Andrew Scott’s best movie is airing on TV tonight

It boats a huge score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Our TV movie pick tonight (Monday, June 8) is All Of Us Strangers, the 2023 fantasy-romance starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott. Written and directed by Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years), the movie tells the story of Adam (Andrew Scott), a lonely writer living in a mostly empty apartment block in London. The only other tenant appears to be Harry (Paul Mescal), and the two begin to develop a relationship. At the same time, Adam is attempting to write about his parents, who died when he was just a young boy. However, upon revisiting his childhood home, he discovers that his mother (Claire Foy) and father (Jamie Bell) are still living there, and are still the same age they were when the passed away decades earlier.

The film debuted at the Telluride Film Festival in August 2023, where audiences were immediately bowled over by the heartbreaking central plot and at took home seven awards at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards, including Best British Independent Film, Best Lead Performance for Scott and Best Supporting Performance for Mescal. If you need anymore convincing, it also holds a huge score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. All Of Us Strangers airs on Channel 4 tonight at 10pm.