One of the best Irish movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

Based on a true story, the film holds a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Set amidst The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the late '70s, the film is a biopic of music legend Terri Hooley (played by Richard Dormer, Fortitude), who is known as "the Godfather of Belfast punk".

The movie depicts Hooley, a fanatical music lover, opening up a record shop on a Belfast road notorious for bombings, naming it 'Good Vibrations'.

Discovering a compelling voice of resistance within the city's nascent underground punk scene, he later starts an indie record label, which helps bring the legendary single 'Teenage Kicks' by Derry band The Undertones to the masses.

Hooley also winds up becoming the unlikely ringleader of a band of young musical rebels, setting out to create a new community free of the decades-old hatreds that are splitting their city apart.

Directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (the upcoming movie Saipan about Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane's feud), Good Vibrations' cast also includes Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty), David Wilmot (Intermission), Dylan Moran (Black Books), Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who), Killian Scott (Love/Hate) and Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones).

Thanks to the film's lovable lead turn by Dormer, its energetic direction, its banging soundtrack and its heartwarming story about the importance of art in times of struggle, the biopic has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Famed critic Mark Kermode also named the comedy-drama his favourite movie of 2013.

Good Vibrations is airing on BBC One tonight at 10.40pm. It's also streaming on Disney+.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Happiest Season - Film4 - 9pm

A funny rom-com in which Kristen Stewart plays Abby, who is delighted to be invited by her girlfriend (Mackenzie Davis) to spend the Christmas holidays with the latter's family.

However, Abby soon realises that her girlfriend hasn’t yet come out to her family, and that she will be forced back into the closet for the festivities.

The Commuter - RTÉ2 - 9pm

Liam Neeson headlines this thriller as a man who is unwittingly recruited into a murder conspiracy after meeting a mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga) while on his daily train commute.

Deepwater Horizon - Legend - 9pm

Mark Wahlberg stars in this well-reviewed biographical disaster film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Under Suspicion - Legend Xtra - 9pm

In this decent thriller, Gene Hackman portrays a wealthy man in Puerto Rico suspected of committing a shocking crime, while Morgan Freeman plays the detective investigating him.

An Cailín Ciúin - TG4 - 9.45pm

The modern Irish classic we recommended last week.

Violent Night - Channel 4 - 10pm

It's Santa Claus (David Harbour) versus killer thieves in this hit festive action flick, which is getting a follow-up soon.

Blithe Spirit - Sky Arts - 10pm

Dan Stevens, Judi Dench, Isla Fisher and Leslie Mann star in this comedy based on the play of the same name by Noël Coward.

The Lost Future - Sky Sci-Fi - 10pm

Sean Bean and Sam Claflin are among the cast of this post-apocalyptic TV movie.

A Bad Mom's Christmas - Comedy Central - 10pm

The Bad Moms (Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis) return in this festive sequel.

Hot Fuzz - ITV4 - 10.25pm

Edgar Wright's action comedy starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, a movie JOE previously called “the greatest comedy of the 2000s”.

Beetlejuice - BBC Two - 10.30pm

Tim Burton’s classic '80s comedy horror, which got a long-awaited sequel last year.

The Favourite - Film4 - 11.05pm

The brilliant 2018 royal period comedy drama for which Olivia Colman won a Best Actress Oscar.

The Disappearance - Legend Xtra - 11.10pm

Donald Sutherland headlines this ’70s thriller as a hitman whose wife disappears.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - BBC Two - 11.55pm

Two drag queens (Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving) and a trans woman (Terence Stamp) travel across the Australian desert to perform their unique style of cabaret in this beloved road comedy.

An Irish Goodbye - BBC One - 12.15am

The Oscar-winning short film set in rural Northern Ireland that follows a pair of estranged brothers (James Martin and Seamus O’Hara) who reunite following the untimely death of their mother (Game of Thrones’ Michelle Fairley).

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