One of Daniel Craig’s best movies is airing on TV tonight

The former James Bond was Golden Globe-nominated for his performance in the 2024 movie.

An adaptation of Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs' novella of the same name, the film sees Craig play William Lee, an American expat in 1950s Mexico City.

He spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community, and passes the time by bar hopping and having casual sex with younger men.

One day, William has an encounter with Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey, Outer Banks), a mysterious expat former soldier, new to the city.

William quickly becomes infatuated with the aloof Eugene, with the pair then travelling to South America to seek out a plant said to offer telepathic abilities.

Queer Trailer

Queer was directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, with the pair re-teaming together after their previous hit, Challengers.

More leisurely paced and enigmatically surreal than Challengers, the drama nevertheless retains a strange emotional power.

Between Guadagnino's typically sensuous imagery and Craig's sad and soulful performance, Queer becomes a beautiful but haunting portrait of someone longing for love and connection who, for whatever reason, can't seem to find these things.

The soundtrack is also incredible, featuring Nirvana and Sinéad O'Connor, while Jason Schwartzman (Mountainhead) and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) are an absolute hoot in two big supporting turns, helping to liven proceedings.

Queer is airing on TV tonight on BBC Two at 11pm. It is also available to rent on Apple, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Eye in the Sky - Sky Max - 9pm

Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul and the late, great Alan Rickman headline this acclaimed 2015 war thriller centred around the use of a drone strike in a populated area.

Snatch - Comedy Central - 9pm

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.

Alice, Darling - Film4 - 9pm

This acclaimed thriller sees Anna Kendrick play a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend.

Internal Affairs - Legend - 9pm

Richard Gere is one really bad cop in this excellent dark '90s thriller.

Safe - Legend Xtra - 9pm

An underrated Jason Statham action thriller, in which he plays a homeless ex-cop who must keep a young genius safe from a group of murderous gangsters.

The Drop - Film4 - 10.45pm

James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy headline this brilliantly twisty crime thriller as cousins whose Brooklyn bar is occasionally used by the Chechen mafia as a temporary bank for illegal money.

Buried - Legend Xtra - 10.55pm

Ryan Reynolds gives arguably his best performance ever in this nerve-wracking thriller about a man who awakens to discover he has been buried in a coffin.

The Cold Light of the Day - Legend - 11.15pm

Bruce Willis, Henry Cavill and Sigourney Weaver star in this very underwhelming action thriller with a 4% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Great Dictator - Sky Arts - 11.45pm

The legendary Charlie Chaplin comedy.

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