A star-studded underseen crime drama movie is on TV tonight

The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix.

The film follows Leo Handler, a young man freshly released from prison who returns home to Queens hoping for a fresh start.

Despite his influential family, he lands a job in the railway industry and reconnects with his childhood friend Willie Gutierrez, however Leo soon finds himself trapped in a web of loyalty, betrayal and a whole lot of secrets.

While it was overlooked upon release, the film has since earned a reputation as one of the strongest crime dramas of the early 2000s.

The Yards is airing on TV tonight on Legend at 9pm.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

The Field - RTÉ One - 9.30pm

Drama set in 1930s Ireland, based on John B Keane's play and directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, and Sean Bean.

The Full Monty - Virgin Media One - 12.30am

Six unemployed men from Sheffield decide to become strippers for one night only in a bid to raise extra money. 

The Nice Guys - BBC One - 10.30pm

A private detective investigates the murder of a porn star in 1970s Los Angeles, only to run into a hired thug employed to scare him off. 

Lion -Channel 4 - 12.05m

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. 

Bad Lieutenant - Legend Xtra - 1.10am

A corrupt detective spirals into drug addiction and despair but sees a chance for redemption when he investigates the assault of a nun.