Yahoo Movies The best films to watch on UK TV today: Saturday, 24 October
Take your pick from riveting religious dramas, LGBT tales, skin-crawling horrors and more as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Saturday, 24 October.
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Never has a mission to the pub been so hard fought, beers so deserved, so rightly won, and satisfyingly savoured than in Ice Cold in Alex 10:35am Sony Movies Action
Classic Ealing comedy when Alec Guinness’s perfect plans go awry in must see cinematic perfection The Ladykillers (1955) 10:35am Film4
Unlikely sheep-pig befriends animals, learns new shepherding skills, is inducted into secret society of friends and wins children’s hearts Babe 12:55pm ITV1
Dumped by previous motivator, All Valley Karate Champion spends college tuition on Japanese lesson in honour culture and drum technique splurge The Karate Kid Part II 4:25pm 5 Star
When tragedy visits, pacifist widower must act despite efforts keep his children out of the Civil War in moving drama Shenandoah 4:40pm Paramount Network
Vegetarian predator helps gambling addicted sea creature single the fishy-mob in undersea kids coming-out allegory Shark Tale 4:55pm ITV2
CoE poet and cosmological genius forge unconventional love in face of MND, fame and temptation- flawless gem The Theory of Everything 5:35pm Sony Movies
Vietnam vets and sly scientists explore hidden land of MUTO monsters and mega mammals in helicopter hurticane heaven Kong: Skull Island 6:45pm ITV2
Tantalised at prospect of maliciously manipulating and torturing innocent teen, villain's psychopath friend quits toxic waste empire to brutalise boy The Karate Kid Part III 6:45pm 5 Star
With ambition exceeding ability, indomitable outsider soars ‘til his ability meets his ambition in endearing wonder Eddie the Eagle 6:50pm Film 4
Unappreciated entertainer saves wedding, ruins another and falls for philanderer's fiancé in flight finagling fun The Wedding Singer 9:00pm Comedy Central
Miserable millionaire's life becomes psychological hell of clowns, keys and chaos in David Fincher's enigmatic thriller The Game 9:00pm Sony Movies
Youthful, psychic, eye-blasting, teleporting heroes stand against megalomanical recycling fanatic in mutagenic fun X-Men: Apocalypse 9:00pm Film 4
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 5 Star
Mysterious man courts the affection of New York’s elite whilst hiding his real motives, top marmite period drama The Great Gatsby (1974) 9:40pm Talking Pictures
When teenage pregnancy prompts social ostracisation, religious family are forced to face reality of their dogma in revelatory, devastating drama Apostasy (2017) 10:00pm BBC Two
Watch: The trailer for Apostasy
Lost footage explores the vitality of nascent new musical movement as iconic Jamaican makes his mark Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend 11:00pm Sky Arts
Three formative periods unravel struggles and motivations driving young man from neglected youth to self awareness in exquisite, nuanced character study Moonlight 11:20pm Channel 4
Alcoholic nostalgist reforms formative friends for blue-blooded-blankbot-battering pub crawl in quick-quipping comedy The World's End 11:30pm ITV4
Three disparate individuals are unknowingly tied together by fate in heart-breaking, non linear, complex-character drama 21 Grams 11:40pm Sony Movies
Amnesiac girl returns from asylum to endure A Tale Of Two Sisters under malign care of step mother in creepy cutty fun The Uninvited 00:10pm BBC One
Deviant Kiwi vampire flatmates bicker and bite in sandwich nuancing, hypnotic mockumentary marvel What We Do in the Shadows 00:30am BBC Two
After witnessing death of her boyfriend, a trans woman is subjected to accusations and envy from grieving family in heartfelt meditation on loss and otherness A Fantastic Woman 1:20am Channel 4
Shirtless befriender of bears saves tycoon's granddaughter from yakuza in ninja mulching, robo-samurai stabbing fun The Wolverine 1:35am Film 4
Young pretty things learn to fear sharp/blunt/heavy/light/wet/dry/soft/ hard/fast/slow/hot/cold things equally Final Destination 1:40am ITV2
Retired couple must chose to fight for or flee hopeful life in French countryside when terrorised by teen-sociopaths: shovel slaying brutal and bloody boomer horror Offensive 2:15am Horror Channel
Boer war veteran faces clash between his duty and conscience after capturing accused and innocent Maori man in grizzled Kiw-estern Tracker 3:55am Sony Movies
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