An excellent political thriller movie is on TV tonight

Based on true events, the star-studded thriller is also streaming on Prime Video.

Based on true events, the film tells the story of Daniel Jones (Adam Driver), the lead investigator for the US Senate's sweeping study into the CIA's use of torture on suspected terrorists post 9/11.

Navigating bureaucracy and politics, Jones and his team scroll through millions of CIA emails over six years, eventually piecing together a narrative regarding War on Terror practices.

The findings, however, are so disturbing that the White House don’t want to release them.

"With the truth at stake, Jones [battles] tirelessly to make public what many in power [seek] to keep hidden," the plot synopsis adds.

Adam Driver in The Report

The Report was written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, who penned the screenplays for the Steven Soderbergh-directed thrillers Contagion and Side Effects.

The cast of Burns' movie also includes Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Jon Hamm, Matthew Rhys, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Ted Levine and Tim Blake Nelson.

Driver gives a brilliant lead performance, quietly charting his character's transition from cheerful rookie to embittered investigator over the course of his research.

Burns' journalistic approach to the important story, as well as his snappy Aaron Sorkin-esque script, also make the film worth seeking out.

The Report is airing on TV tonight on RTÉ2 at 9.30pm. It's also streaming on Prime Video.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Men in Black: International - Film4 - 9pm

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take over from Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in this sci-fi action comedy spin-off.

Assault on Precinct 13 - Legend - 9pm

Ethan Hawke, Gabriel Byrne and Laurence Fishburne star in this solid remake of director John Carpenter's classic '70s thriller.

Hitman - Legend Xtra - 9pm

Timothy Olyphant is the lead of this 2007 action flick based on the popular video game.

The Wonderful Country - TG4 - 10pm

A '50s Western starring Robert Mitchum.

Hamburger Hill - Legend Xtra - 10.55pm

An ’80s Vietnam War drama with Don Cheadle and Dylan McDermott.

Girl - BBC Two - 11pm

This claustrophobic drama about a mother and daughter who are immigrants in Glasgow has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Film4 - 11.15pm

Probably the weakest of the four main John Wick films, yet still pretty incredible.

The Foreigner - Legend - 11.15pm

Jackie Chan faces off against Pierce Brosnan in this 2017 cult action flick from the director of Casino Royale.

The Goodbye Girl - RTÉ One - 11.20pm

Richard Dreyfuss won the Best Actor Oscar for this '70s romantic comedy-drama.

He plays a struggling actor who sublets a Manhattan apartment but must share the space with a dancer and divorcee (Marsha Mason) and her 10-year-old daughter (Quinn Cummings).

The Lodge - Film4 - 1.50am

This unnerving 2019 horror thriller follows a woman with a dark past (Riley Keough) who finds herself trapped in a remote cabin by snow with her boyfriend's two children.