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The best films on TV today: Friday, 12 June

Real Steel, No Escape, Bridesmaids.
Real Steel, No Escape, Bridesmaids.

Friday night is film night, so grab some popcorn, crack open a cold one and sit back and enjoy tear-jerking dramas, laugh out loud comedies and emotive tales as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Friday, 12 June.

Some films may require a Sky subscription.

New on streaming

Four fractured veterans return to Vietnam seeking fortune and closure in Spike Lee’s racially-charged, swashbuckling romp Da 5 Bloods - Netflix

Judd Apatow delivers another loveable stoner battling grief and growing pains in the shape of Pete Davidson’s semi-autobiographical The King of Staten Island - VOD (£)

Irish child genius discovers hidden world of fairies, gold, and mud-gobbling dwarves in Kenneth Branagh’s YA adaptation Artemis Fowl - Disney+

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The Longest Day, lobbycard, Robert Mitchum, 1962. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
The Longest Day, lobbycard, Robert Mitchum, 1962. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

Dozens of characters portray the brave men who helped secure allied victory in five interweaving tales of D-Day The Longest Day 3:20pm Film4

WW2's American soldiers learn of the dehumanising fruits war delivers from both ends of the gun in character-led marvel The Victors 4:10pm Sony Movies Action

Bullied boy and outcast girl find amity as they dream up an imaginary world in bittersweet tear-jerking wonder Bridge to Terabithia 4:35pm Sony Movies

Truly awful father and his precocious son bond and battle over pugilistic robot in bull-boxing mecha-melee feel good fun Real Steel 6:30pm Sony Movies

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 01:  Film "Backdraft" by Ron HowardIn United States in November, 1991 - William Baldwin, Kurt Russell, Scott Glenn.  (Photo by Pool BENAINOUS/REGLAIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 01: Film "Backdraft" by Ron HowardIn United States in November, 1991 - William Baldwin, Kurt Russell, Scott Glenn. (Photo by Pool BENAINOUS/REGLAIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Estranged fire fighting brothers, living in their dad’s shadow track down an arsonist in spectacular flaming action film Backdraft 9:00pm Sky Living

Failed baker's inadequacies ruin best-friendship in designer dress soiling, puppy stealing, cop sexing lol comedy Bridesmaids 9:00pm ITV2

Unwed, pregnant and alone; French woman’s refusal to abort prompts unexpected support of fellow boarding house misfits. Bitter-sweet character study The L-Shaped Room 10:00pm Talking Pictures TV

Caught amid chaotic coup, economic immigrant struggles to get family to safety in child-flinging, nerve-shredding thriller No Escape 11:05pm Film4

Everything new on streaming in June:

Netflix UK: June’s new releases

NOW TV and Sky Cinema: June’s new releases

Amazon Prime Video UK: June's new releases

Disney+ UK: June's new releases