One of the best Irish thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

It was nominated for Best Film at this year's IFTA awards.

Airing on both BBC One and TG4, the movie follows three unlikely thieves, led by a woman on the verge of a breakdown, who rob a rural Irish Credit Union.

Opening in the tragic aftermath of the heist-gone-wrong, the story unfolds backwards, chapter by chapter, to unravel the events that led to this point.

"What starts as a poorly executed robbery becomes a portrait of a wilful woman trapped in her own past," the plot synopsis adds.

Directed by Damian McCann (the very good 2021 thriller Doineann), Aontas stars Carrie Crowley (An Cailín Ciúin, The Walsh Sisters), Bríd Brennan (Anne Devlin, Dancing at Lughnasa) and Eva-Jane Gaffney (Harry Wild, Kin).

McCann wrote the screenplay for the thriller, alongside Sarah Gordon. The pair will also be working on the second season of TG4's hit mystery show, Crá.

The movie has been highly acclaimed, picking up six nominations at this year's IFTA Awards, including Best Film.

Aontas will air on TV tonight on TG4 at 9.30pm and BBC One at 10.40pm.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Crawl - Film4 - 11.40pm

When her Florida home town is devastated by a hurricane, Haley heads back into danger to search for her missing father. 

Expend4bles - ITV4 - 9pm/10.05pm

Action adventure, starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone.

Acts of Vengence - Legend - 1.30am

A lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.

Out of the Furnace - Legend Xtra - 9pm

A steelworker caring for his terminally ill father is reunited with his younger brother, a former soldier who becomes involved with a criminal gang and disappears without trace. 

American Fiction - BBC Two - 12am

Frustrated novelist Monk is fed up with the establishment profiting from black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes.