Yahoo Movies The best films on TV today: Sunday, 17 May
Need something to watch today? Choose from dog-themed family dramas, devious detectives and riveting racing rivalries as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV today: Sunday, 17 May.
Self-educated infant inflicts poetic punishment upon abusive adults in Roald Dahl’s magical marvelous merriment Matilda 11:30am Comedy Central
Breakfast time-drinking, drunken gunslinger frees town from drunken outlaws in John Wayne’s penultimate western Rooster Cogburn 2:05pm ITV4
Newlywed journos learn life lessons from long lived loveable Labrador in heartfelt, bittersweet, tear-jerking dog drama Marley & Me 3:40pm Channel 5
Would heart-song-less penguin Elijah Wood tap dance to win true love? Elijah Wood would in top Antarctic kids fun Happy Feet 4:05pm ITV2
Socially astute strong-willed teen seduces emotionally abused hunk of dancing beefcake amid empowering sexual awakening in Dirty Dancing 6:00pm Channel 5
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Escaping fog of existential ennui, ex-villain discovers ex-twin and endeavours to extract extraordinary gem from 80s ex-child star with help of ex-con compadres in Despicable Me 3 6:10pm ITV2
Monochrome genocide survivor rallies furious furry five to defeated panda persecuting peacock in canon-blasting fun Kung Fu Panda 2 7:10pm E4
On mission of discovery, astronauts work together against hostility of new world in perfectly realised space odyssey Europa Report 7:15pm Film 4
Hedgehog-munching detective duo and gypsy woman hunt warmongering genius in anachronistic adventure Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 8:00pm ITV2
After discovering kidnapped girl, five highland hikers must help her escape cruelty of her pursuing captors A Lonely Place to Die 9:00pm Horror Channel
Four moustached gunmen pit wits and wiles against murderous cowboy gang in quick-drawing, bullet blasting, character quipping fun Tombstone 8:00pm Sony Movies Action
Desert drifter plays rival gangs off each other and gives harsh hand-gunning tutorial in corpse kidnapping classic A Fistful of Dollars 9:00pm ITV4
Desk-driving doctor/marine must ruin nurse kicking Ruskie's plot for economic war in bath murdering reboot Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 9:00pm Film 4
Disillusioned prof's teaching of ambitious working class woman causes her familial friction in Pygmalion reimagining Educating Rita 10:30pm BBC One
Amoral gangster brutalises his way round the geordie underworld on mission of vengeance in shotgun shouting bleak treat Get Carter (1971) 11:05pm ITV4
Egos clash as pukey playboy and meticulous misanthrope's mutual enmity reaches fever pitch in death defying racing rivalry Rush 11:05pm Film 4
Just out of prison The Rock evades drug-withdrawn Cop and philosophical killer whilst making good on his personal kill-list Faster 11:20pm Sony Movies
Stoic, sociopathic, scorpionesque stuntman lets his heels and wheels do the talking in romantic, skull crushing, synthwave scored neon-noir Drive 1:15am Sony Movies
Breaking under strain of ethically ambiguous CIA missions, drone pilot's life falls apart in morally grey dry drama Good Kill 1:25am Film 4
Trapped in hurricane house with ravenous tiger, browbeaten bereft pyjama clad woman must protect autistic brother Burning Bright 2:45am Horror Channel
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