Best films to watch on TV today, tonight and this week

And this time out, we have another varied list for you, with everything from The Coen Brothers' wintry classic Fargo to Powell and Pressburger's superp drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – so there really is something for everyone.

With so many amazing films airing, we've compiled a list of the best flicks for you to choose from below.

Friday 24th November

Kind Hearts and Coronets - 4:35pm, Film4

Classic Ealing comedy starring Dennis Price, Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood. Louis Mazzini is whiling away the eve of his execution by working on his memoirs. Born the distant heir to a dukedom, he recalls his vow to avenge his wronged mother by planning the murder of all the members of her noble family who stood between him and the title he covets. Read our full review

Run Silent Run Deep - 5:20pm, Great Action

Second World War drama starring Burt Lancaster as Lieutenant Jim Bledsoe, who expects to take charge of the submarine Nerka. But the job is given to Commander Richardson (Clark Gable), who doesn't exactly instil confidence in the crew as his last submarine was sunk by the Japanese. Read our full review

Mary Queen of Scots - 11:05pm, BBC Two

Historical drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. In 1561, young Catholic queen Mary returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne, which threatens the status of her cousin, Elizabeth, the Protestant queen of England. When Elizabeth attempts to intervene by sending English suitors up to Scotland, her plans backfire, and an increasingly vicious power struggle commences. Read our full review

Sleepy Hollow - 12:10am, Channel 4

Gothic horror fantasy starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. Unorthodox detective Ichabod Crane is sent to the village of Sleepy Hollow following a series of decapitations. However, his investigation is hampered by the locals' belief that the murders are being committed by the ghost of a headless horseman, and by his growing infatuation with the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel. Read our full review

Saturday 25th November

Passport to Pimlico - 1:45pm, BBC Two

Ealing comedy starring Stanley Holloway and Margaret Rutherford. When the residents of a small area of London discover that it is historically part of Burgundy in France, new borders are drawn up and a government is formed. Read our full review

Whisky Galore – 3:05pm, BBC Two

Classic Ealing comedy starring Basil Radford. A Hebridean island community senses a chance to replenish its whisky stocks when a cargo ship full of the prized drink is stranded offshore. Read our full review

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 5:20pm, ITV1

The sixth in the blockbuster fantasy adventure series, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. The ruthless Death Eaters announce the return of their master, Lord Voldemort, with a series of attacks on London. As disaster looms, Professor Dumbledore brings former tutor Horace Slughorn back to Hogwarts so that young wizard Harry Potter can learn from him the secrets of Voldemort's power. Read our full review

While You Were Sleeping - 9pm, ITVBe

Romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. A young woman working on the Chicago subway saves the life of a handsome commuter and masquerades as his girlfriend while he lies in a coma. Though she is accepted by most of the man's family, his brother's suspicions are aroused. Read our full review

Boiling Point – 1:14am, Channel 4

Drama starring Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson, featuring Jason Flemyng. Head chef Andy Jones faces a build-up of problems - many of his own making - during one stressful night running his high-end London restaurant. Read our full review

Sunday 26th November

Radio Days - 3:10pm, Talking Pictures TV

A boy growing up in 1940s Brooklyn finds an escape from his daily grind in the glamorous world presented on the radio. As he daydreams about movie stars and masked heroes, an aspiring actress tries to make her way in the medium. Woody Allen's drama, starring Mia Farrow and Seth Green. Read our full review

Wyatt Earp - 5:15pm, 5 Action

Epic western drama starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman. After the death of his sweetheart, the young Wyatt Earp descends into a life of crime until he is saved by his father and guided towards his destiny as one of the West's toughest lawmen. Read our full review

No Time to Die - 8pm, ITV2

Spy adventure starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek and Léa Seydoux. After narrowly surviving an attempt on his life, James Bond believes his lover, Madeleine Swann, has betrayed him. Five years later, he is drawn out of retirement and back into her life when a new global threat - a deadly biological weapon - emerges. But with Bond's nemesis, Blofeld, behind bars, who is the mysterious figure intent on using this terrifying new technology? Read our full review

The Imitation Game - 10pm, BBC Two

Wartime thriller based on a true story, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Scientist and mathematician Alan Turing arrives at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking HQ, and sets about recruiting a team to crack the Germans' "unbreakable" Enigma Code. Read our full review

Flight - 10:55pm, Channel 4

Thriller starring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle. Pilot Whip Whitaker is fêted as a hero after he crash lands his malfunctioning plane, saving almost everyone on board. But Whip's celebrity is short-lived when crash investigators discover something untoward. Read our full review

Monday 27th November

High Noon - 2:25pm, Film4

Classic western, starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Marshal Will Kane's wedding celebrations are interrupted by the news that his archenemy is arriving on the noon train, seeking revenge. Read our full review

