies, sets out to locate her birth mother. She is soon joined by fellow "Eater" Lee, with whom she forms a deep bond. But the pair are also being pursued by another fellow cannibal and may be in grave danger. Read our full review

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - 11pm, Channel 4

Musical based on a true story, starring Max Harwood. Sheffield teenager Jamie longs to go to his school prom in drag. While he faces opposition from his disapproving teacher and mocking schoolmates, Jamie is backed by his supportive mum Margaret, his best friend Pritti and his mentor Hugo, a veteran drag artiste. Read our full review

Monday 3rd June

Beach Red - 4pm, Talking Pictures TV

Second World War drama starring Cornel Wilde. An island in the South Pacific held by the Japanese comes under attack from a unit of American marines led by Captain MacDonald, whose men include raw recruits with no experience of war. Read our full review

Out of Sight - 9pm, Great Movies

Romantic crime drama starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. Jack Foley is a career bank robber who's regularly in and out of jail, but still determined to try one last heist. So when he encounters US Marshal Karen Sisco during a prison escape, their mutual attraction is destined to see them cross paths again. Read our full review

Gangs of New York - 9pm, Film4

Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week (2)

Oscar-nominated period crime drama from director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis. New York in the mid-19th century: young boy Amsterdam Vallon witnesses his father's death in a bloody battle between rival street gangs. Years later, Amsterdam worms his way into the group responsible, determined to wipe out its sinister leader, Bill "the Butcher" Cutting. Read our full review

Tuesday 4th June

Oliver! - 12:40pm, Film4

Oscar-winning film version of Lionel Bart's musical based on the popular novel Oliver Twist, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Mark Lester. Escaping a life of workhouse servitude, Oliver tries to seek his fortune in London, but instead of gold-paved streets he finds the roguish fa*gin and his crime school for boys. Read our full review

Colette - 11:05pm, BBC Two

Biographical period drama starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West. In belle époque Paris, provincial girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette marries the rakish "Willy" and writes stories that are published under his name. When the novels become bestsellers, Willy's demands escalate, and Colette begins an affair with a Louisiana debutante. Read our full review

Aquarela - 11:35pm, BBC Four

Film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky travels around the world to capture stunning images of the beauty and raw power of water, from massive waves to melting ice. With a look at the frozen waters of Russia's Lake Baikal and Venezuela's Angel Falls. Read our full review

Wednesday 5th June

The Sons of Katie Elder - 1:20pm, Film4

Western starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. When the four sons of Katie Elder arrive in the Texas town of Clearwater for her funeral, they discover that their drunken father had gambled away the family ranch on the night he was killed, leaving their mother penniless. They decide to look into the killing, despite a warning from the sheriff. Read our full review

The King’s Speech - 10:40pm, BBC One

Oscar-winning historical drama starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. As part of his royal duties, Prince Albert is required to speak at public events, a task made all the more difficult owing to his severe stammer. The death of his father and subsequent abdication of his older brother means that "Bertie" is to be crowned king. Unconventional speech therapist Lionel Logue is enlisted to help the future George VI find his voice - and despite Logue's disregard for all things stately, the two men form an unlikely bond. Read our full review

Bad Boys - 11:15pm, Film4

Action comedy thriller starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. Two chalk-and-cheese Miami drugs squad detectives - one a wise-cracking, Porsche-driving ladies' man, the other married with a family - are assigned to track down a missing $100-million shipment of heroin. Read our full review

Thursday 6th June

Gunfight at the OK Corral - 4:25pm, Film4

Classic western starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. US Marshal Wyatt Earp tries to keep the peace in the lawless West of the 1870s. His chief adversary is the Clanton gang, but he also finds himself up against Doc Holliday, a dentist turned gambler, with a dim regard for the law. Doc's attitude changes when Earp rescues him from a mob, and the two join forces against the Clantons. After chasing the gang from Dodge City to Tombstone, both sides face each other in the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral. Read our full review

Four Weddings and a Funeral - 9pm, BBC Four

Romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell. Together with a group of his friends, 30-something Charles is regularly invited to weddings, but he wonders if he will ever be ready to tie the knot himself. Then, at a country marriage, he meets the beautiful but elusive Carrie, who seduces him that night and leaves him utterly bemused when she returns to America the following day. Read our full review

Fire Island - 9pm, Film4

Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week (3)

A group of best friends gather in Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but a sudden change of events might make this their last summer in gay paradise. Comedy romance, starring Joel Kim Booster. Read our full review

Friday 7th June

The Ghost and Mrs Muir - 11am, Film4

Romantic fantasy starring Gene Tierney as a widow who befriends the mischievous ghost of a sea captain (Rex Harrison) when she moves into the isolated coastal house where he used to live. Read our full review

Apocalypse Now - 9pm, Film4

Epic war drama starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall. In Vietnam, war-weary Captain Willard is drawn into a nightmarish world when he is ordered to assassinate a rebel American officer, Colonel Kurtz, who has established his own private army deep in the Cambodian jungle. Read our full review

The Others - 11:10pm, BBC One

Period horror thriller starring Nicole Kidman. In a remote mansion on the Channel Island of Jersey at the end of the Second World War, Grace is praying for news of her husband, who has been declared missing in action. Her children have an allergy to sunlight and cannot leave the house, so Grace advertises for some home help. Three people respond to her request, but their arrival coincides with a series of sinister occurrences. Read our full review

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse - 12:40am, Film4

Documentary charting the making of Francis Coppola's movie Apocalypse Now. Coppola's extraordinary odyssey survived appalling trials and tribulations thanks to his amazing vision. Beset by typhoons, wars, heart attacks, nervous breakdowns and drugs, he emerged with a masterpiece. The documentary includes interviews with the major protagonists, the observations of Eleanor Coppola and some of her own revealing film footage. Read our full review

If you have Netflix, we have rounded up the best movies on Netflix and the best series on Netflix to watch now - and Disney Plus viewers can check out our best movies on Disney Plus guide. Got Prime Video? We also have the best movies on Amazon Prime.

Advertisem*nt

Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week (2024)

References

Top Articles
Latest Posts
Article information

Author: Zonia Mosciski DO

Last Updated:

Views: 5451

Rating: 4 / 5 (71 voted)

Reviews: 94% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Zonia Mosciski DO

Birthday: 1996-05-16

Address: Suite 228 919 Deana Ford, Lake Meridithberg, NE 60017-4257

Phone: +2613987384138

Job: Chief Retail Officer

Hobby: Tai chi, Dowsing, Poi, Letterboxing, Watching movies, Video gaming, Singing

Introduction: My name is Zonia Mosciski DO, I am a enchanting, joyous, lovely, successful, hilarious, tender, outstanding person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.