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The seven best films to watch on TV this week

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The seven best films to watch on TV this week

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Pillion to Roofman: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling make an unlikely couple in Harry Lighton’s gay biker drama. Plus: an amiable thief finds romance while hiding out in a toy store

10 Apr 2026 09.00 BST

Weapons to Sexy Beast: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Amy Madigan lights up a chilling creepfest – and she’s so startling it bagged her an Oscar. Plus: the sweaty crime romp that made Ray Winstone a star

3 Apr 2026 09.00 BST

The Wolf of Wall Street to Creed III: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Leonardo DiCaprio lights up Martin Scorsese’s Wall Street drama, which has the most swears of any Hollywood movie. Plus: Oscar-winner Michael B Jordan stars in and directs the ever entertaining Rocky spin-off

27 Mar 2026 09.00 GMT

One Battle After Another to On Swift Horses: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning counterculture caper with Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn is breathless fun, while Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in a 50s-set drama about passion and identity

20 Mar 2026 09.00 GMT

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man to The Son – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The smash-hit period drama gets the Hollywood treatment as Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby strides into 1940’s wartime Birmingham, while Hugh Jackman and Zen McGrath try to repair their fractured relationship

13 Mar 2026 09.00 GMT

I Swear to Materialists: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The brilliant film about Tourette syndrome that got lost in the recent Baftas fallout, and Dakota Johnson gets caught up in a love triangle between Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal

6 Mar 2026 09.00 GMT

Bring Her Back to Molly vs the Machines: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Sally Hawkins will give you the heebie-jeebies in a grisly horror, plus Marc Silver’s tragic documentary is an absolute must-watch

27 Feb 2026 09.00 GMT

Scrapper to Paul McCartney: Man on the Run – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A witty, optimistic tale of a father-daughter bond. Plus, a fascinating documentary about an ex-Beatle’s attempt to find himself as a solo artist

20 Feb 2026 09.00 GMT

The Taste of Things to Romancing the Stone: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The award-winning French foodie romance is a perfect filmic feast for Valentine’s Day, while Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner serve up an adventurous rom-com ride

13 Feb 2026 10.18 GMT

Eternity to Queer: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Who will Elizabeth Olsen choose to spend the afterlife with – Callum Turner or Miles Teller? Plus: Daniel Craig is wonderful in Luca Guadagnino’s erotic drama

6 Feb 2026 09.00 GMT

M3gan 2.0 to Ella McCay: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The AI-led robot is back in a fun, Mission: Impossible style sequel, and Emma Mackey and Jamie Lee Curtis’s sharp-tongued comedy is a cause for celebration

30 Jan 2026 09.00 GMT

The Zone of Interest to Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winner about the family who live next door to Auschwitz will leave you awestruck, while Jeremy Allen White embodies the Boss. Plus: Marilyn Monroe at her most beautiful

23 Jan 2026 09.00 GMT

The Eternal Daughter to Polite Society: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Tilda Swinton delves into hidden family secrets in Joanna Hogg’s poignant haunted house tale, and Nida Manzoor’s wedding sabotage film is a punchy delight

16 Jan 2026 09.00 GMT

The Rip to The Ballad of Wallis Island: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star in an incredibly tense thriller about two narco cops who make a wild discovery, while Tim Key works his kooky charm in the heart-warming Britcom

9 Jan 2026 09.00 GMT

Nuremberg to Back to Black: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are utterly captivating in a chilling historical drama, while Marisa Abela plays Amy Winehouse with impressive style and gusto

2 Jan 2026 09.00 GMT

28 Years Later to The Phoenician Scheme: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The thrilling zombie saga returns with Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes trying to protect the remnants of humanity. Plus: the new Wes Anderson – and Austin Butler as Elvis

26 Dec 2025 09.00 GMT

A Minecraft Movie to Paddington 2: the 14 best films to watch on TV over Christmas

Jack Black gifts us an extremely silly flight of fancy set in a right-angled world, and Hugh Grant has the time of his life in the most perfect movie ever made. Plus: mulled wine in film form!

19 Dec 2025 07.00 GMT

The Alto Knights to Under the Stars: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Robert De Niro stars in a bloody mafia saga from the writer of Goodfellas, while Toni Collette and Andy Garcia charm in a flirtatious rom-dram

5 Dec 2025 09.00 GMT

Jay Kelly to Oh. What. Fun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Noah Baumbach’s meditation on celebrity sees George Clooney deliver easy charm alongside Adam Sandler, while Michelle Pfeiffer stars in what will certainly be 2025’s best festive movie

28 Nov 2025 09.00 GMT