The best films on TV today: Sunday, 24 May
Get involved in some head-banging, dystopia-fighting, gun-slinging, emotionally inspiring movie fun as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Sunday, 24 May.
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Elephant weathers slings and arrows of dogmatism as he tries to save microcosm from destruction in Seussian allegory Horton Hears a Who! 9:55am E4
Vicarious hatred, timeless love and never forgotten favour in David Lean's Dickensian coming of age masterpiece Great Expectations (1946) 9:35am BBC Two
Brad Pitt escapes prison, bandits and his ego to become teacher of a youthful Dalai Lama and a repentant father in Seven Years in Tibet 11:15am Sony Movies
Head-banging classic rock, nutty ex-GF’s, geeky friends, puerile puns and guitar worship in catchphrase comedy rhapsody Wayne's World 1:00pm Comedy Central
After incinerating nemesis, supervillain faces existential crisis, depression and multiple identity disorder in kids comedy Megamind 1:30pm Channel 4
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Small town agricultural Algernon becomes telekinetic gentle genius in pleasantly compelling characterful sci-fantasy Phenomenon 2:00pm Sony Movies
Escaping fog of existential ennui, ex-villain discovers ex-twin and endeavours to extract extraordinary gem from 80s ex-child star with help of ex-con compares Despicable Me 3 5:10pm ITV2
Health and safety lapses allow Samuel L Jackson to chain-smoke in office environment and dinosaurs to eat corpulent hacker in Jurassic Park 5:45pm ITV1
Marmalade-munching, ear-brushing, self-taping furry catastrophe seeks London home in guffaw-inducing immigration analogy Paddington 7:10pm E4
Repeatedly scrubbed time-tumbler seeks apocalypse averting insight in Terry Gilliam's cyclical Cassandra complex 12 Monkeys 9:00pm SyFy
Ralph Fiennes has his assumptions of Rachel Weisz destroyed and his world dilated in twisty tight thriller The Constant Gardener 9:00pm Sky Atlantic
Irradiated second class citizen hacks business brain and battles malicious mecha-merc to destratify society in meat-clouding sci-fi Elysium 9:00pm Sony Movies
Aboard post-apocalyptic train, underclass revolt in bug jelly scoffing, hedonist haranguing, bonkers axe-melee fun Snowpiercer 9:00pm Film4
A team of criminals and misfits are sent behind enemy lines to rain havoc upon Nazi commanders in war classic The Dirty Dozen 9:00pm ITV4
Grieving virgin is targeted by film-quizzing, stab-happy Edvard Munch inspired serial killer in 1990's teen meta horror Scream 11:05pm 5 Star
Young lady helplessly flees stab-happy, inexplicably motivated, bullet proof serial killer in John Carpenter’s slasher Halloween II 11:10pm Horror Channel
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Weaponised virus turns scientists into zombies causing petite survivor to rekill them all and crash crafty computer in Resident Evil 11:10pm Sony Movies
An Asian father struggles with the assimilation of his family and his desires for tradition in top British film East Is East 11:25pm Channel 4
Deep cover agent feeds gangster's lion, hacks off limbs with saw and forgoes his family for duty, stunning true story Donnie Brasco 1:15am Sony Movies
Hopeful farmer plans to escape poverty’s yoke and build house for family by selling charcoal in D.R. Congo in mesmerising insight into dignity of determination Makala 1:25am Film 4
Everything new on streaming in May:
Netflix UK: May’s new releases