An underseen sci-fi movie gem is airing on TV tonight

Its lead actress won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the creepy sci-fi.

Beecham plays Alice, a single mother and plant breeder who, via genetic engineering, creates 'Little Joe' - a plant that gives its caretakers joy.

Soon, however, the single mother grows to fear the flowers as they appear to spark more sinister changes in the people and animals they come into contact with.

Also featuring amongst its cast Irish actor David Wilmot (Calvary) and Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave), Little Joe premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to positive notices - with Beecham going on to win the Best Actress award at the event.

The movie has also been praised for its sleek, clinical production design and its creepy, unsettling tone.

Little Joe is airing on TV tonight on BBC Two at 11.15pm. It is also available to rent on Apple TV and Curzon.

Check out its trailer right here:

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight

Taken - Film4 - 9pm

He's got a special set of skills.

Cyborg - Sky Sci-Fi - 9pm

The cult 1989 martial-arts cyberpunk flick with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

About Last Night - Comedy Central - 9pm

Kevin Hart and Regina Hall are among the cast of this well-liked rom-com remake.

Bad Samaritan - Legend - 9pm

In this 2018 thriller, Robert Sheehan stars as a parking valet who burglarises the houses of the drivers he services, only to discover one of his rich customers (David Tennant) is a serial killer.

Den of Thieves - Film4 - 10.50pm

Gerard Butler is a gritty cop on the hunt for a gang of robbers in this excellent heist thriller with echoes of Heat.

Brake - Legend - 11.10pm

Stephen Dorff plays a Secret Service Agent held captive in the trunk of a car by terrorists in this Buried-style thriller.

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