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The best films on TV today: Tuesday, 19 May

Mona Lisa, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Cape Fear.
Mona Lisa, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Cape Fear.

Banish the Tuesday blues with a killer film today: Choose from a Welsh noir, nerve shredding psycho-thrills and lavish eccentrics as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV today: Tuesday, 19 May.

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Welsh noir classic as a young girl witnessing a murder and becomes infatuated with a murderer in taut drama Tiger Bay 1:25pm Film4

Leaving a promise as waitress’ tip, kind-hearted cop Nicolas Cage’s lottery win drives wedge through his marriage in It Could Happen to You 4:50pm Sony Movies

After the morally murky murder of Boer POWs, three Australian soldiers face court martial and must battle British powers for their lives in Breaker Morant 5:05pm Sony Movies Action

Robert De Niro smokes a cigar in a scene from the film  'Cape Fear', 1991. (Photo by Universal/Getty Images)
Robert De Niro smokes a cigar in a scene from the film 'Cape Fear', 1991. (Photo by Universal/Getty Images)

Lawyer's family is stalked by cheek-biting, unhinged monster of his own making in Scorsese's queasy, nerve shredding gem Cape Fear (1991) 9:00pm Sky Atlantic

Lobby boy and elderly heiress loving concierge undertake joyous, whimsical, wide-angled character-led caper The Grand Budapest Hotel 9:00pm Film 4

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The rivalries and asphalt assaulting career of Brazilian patriot, philanthropist and racing legend Ayrton Senna is explored in Senna 11:10pm ITV4

Unsettling, funny, violent and strangely heartwarming drama as Bob Hoskins, Robbie Coltrane and Michael Caine star in British classic Mona Lisa 1:10am Film 4

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