This week saw the arrival of 29 additions to the Prime Video library and 31 additions to the Netflix library, so it isn't as if we're left wanting for movies to watch. But if none of those work for you, here are the movies on TV tonight...
X-Men: Apocalypse - FilmFour - 6.05pm
The first of two movies on TV tonight by currently cancelled director Bryan Singer. This is the one with Oscar Isaac as the megavillain Apocalypse. It isn't very good.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - BBC Three - 9pm
The middle entry of the Maze Runner movies pumps up the action, but at the cost of anything interesting happening in the plot.
Bridge of Spies - BBC Four - 9pm
Spielberg's very decent courtroom drama, set against the building of the Berlin Wall, starring Tom Hanks and a scene-stealing Mark Rylance.
Alien - ITV4 - 9pm
As part of the eternal debate, whether you prefer Alien or Aliens, the pure horror of the first or the action-horror mix of the sequel, either way they're both incredible movies, and this 1979 original is still one of greatest scary movies of all time.
Yes, the plot is basically "What if a haunted house was in space... and the ghost is an alien...", but that hardly matters, thanks to how gorgeous and innovative and magnificently terrifying the entire thing is.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - FilmFour - 9pm
With the impending arrival of the new Mission Impossible movie in cinemas, why not go back to the one where Tom climbs the tallest building in the world? It is a really good one.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Comedy Central - 9pm
Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Paul Rudd, Kristen Bell, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand star in this very comedy about a holiday in paradise ruined by the arrival of an ex.
Death Wish 2 - ITV4 - 11.25pmValkyrie - FilmFour - 11.40pm
The other Bryan Singer movie tonight, but it also features Tom Cruise and a script by Christopher McQuarrie, who would go on to write and direct the majority of the Mission Impossible movies. This movie tells the story of the planned assassination of Hitler by his own men. It's actually pretty good.
The Other Side of the Door - Channel 4 - 1am
When her six-year-old son dies, a grieving mother takes part in a ritual that will allow her to communicate with him from beyond this mortal realm. Or... at least she thinks it is him she's communicating with...
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