Here are all the best films on the box today

Plenty of excuses to stay indoors on what is all set up to be a perfect duvet day.

Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day are over and New Year’s Eve is still a couple of days away, but what better way to spend that lull in between than by lazing out on the couch and watching movies for hours on end? Thankfully, with bitter conditions increasing one’s desire to stay indoors, there are plenty of options on the box to keep everyone occupied, from a couple of stonewall classics on RTÉ One in the afternoon to a recent Best Picture Oscar winner and a feature-length Alan Partridge flick later on tonight. Here’s some of the best of what’s on offer on terrestrial TV this Thursday. RTÉ One 1.30pm – Back to the Future Part III 3.35pm – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade RTÉ Two 10.55am – Free Willy 3.30pm – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 6.10pm – Tomorrow Never Dies 9.30pm – Birdman TV3 3.50pm – Rat Race 9pm – Last Holiday TG4 10.30pm – Killing Bono 3E 6pm – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules BBC One 10.20am – Kung Fu Panda 2.20pm – Shrek the Third 4.10pm – How to Train Your Dragon 2 BBC Two 11.30pm – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa UTV 11.05am – Black Beauty 8pm – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Channel 4 12.45pm – The Net 4.20pm – Back to the Future Part III 11.05pm – About a Boy