Fargo - 9pm, Great Movies

Black comedy thriller from the Coen brothers, starring Frances McDormand, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare. Car salesman Jerry Lundegaard arranges to have his wife kidnapped in order to extort some money from his wealthy father-in-law. But when the kidnapping fails to go as planned, heavily pregnant local police chief Marge Gunderson is soon on the trail. Read our full review

10 Rillington Place - 11:15pm, Great Movies

Crime drama based on the true story of the infamous Christie murders, starring Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson and John Hurt. The young married couple who become John Christie's new neighbours in Rillington Place are impressed by his apparent medical knowledge. When wife Beryl discovers she is pregnant, her husband Timothy turns to him for help, unaware that the charming Christie is a killer. Read our full review

Tuesday 28th November

Wake of the Red Witch - 11am, Film4

Adventure starring John Wayne and Gail Russell. When Captain Ralls is saved from the clutches of South Sea natives by a shipping tycoon's vessel, he promises to lead his rescuers to a fortune in pearls, so long as he takes charge of the ship. Read our full review

I, Robot - 6:50pm, Film4

Sci-fi action thriller starring Will Smith. Chicago, 2035: in a society that has become almost entirely dependent on robots, Detective Del Spooner is called upon to investigate the death of eminent scientist Dr Alfred Lanning. All the evidence points to Lanning's superadvanced robot prototype being responsible, but everybody knows that robots are programmed never to harm a human... Read our full review

Fanny Lye Deliver’d - 11:05pm, Film4

On an isolated Shropshire farm, during Oliver Cromwell's reign, Fanny Lye, a hardworking farmer's wife, learns how to transcend her oppressive marriage to a brutal Puritan ex-soldier. She also discovers a new world of possibility. Writer/Director Thomas Clay's drama, starring Maxine Peake, Charles Dance and Freddie Fox. Read our full review

Wednesday 29th November

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 4:30pm, Film4

Western starring James Stewart and John Wayne, and featuring Lee Marvin. In 1910, a US senator and his wife return, unannounced, to the frontier town of Shinbone to attend the funeral of an obscure rancher. A local reporter takes an interest in their arrival, and the senator then begins to tell the story of Shinbone's wild days, when gunman Liberty Valance terrorised the town. Read our full review

Just Mercy - 10:40pm, BBC One

Drama based on a true story, starring Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson. In 1989 Alabama, young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his legal partner Eva Ansley become involved in the case of a man on death row, Walter McMillian, who claims to have been wrongfully convicted. Bryan quickly discovers that the trial's key evidence was flimsy - but it seems no one wants to listen. Read our full review

A Hidden Life - 11:25pm, Film4

Wartime drama based on a true story, starring August Diehl and Valerie Pachner. Rural Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter struggles with his moral principles when he is drafted into the army during the Second World War. Refusing to pledge allegiance to Hitler, Franz faces grave persecution from his community and the Third Reich - but this only strengthens his resolve. Read our full review

Thursday 30th November

Double Indemnity - 8:15pm, BBC Four

Classic film noir, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G Robinson. Insurance salesman Walter Neff meets Phyllis Dietrichson, the wife of one of his clients, and is instantly drawn to her. It isn't long before she's pulled Neff into a shocking plot to murder her husband, claim his life cover and live happily ever after - but Neff's boss soon smells a rat. Read our full review

Witchfinder General - 9pm, Legend Xtra

Horror starring Vincent Price and Ian Ogilvy. In 1645, with England torn apart by civil war, the infamous witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins roams the country torturing and executing those suspected of practising the dark arts. Read our full review

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - 11pm, BBC Four

Classic period drama starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. Clive Candy VC is the quintessential English gentleman whose belief in "clean fighting and honest soldiering" has served him since the Boer War. But his principles seem out of place as Britain takes on the Nazis in the Second World War. Read our full review

Friday 1st December

Hell Drivers - 6:30pm, Talking Pictures TV

Thriller starring Stanley Baker and Herbert Lom. Released from prison and seeking anonymity, Tom Yately takes a job with a firm of unscrupulous haulage contractors who stretch both drivers and regulations to the limit. Read our full review

The Hangover - 9pm, 5 Star

Comedy starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms. Three friends wake up in a wrecked Vegas hotel room following a stag night for their friend Doug. As the day progresses the wild events of the night before fall into place - all they have to do now is find the groom. Read our full review

Reservoir Dogs - 9:35pm, Dave

Crime drama directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen. Crime boss Joe Cabot and his son employ six criminals to carry out a jewellery heist. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang returns to the arranged rendezvous, an abandoned Los Angeles warehouse, convinced that there is a traitor among them. Read our full review

Event Horizon - 11:05pm, Film4

Science-fiction horror starring Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill. The year is 2047, and a rescue mission is sent to the outer reaches of our solar system to contact the Event Horizon, a prototype spaceship that has been missing for the last seven years. As the crew members search for survivors, they discover the terrifying secrets that lie within the mysterious spaceship. Read our full review

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