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12th May 2021

These are the five best movies on TV for your Wednesday night in

Rory Cashin

Tom Cruise, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Craig… take your pick!

Welcome to your Wednesday evening movie watching menu! Here’s what you’ve got to choose from…

The Naked Gun – Comedy Central – 9pm

Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

American Made – FilmFour – 9pm

The story of Barry Seal (Tom Cruise), an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA (fronted by Domhnall Gleeson) in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.

The Snowman – RTE One – 9.35pm

Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Layer Cake – FilmFour – 11.15pm

A successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.

Executive Decision – ITV4 – 11.20pm

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst (Kurt Russell) accompanies a commando unit (headed by Steven Seagal) for a midair boarding operation.

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