One of the best Western movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

Holding a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars a major Irish actor.

The feature debut of writer-director John Maclean (who helmed this year's Tornado), the film is set at the end of the 19th century in the Old West.

It follows a 16-year-old Scotsman named Jay (Oscar-nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog), who travels to the American frontier in search of Rose (Caren Pistorius, Unhinged), the girl he loved back home.

Along the journey, Jay meets Silas (Fassbender), an Irish bounty hunter whom the teen subsequently hires for protection.

It isn't long, however, before the pair stumble into trouble and find themselves hotly pursued by a gang of outlaws (led by Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom).

An underseen gem that is only 84 minutes in length, Slow West is full of the gorgeous vistas, cool characters and action that viewers would expect from a classic Western.

Without spoiling, however, the more the movie plays out, the more it cleverly subverts audiences' expectations of the genre, resulting in a film that puts a fresh spin on an old tale.

Slow West is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Film4 at the oddly specific time of 2.26am.

The Western will also be available to stream on Channel 4's website from Saturday, 4 October.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

LA Confidential - Legend Xtra - 9pm

The incredible, Oscar-winning ’90s movie adaptation of James Ellroy’s dense period crime novel.

Notting Hill - E4 - 9pm

An ordinary bookseller in London (Hugh Grant) finds romance with a Hollywood star (Julia Roberts) in this classic rom-com.

Rye Lane - BBC Two - 9pm

A very charming London-set rom-com about two strangers (played by David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah) who have recently gone through break-ups.

After a chance encounter, they spend the day getting to know each other.

Plane - Film4 - 9pm

The solid action thriller in which Gerard Butler plays a commercial pilot who must save his passengers when his plane is struck by lightning and he is forced to land on a war-torn island.

Beowulf - Sky Sci-Fi - 9pm

Ray Winstone plays a warrior in 507 AD in this fantasy action flick based on the Old English poem of the same name.

The Enforcer - ITV4 - 9pm

The third entry in Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry action thriller franchise.

Conan the Barbarian - Legend - 9pm

The 2011 remake of the ’80s Arnold Schwarzenegger-led sword and sorcery fantasy starring Jason Momoa.

The Man From Alamo - TG4 - 9.30pm

Another Western, except this time from the ’50s and starring Glenn Ford.

The Father - RTÉ2 - 10pm

The drama for which Anthony Hopkins won his second Best Actor Oscar.

Highlander - BBC Two - 11pm

"There can be only one!"

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Film4 - 11.10pm

Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie star in legendary writer-director Quentin Tarantino's most recent and maybe best film.

Rogue - Legend - 11.10pm

Megan Fox headlines this 2020 action thriller, playing a battle-hardened mercenary who leads a team of soldiers on a daring mission to rescue hostages in remote Africa that ends up going very awry.

Anaconda - Channel 4 - 11.35pm

The '90s Jennifer Lopez-led survival thriller that is soon to get a comedic reboot with Jack Black and Paul Rudd.

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