Every day on The Rewind we round up the best movies that you can watch on terrestrial television. Some days there will be four or five good films, some days it can be hard to even find two. Today is not one of those days.
We may be forced to spend our Easter weekend inside but with today's line-up of movies we'll have no problem passing the time. Starting off at 4pm and taking us right the way through to midnight, we've put together a line-up off 11 films that demand your attention.
Take your pick!
Gremlins @4:05pm on TCM Movies
Year: 1984
Cast: Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Phoebe Cates
Plot: Little monsters, loads of craic. Still an asolute classic.
Rating: 84% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Ocean's Eleven @6:20pm on TCM Movies
Year: 2001
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts
Plot: George Clooney and his gang of loveable thieves try to pull off the greatest - perhaps the only - robbery in Las Vegas history.
Rating: 82% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Raiders of the Lost Ark @6:40pm on BBC One
Year: 1981
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler
Plot: Indiana Jones has to go find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do!
Rating: 95% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Mad Max Fury Road @9pm on ITV2
Year: 2015
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz
Plot: Just complete and utter bloody madness. Five stars!
Rating: 97% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Independence Day: Resurgence @9pm on Film Four
Year: 2016
Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Munroe
Plot: Do not pay attention to the rating, this sequel to Independence Day is actually pretty good. Oh and plotwise: the aliens are back!
Rating: 29% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Pale Rider @9pm on TCM Movies
Year: 1985
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgrass, Christopher Penn
Plot: This is hands down one of Clint Eastwood's best every westerns. A precher defends a town against a greedy mining corporation. It's also a movie he directed as well.
Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Zodiac @ 9pm on Sony Movies
Year: 2007
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Plot: Following the hunt for the Zodiac killer, this movie is a heavy one but it's fantastic.
Rating: 89% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance @9:10pm on TG4
Year: 1962
Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
Plot: TG4 throw us up another outstanding western with John Wayne and James Stewart at their finest.
Rating: 93% (Rotten Tomatoes)
A Few Good Men @9:35pm on RTÉ 2
Year: 1992
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Plot: You want the plot? You can't handle the plot! One of the great courtroom dramas.
Rating: 83% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Theory Of Everything @10.15 on ITV
Year: 1992
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson, Charlie Cox
Plot: A different tone to the rest of tonight's movies on TV, this romantic drama takes a look at the life of Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Rating: 79% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie @10.40 on BBC One
Year: 1992
Cast: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Kim Kardashian West,
Plot: If you're looking for a comedy then Ab Fab may be the way to go. Not going to pretend to have seen it be the TV show was great.
Rating: 58% (Rotten Tomatoes)
