Yahoo Movies The best films to watch on UK TV today: Saturday, 16 January, 2021
Take your pick from powerful dramas, flawless fantasies and scientific adventures as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Saturday, 16 January.
Some films may require a Sky subscription.
Appalling plunderer and r/evolutionary thinker vie for delicious dodo: prize pursuing fun The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists 12:00pm SyFy
Expert advice giver / widower meets perfect woman, ignores family and ruins fraternal bond- delightful romcom Dan in Real Life 1:10pm Sony Movies
Charming, good natured caregiver brings colour and warmth to embittered quadriplegic banker’s life: bittersweet romance Me Before You 2:30pm 5 Star
Speed addicted hippy-crack huffing mollusc becomes Indie 500 racer in tricked out gurning gastropod Vs mean machine kids fun Turbo 3:10pm ITV2
The horrific true story of soldiers sent to their deaths in a needless battle in the Korean war - essential classic Pork Chop Hill 3:20pm Paramount Network
Sky-scraping partiers and residents face death at every turn when a health and safety mishap leads to a disastrous The Towering Inferno 4:00pm ITV4
Newlywed journos learn life lessons from long lived loveable Labrador- heartfelt, bittersweet, tear jerking dog drama Marley & Me 4:45pm 5 Star
Ungrateful girl enters androgynous wizard's monstrous maze in swamp stenching, head swapping consummate fantasy wonder Labyrinth 5:00pm COMEDY CENTRAL
Fish farting ogre and friendless donkey free paradigm smashing princess and live ugly ever after in wry, droll meta-comedy gem Shrek 5:00pm ITV2
Paternally provoked penitent nazi schtooper/puncher fails to kill hitler or recover holy grail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 6:30pm Channel 4
Hedgehog munching detective duo and gypsy woman hunt warmongering genius in anachronistic adventure Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 9:00pm Sky 1
Sexy/schlubby self-proclaimed crime fighters battle beach corruption in wry, junk-trapped, tongue-in-cheek hilarity Baywatch 9:00pm COMEDY CENTRAL
Bill Bryson and philandering friend attempt to trek 2,200 mile trail in juxtaposed odd couple adventure true story A Walk in the Woods 9:00pm Film 4
Disavowed sprinting spy and Co must prevent nuclear Armageddon in sand-storming skyscraper scaling fun Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 9:00pm E4
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Misogynistic homophobic racist writer finds friendship and redemption by eruditely insulting those he loves most As Good as It Gets 9:00pm 5 Star
Working class heroes pelt environmentalists with balls before saving planet with a nuclear bomb. Bromantic action fun Armageddon 9:20pm ITV4
With almost no leads, police try desperately to halt a spate of random, brutal murders in spilt screen shocker The Boston Strangler 9:35pm Talking Pictures
Moral confusion runs riot as desperate single dad contracts for unscrupulous man who evicted his family in deft drama 99 Homes 10:20pm BBC Two
Heavy handed narc Gene Hackman tracks drug dealers in train chasing, Poughkeepsie foot picking, SOB-ing gem The French Connection 10:40pm Sony Movies Action
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 10:45pm Horror Channel
Tom Cruise loses his grip on reality and his sense of self in Cameron Crowe’s music infused marmite masterpiece Vanilla Sky 11:05pm 5 Star
Luscious haired and surprisingly not dead mercenary reluctantly rescues POTUS from post apocalypse prison city in cleavage baring dystopian classic Escape From New York 11:05pm Film 4
Arnie abuses power, foils terrorist plot and survives a nuclear explosion in stupidly fun strip teasing guilty pleasure True Lies 11:20pm Channel 4
Neurosurgeon’s account of a murder starts to revel a more sinister scheme in old school mystery The Upturned Glass 11:55pm Talking Pictures
One half of an effective team begins to question his world-view whilst patrolling post apocalyptic world in running, gunning sci-fi meme borrowing fun Oblivion 12:25am ITV4
Introverted world champion wrestler's friendship with awkward yet visionary benefactor descends into toxic animosity Foxcatcher 12:30am BBC One
Gunless cowboy and swordless samurai battle despot’s killer gang in stupendously stylised post-apocalyptic beat’em up fun Bunraku 1:05am Sony Movies
Renditioned professional escapologist must escape sadistic escape-proof prison in Arnie-quipping, prison escape film Escape Plan 1:10am Film 4
Fleeing their fans, personal pronoun song singers enjoy day of comedy shenanigans before performing epic concert A Hard Day's Night 2:05am BBC Two
Timid, self-harming aspiring actress gives up her dignity for promise of stardom: maggot puking, skull crushing curio Starry Eyes 2:35am Horror Channel
Fleeing life’s ennui, Prof urgently seeks author of inspiring book dropped by suicidal woman in affecting drama Night Train to Lisbon 3:35am Sony Movies
