The 16 best movies to watch on UK TV today: Sunday, 24 January, 2021

The Light Between Oceans, The House With A Clock In Its Walls, The Ladykillers.
The Light Between Oceans, The House With A Clock In Its Walls, The Ladykillers.

Choose from exotic drama, fantastic fun and nerve shredding thrills as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Sunday, 24 January, 2021.

Some films may require a Sky subscription.

Petty con artist helps fraudster couple go on run amid luscious locales of Greek antiquities - taut thriller The Two Faces of January 11:00am Film 4

Classic Ealing comedy when Alec Guinness’s perfect plans go awry in must see cinematic perfection The Ladykillers (1955) 12:55pm Film 4

Indomitable orphan learns warlock ways and embraces his weirdness in freakishly frightening, pumpkin puking Eli Roth horror creepfest The House With a Clock in Its Walls 2:00pm ITV1

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Three musketeers plot vengeance upon wicked king Leonardo DiCaprio with help of secret twin in sword stabby fun The Man in the Iron Mask 3:25pm Channel 5

Moon stealing minion master's plan for world domination is turned upside down by orphan trio- shark punching comedy Despicable Me 4:30pm ITV2

Magizoologist become embroiled in magical operation to derail malevolent magicians maniacal plot to install mage-supremacist reich upon muggles Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 6:20pm ITV2

Flashing Bellas face sexually confusing German nemesi in password farting, aca-irreverent aca-feel-good aca-fun Pitch Perfect 2 6:45pm Film 4

Pursued by sword wielding believer, space cowboys discover conspiracy to cancel Firefly two years too late in Joss Whedon's Serenity 9:00pm Horror Channel

Both sides of brutal war are perceived as Mel Gibson leads first major battle on Vietnamese soil in dualistic drama We Were Soldiers 9:00pm Paramount Network

Determined to bond with family, man slips into madness after corpse roof-racking, dog killing road trip National Lampoon's Vacation (2015) 9:00pm ITV4

Ed Helms' takes his family on a trip of a lifetime in Vacation. (Warner Bros.)
Ed Helms' takes his family on a trip of a lifetime in Vacation. (Warner Bros.)

Shirtless befriender of bears saves tycoon's granddaughter from yakuza in ninja mulching, robo-samurai stabbing fun The Wolverine 10:45pm Film 4

Pregnant policewoman tracks Minnesota murderers as a belittled son-in-law's simple plan unravels- Coen Bros flawless film Fargo 11:05pm ITV4

Grieving light housekeeper and wife’s differing instincts after discovery of baby precipitates emotional quandary for years to follow in affecting drama The Light Between Oceans 11:35pm BBC Two

Teacher doctors student politics causing his life to unravel in viciously sharp, exquisitely scripted allegorical satire Election 12:00am BBC One

Risk averse girl participates in dark-web game of death and dare in WuTang-ing, blindfolded motor-biking, vertigo inducing nocturnal neon thriller Nerve 12:55am Channel 4

Opportunistic apolitical cab owner and German journalist bond as they travel into heart of violent political protests witnessing ugly truth of soured power A Taxi Driver 1:10am Film 4

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