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The best films on TV today: Thursday, 14 May

Mud, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Senna.
Mud, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Senna.

Astute teenage character studies, high concept mysteries and classic dystopian sci-fis are all here for your enjoyment as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV today: Thursday, 14 May.

Some films may require a Sky subscription.

Two teenage boys befriended by talisman-clad fugitive learn of love's cost and fatherly failures in ethereally emotive marvel Mud 6:15pm Film 4

Boer war veteran faces clash between his duty and conscience after capturing accused and innocent Maori man in grizzled Kiw-estern Tracker 6:55pm Sony Movies

Mysteriously causing deaths of those immediately around him, amnesiac seeks enigmatic answers in uncommon, off-kilter curio Radius 9:00pm Horror Channel

American actor Peter Weller on the set of RoboCop, directed by Paul Verhoeven. (Photo by Orion Pictures Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
American actor Peter Weller on the set of RoboCop, directed by Paul Verhoeven. (Photo by Orion Pictures Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Killed-cop-cyborg seeks bullet bathed vengeance in the penis-shooting, toxic waste-mutilating, visceral dystopian catharsis of RoboCop (1987) 9:00pm ITV4

Awkward foppish hunk falls for well-seasoned beauty in standard setting, endearing British comedy of intimate errors Four Weddings and a Funeral 9:00pm Film 4

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Innocent alien David Bowie is corrupted by earthly vices and exploited by human greed in disjointed cult classic The Man Who Fell to Earth 10:00pm Talking Pictures TV

The rivalries and asphalt assaulting career of Brazilian patriot, philanthropist and racing legend Ayrton Senna is explored in the BAFTA-winning Senna 10:50pm ITV4

Badass president Harrison Ford kills terrorist hijackers and saves family single handed in neck snapping, zip-lining fun Air Force One 11:05pm Channel 5

Driven by momentum of her burgeoning sexuality, aspiring comic book artist stumbles through drug addled fumbles into womanhood and self-actualisation in The Diary of a Teenage Girl 11:20pm Film4

Loss, love and life shatter in visually magnificent sensory explosion of Pink Floyd’s cathartic concept album tour Roger Waters: The Wall 00:00am Sky Arts

Unable to Build A Snowman, ski-lift-stranded trio face frostbite, starvation and wolves before they Let It Go in icy horror Frozen (2010) 2:40am 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