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The best films on TV today: Monday, 11 May

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, The Final Girls, Black Sheep.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, The Final Girls, Black Sheep.

There are British noirs, Bechdel tested meta-movies, and spy thrills all on offer as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV today Monday, 11 May.

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After 12 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, one man must balance his desire for vengeful self-destruction against a new life in The Long Memory 11:00am Film4

Local thug murders rival, marries witness and descends into spiral of self destruction in chilling British noir Brighton Rock (1947) 7:10pm Talking Pictures TV

(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) *29.08.1923-Regisseur, Schauspieler, Grossbritannienmit Carol Marsh in dem Film "Brighton Rock"Regie: John BloutingUSA 1947 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Carol Marsh and Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock, 1947. (Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)

Fleeing memories of her dearly departed scream-queen mother, bereft woman must survive trope filled cult slasher flick in Bechdel-approved machete meta comedy The Final Girls 8:00pm Horror Channel

Desk driving doctor/marine must ruin nurse-kicking Ruskie's plot for economic war in bath murdering reboot Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 9:00pm Film4

Monster-slayer brings relic's wrath upon his prey in bloody, gutty, limb-lopping supernatural action horror John Carpenter's Vampires 10:50pm Horror Channel

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Rough-hewn Scottish lad seeks cash to move prisoner mum to safe-haven caravan making enemies of cops and criminals alike in Ken Loach’s Sweet Sixteen 11:05pm Film4

Ryan Gosling on the UK poster for Drive. (Icon Film)
Ryan Gosling on the UK poster for Drive. (Icon Film)

Stoic, sociopathic, scorpionesque stuntman lets his heels and wheels do the talking in romantic, skull-crushing, synthwave scored neon-noir Drive 11:20pm Sony Movies

Tied to fate and besotted with ghost, soulful Anton Yelchin is pursued by killer-thief in listless meditation on pre-determinism The Driftless Area 1:25am Sony Movies

Kiwi geneticist's mutant flock unleashes onslaught of carnivorous were-sheep in offal-pit diving irreverent gore-comedy Black Sheep 2:45am Horror Channel

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Everything new on streaming in May:

Netflix UK: May’s new releases

NOW TV: May’s new releases

Amazon Prime Video UK: May's new releases

Disney+ UK: May's new releases