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Published 16:47 3 Nov 2026 GMT
Updated 16:48 3 Nov 2026 GMT

For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE's daily movie-on-TV articles too late, this is the column for you.
We are giving readers a greater heads-up about what films are going to air on TV and when. Scroll below for the best films on TV each night over the weekend.
It’s All About Love - A sci-fi romance drama curio starring Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, and Sean Penn. Read more about the film here.
Pig - Nicolas Cage gives one of his best performances in this 2021 thriller drama as a reclusive former chef living in the woods who returns to his old haunts in the city after his prized truffle-hunting pig is stolen.
What begins as essentially "John Wick but with a pig instead of a dog" quickly evolves into a beautiful, haunting meditation on love, grief and regrets.
Centurion - A hard-hitting historical action flick starring Ireland’s own Michael Fassbender, as well as Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko.
Suit Hung. Tied Tongue - This dark Irish mockumentary drama takes place after a series of shocking crimes perpetrated by brothers Sean and Freddie Halpin (Paul St Leger and Alex Eydt).
Through supposed home video footage, diary entries, interviews with their friends and family, and even a psychologist's analysis, the viewer learns more about what caused the ordinary young men to become "anarchically radicalised against the state".
Kiss the Future: The acclaimed Ben Affleck and Matt Damon-produced documentary about the Bosnian War and U2's 1997 concert in Sarajevo after the conflict.
Calm with Horses - The incredible 2019 Irish crime thriller about an enforcer (Cosmo Jarvis) working for a feared criminal family in the West of Ireland (one of whose members is played by Barry Keoghan.
The muscle man’s loyalty to the clan is tested, however, when he is ordered by them to kill someone for the first time.
Anna - Irish Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy is one of the stars of this action thriller about a KGB agent (Sasha Luss) who hides in plain sight as a fashion model in Paris.
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| Movie | Channel | Time |
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| Lethal Weapon | Comedy Central | 9:00 PM |
| Two Rode Together | Legend | 9:00 PM |
| Get Carter (2000) | Legend Xtra | 9:00 PM |
| Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | ITV4 | 10:00 PM |
| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Sky Comedy | 10:30 PM |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Legend Xtra | 11:05 PM |
| The Bank Job | Legend | 11:10 PM |
| Queer | BBC Two | 11:30 PM |
| The Nature of Love | Film4 | 11:35 PM |
| D.O.A. (1988) | Legend | 1:25 AM |
| It’s All About Love* | Film4 | 1:50 AM |
| Movie | Channel | Time |
| War of the Planet of the Apes | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| Ocean’s Eleven | Comedy Central | 9:00 PM |
| Heist (2001) | Legend | 9:00 PM |
| The Grey | ITV4 | 9:30 PM |
| The Expendables | Sky One | 10:00 PM |
| The Sentinel | Legend Xtra | 11:00 PM |
| The Fog | Sky Arts | 11:15 PM |
| Under Suspicion (2000) | Legend | 11:15 PM |
| Pig* | Film4 | 11:45 PM |
| The Beguiled | Legend | 1:30 AM |
| Limbo | Film4 | 1:30 AM |
| Movie | Channel | Time |
| Battle of Britain | BBC Four | 8:00 PM |
| Attack the Block | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| The Beekeeper | Sky One | 9:00 PM |
| Pathfinder | Legend | 9:00 PM |
| xXx | Legend Xtra | 9:00 PM |
| Carrie (1976) | BBC Four | 10:10 PM |
| Talk to Me | Film4 | 10:45 PM |
| Centurion* | Legend | 11:10 PM |
| Public Enemies | Film4 | 12:35 AM |
| Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story | Sky Arts | 2:20 AM |
| Movie | Channel | Time |
| Django Unchained | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| The Other Woman | E4 | 9:00 PM |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Legend | 9:00 PM |
| The Foreigner | Legend Xtra | 9:00 PM |
| Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | ITV4 | 9:05 PM |
| Joyride | RTÉ2 | 9:35 PM |
| Rio Grande | TG4 | 10:00 PM |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | BBC Two | 10:00 PM |
| Suit Hung. Tied Tongue* | RTÉ One | 11:15 PM |
| Best of the Best II | Legend Xtra | 11:25 PM |
| Their Finest | BBC Two | 11:30 PM |
| Sexy Beast | Channel 4 | 12:10 AM |
| Bone Tomahawk | Film4 | 12:20 AM |
| Movie | Channel | Time |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Sky Comedy | 9:00 PM |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Sky Arts | 9:00 PM |
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Comedy Central | 9:00 PM |
| The Client | Legend Xtra | 9:00 PM |
| Uncharted | RTÉ2 | 9:05 PM |
| The Bride Wore Black | BBC Four | 9:10 PM |
| Ready or Not (2025) | RTÉ One | 9:40 PM |
| The Grey | ITV4 | 10:00 PM |
| Shutter Island | TG4 | 10:30 PM |
| The Creator | Film4 | 10:50 PM |
| Street Kings | Legend | 11:00 PM |
| The Taste of Things | BBC Two | 11:50 PM |
| Rush | BBC One | 12:05 AM |
| Knock at the Cabin | Channel 4 | 12:05 AM |
| The Truth Commissioner | RTÉ One | 12:15 AM |
| Kiss the Future* | RTÉ2 | 12:55 AM |
| Movie | Channel | Time |
| Some Like It Hot | Sky Arts | 8:00 PM |
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| Another Simple Favour | RTÉ2 | 9:00 PM |
| Ocean’s Twelve | Comedy Central | 9:00 PM |
| Rules of Engagement | Legend | 9:00 PM |
| Maximum Risk | Legend Xtra | 9:00 PM |
| The Inbetweeners Movie | E4 | 10:00 PM |
| Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | ITV4 | 10:25 PM |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | BBC Two | 10:45 PM |
| Red Sonja | Legend Xtra | 11:05 PM |
| The Kitchen | Channel 4 | 11:30 PM |
| Calm with Horses* | Film4 | 11:35 PM |
| Double Team | Legend | 11:40 PM |
| Misericordia | Channel 4 | 1:30 AM |
| Shayda | Film4 | 1:40 AM |
| Movie | Channel | Time |
| War for the Planet of the Apes | Film4 | 9:00 PM |
| Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) | Legend Xtra | 9:00 PM |
| Gone Baby Gone | TG4 | 10:30 PM |
| Mud | BBC Two | 11:00 PM |
| Marked for Death | Legend | 11:00 PM |
| Anna | Film4 | 11:45 PM |
| Donnie Brasco | Legend | 1:00 AM |
| The Future | Film4 | 2:05 AM |
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