It has a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
If you’re looking to get in from the sun this evening and relax with a good Sunday night flick, there are some great movies on TV to choose from.
Among them is our pick of the bunch, perhaps the best Western ever made – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Known by many as the definitive Spaghetti Western, this 1966 flick has everything you could ever want from the genre, including a memorable leading performance from Clint Eastwood, an Ennio Morricone score and Sergio Leone on the director’s chair.
Eastwood (“the Good”) stars alongside Eli Wallach (“the Ugly”), as two bounty hunters who form an uneasy alliance against Lee Van Cleef (“the Bad”) in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
The film itself is probably best known for its iconic score from Morricone, specifically its main theme – you know the one. Even if you don’t think you do, you definitely know it.
Aside from that, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is also known for its sweeping cinematography, its excellent main cast and of course, its huge amounts of violence, which caused something of a storm upon its release.
With a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, the 1966 film remains as iconic as ever, even 68 years after its release, with some critics calling it a masterpiece and even the best Western ever made.
Whether you believe that or not, it’s definitely the most iconic, and is always worth a watch whenever you can catch it on screen.
Luckily tonight you can watch it on ITV4 at 9pm.
If The Good, the Bad and the Ugly isn’t for you, here are some other movies on TV tonight
Independence Day – Film Four – 6.10pm
1996 sci fi starring an ensemble cast including Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Mary McDonnell focusing on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race.
The Greatest Showman – E4 – 6.55pm
Hugh Jackman stars in this biographical film about the life of circus entertainer P.T. Barnum.
Gemini Man – Film Four – 9pm
Will Smith plays a dual role as an elite sniper facing off against a younger clone of himself in this 2019 sci-fi thriller.
The Hangover Part III – Comedy Central – 9pm
Should they have made a third Hangover film? Absolutely not. Is it worth watching anyway? Well… That’s for you to figure out.
War of the Worlds – E4 – 9pm
Sci-fi based on H. G. Wells’ 1898 novel, starring Tom Cruise as a man fighting to protect his children and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade Earth.
Life’s a Breeze – RTÉ One – 9.30pm
Kelly Thorntan, Fionnula Flanagan and Pat Shortt star in this 2013 Irish comedy about a family searching for a lost fortune around the streets of Dublin.
The Grey – Film Four – 11.15pm
2011 thriller starring Liam Neeson as a man stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash who must face off against a pack of hungry wolves.
Gran Torino – ITV4 – 12.40am
Another Clint Eastwood appearance among the movies on TV tonight sees the legendary actor play an old Korean War veteran who forms a relationship with his young neighbour after the kid is pressured into stealing his prized Ford Torino.
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