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There are movies about British cultural revolution, evil horror, pop stars, and a Grandmother’s unbreakable love as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Saturday, 19 December, 2020.
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Sabretooth tiger, hairy elephant and idiotic drooling sloth seek to return baby to prehistoric family in acorn craving kids comedy Ice Age 11:00am Film 4
Family of blue birds transition to wild Amazonian environs amid chaos of unsavoury logging, poisonous Love and an evil Nigel Rio 2 12:35pm Film 4
Inappropriate social blurter / suncream squirter cheats his way to love and happiness in Richard Curtis’ romcom bonanza About Time 2:05pm 5 Star
Wine collecting doctor turned teenage testicle toucher heads up hunt for web of Venezuelan death spiders in splattery small town fun Arachnophobia 2:45pm Sony Movies
Medal seeking ham fisted bad-good-guy finds freakish friendship and existential fulfilment in sugar rushing retro fun Wreck-It Ralph 2:55pm BBC One
Seeking villainous boss for their existentially broken species, begoggled haphazard bumblers find criminal/ban-nana fun Minions 3:15pm ITV1
On the cusp of womanhood, a girl becomes infatuated with a shadowless boy in the definitive telling of the classic tale Peter Pan 3:45pm ITV2
The nature of inherent human evil explored with allegorical mastery in the unsettling social critique Lord of the Flies 3:45pm Talking Pictures
Teen Doctor Who duo air guitar through history in time traveling phone box to realise wisdom is knowing they know nothing Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 4:55pm Sony Movies
Lonely, sleep-deprived santa-sceptic boy undertakes dead-eyed rail excursion to uncanny valley in kids creepfest The Polar Express 5:00pm Sky 1
Workaholic dad rediscovers childhood adventure and zeal in Steven Spielberg’s swashbuckling insult-battling pirate fighting fun Hook 6:00pm SyFy
Vietnam vets and sly scientists explore hidden land of MUTO monsters and mega mammals in helicopter hurticane heaven Kong: Skull Island 6:00pm ITV2
Stranded at JFK airport when his nation ceases to exist Tom Hanks encounters jobs-worths and kindness of strangers The Terminal 6:25pm Film 4
!XTREME! sports-hulk inXplicably undertakes Xplosive undercover anti-anarchist mission in Xhilerating stunting guilty pleasure xXx 6:45pm 5 Star
Child-prodigy/tactical-genius trains to battle Xenocidal aliens' onslaught in morally complex, cerebral and sublime imagining of strategic SF classic Ender's Game 9:00pm SyFy
Savvy paranormal debunkers lock horns with intimidating spooky-psychic-spoon-bender Robert DeNiro in creepy curiosity Red Lights 9:00pm Horror Channel
After murder of his puppy, bereaved hitman Keanu Reeves brings tempest of exquisitely executed gun-fu-ju-jitsu on gangster's foolish son John Wick 9:00pm Sky 1
Sir Michael Caine explores the cultural revolution spilling out of swinging 1960s London and the lasting impact of youth culture and society unshackled My Generation 9:00pm BBC Two.
Serial killing landlord sets sights on abortion seeking tenant while planning to pin it on her hapless husband 10 Rillington Place 9:00pm Alibi
A simple man travels through formative years of America’s adolescence without noticing any of it. Also eats some chocolates Forrest Gump 9:20pm Channel 4
Cusping upon middle age, loving couple's marriage frays and reforms under the strain of family and life in exquisitely observed comedic character study This Is 40 10:00pm COMEDY CENTRAL
Disillusioned prof's teaching of ambitious working class woman causes her familial friction in Pygmalion reimagining Educating Rita 10:40pm BBC Two
Unrelenting bloodless melee explodes in avaricious rampage for control of dead dragon's keep The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 10:40pm ITV1
CIA n00b chases, protects and bonds with a very dangerous, jaded criminal in spectacular character driven action drama Safe House 10:45pm ITV4
Obnoxious immature college girl must solve her repeated murder: character arcing gleeful groundhogging mystery fun Happy Death Day 10:55pm Film 4
Timid chap becomes axe-wielding gore-soaked deadite destroyer in wrist chewing, flesh-possessing demonic blood bath The Evil Dead (1981) 11:10pm Horror Channel
Denzel Washington bends space and time to prevent atrocity that already happened Tony Scott's high concept Schrodingers Box Deja Vu 11:20pm Sony Movies
Girl’s transition to womanhood brings forth frightening destructive power forged foul in fires of motherly hatred and public humiliation in blood drenched psycho-drama Carrie (1976) 12:10am Channel 4
Lesbian undertones and blackmail as an elderly teacher manipulates new friend over the anvil of an underage affair Notes on a Scandal 12:25am BBC One
After wolf-mauling-Buffalo-Bill-career-collapse supercilious Styleboy overcomes ego in raucous fun Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 12:45am Film 4
Brutalised woman executes attackers in eye-plucking, teeth-pulling, body-blasting repugnant revenge rampage I Spit on Your Grave (2010) 12:50am Horror Channel
Indomitable matriarch helps granddaughter gather cash for abortion on day-long journey of emotional exploration and cathartic closure in edgy and endearing dramedy Grandma 2:25am Film 4
Expert advice giver / widower meets perfect woman, ignores family and ruins fraternal bond in delightful romcom Dan in Real Life 3:50am Sony Movies