One of the best Irish thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

Having won three IFTAs, the film holds a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Inspired by the classic novel Uncle Silas by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, the film is set in Ireland in 1864.

The story follows a newly orphaned heiress named Maud Ruthyn (Agnes O’Casey, Small Things Like These).

"Maud becomes the ward of her distant Uncle Silas (David Wilmot, Bodkin) when, grief-stricken and proud, she rejects support from her official trustees, preferring the greater independence she imagines the familial arrangement will afford," the plot synopsis reads.

"Welcoming Silas, his children and their governess to her isolated manor, she soon learns that Silas’s intentions are far from benign as he schemes to snatch her fortune through enforced marriage to his son Edward (Chris Walley, The Young Offenders), an evil buffoon.

"But the escalating danger and violent assaults ignite a fire in the young heiress, determined to fight for her birthright till the bitter end."

Boasting phenomenal performances, a rich and gloomy atmosphere, a dark and twisty story, and timely themes, Lies We Tell puts a fresh modern spin on an old classic.

Currently holding a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie also picked up three awards at the 2024 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (IFTAs).

O'Casey was victorious in the Best Actress category, while Lisa Mulcahy (The Assassin) and Elisabeth Gooch won Best Director and Best Script, respectively.

Lies We Tell is airing on TV tonight on RTÉ One at 10.05pm. It is also available to rent through IFI@Home and Rakuten TV.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Die Hard - Film4 - 9pm

As we're coming up to Christmas, it's the perfect time to revisit Bruce Willis' festive action flick.

Die Hard 2 - RTÉ2 - 9pm

The sequel takes place over Christmas, too.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights - Comedy Central - 9pm

Cary Elwes stars in this spoof of the Robin Hood story from legendary comedy director Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein).

Triple 9 – Legend Xtra – 9pm

A very tense and star-studded heist thriller movie we've recommended before.

Metro - Legend - 9pm

Eddie Murphy stars in this '90s action comedy as a San Francisco cop who seeks revenge against a vicious jewel thief (Michael Wincott) who murdered his best friend.

Mean Girls - TG4 - 10pm

The classic Lindsay Lohan/Tina Fey comedy that recently got an Irish-language reimagining.

For a Few Dollars More - ITV4 - 10.30pm

The brilliant sequel to the classic Western, A Fistful of Dollars, with Clint Eastwood reprising his role as 'The Man with No Name'.

Snatch - Sky Showcase - 11pm

Benicio del Toro, Brad Pitt and Jason Statham are among the stars of this 2000 comedy-crime thriller from writer-director Guy Ritchie, which still might be the filmmaker's best movie.

The Bounty Hunter - Legend - 11.15pm

The critically panned action comedy starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston.

Commando - Channel 4 - 11.35pm

In this fun '80s action flick, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a retired special forces officer who must save his daughter when she is kidnapped by an old comrade-in-arms, now in league with a deposed former dictator.

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut - Film4 - 11.40pm

Francis Ford Coppola’s preferred version of his 1979 Vietnam War thriller masterpiece.

The Impossible - BBC One - 11.55pm

This acclaimed 2012 biographical disaster follows a family (played by Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Tom Holland) who were holidaying in Thailand when the massive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck the country.

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