The best films to watch on UK TV today: Sunday, 3 January, 2021
Choose from heart-wrenching romance, fantastic beasts and dreamlike journeys as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Sunday, 3 January, 2021.
Some films may require a Sky subscription.
Decidedly average 80s kid becomes boastful hirsute hero- van surfing, Boof-mauling, basket-balling, confidence drunk gem Teen Wolf 11:00am Film 4
Socially astute strong willed teen seduces emotionally abused hunk of dancing beefcake amid empowering sexual awakening / grind-a-thon Dirty Dancing 12:00pm Sony Movies
Murdered by evil android us-es, simple saviours befriend/melvin death, traverse afterlife, co-opt Martians to save future in Rock-whimsy Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 12:35pm ITV4
Over five decades four generations of American settlers win and lose fortunes, survive bandits, wars & nature to build motorway. Sprawling epic How the West Was Won 12:35pm BBC Two
Charismatic chameleon helps drought ridden townsfolk escape clutches of corruption in inspired, off-kilter kid’s western Rango 12:50pm Film 4
Faux prince and small time monkey-boy set their wits and wills to do bitter battle for wealthy woman’s fortune Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2:30pm ITV4
Fleeing headhunter, mismatched misfits join circus- pope-ring stealing interspecies lovemaking fun Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 3:25pm Channel 4
Seeking villainous boss for their existentially broken species, begoggled haphazard bumblers find criminal/ban-nana fun Minions 4:15pm ITV2
Prickly author is redeemed as she excises excruciating emotional Baggage bringing her beloved Mary Poppins to life Saving Mr. Banks 5:00pm BBC Two
Booby trap dodging, tomb pillaging, swordsman shooting, artefact robbing, snake burner achieves absolutely nothing Raiders of the Lost Ark 5:30pm Channel 4
Rescue party rescuing, M&M knuckle dusting, broken hearted hero parodies action classics with chicken archery Hot Shots! Part Deux 5:30pm COMEDY CENTRAL
Magizoologist become embroiled in magical operation to derail malevolent magicians maniacal plot to install mage-supremacist reich upon muggles Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 5:35pm ITV1
Spiting the shadow of cancer, two young lives entwine in acerbic, astute tale of truthful, unblinking love The Fault in Our Stars 6:35pm E4
Broken billionaire rallies super-friends to resurrect alien deity and defeat entitled destroyer in DC’s 3rd time lucky Justice League 8:00pm ITV2
Treacherous trio seek grave of gold in bridge bombing, double crossing, noose shooting western perfection The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 9:00pm Paramount Network
Bank robbing magicians stay one step ahead of relentless FBI agent in rabbit abusing mystery chasing frenetic thriller Now You See Me 9:00pm SyFy
Successful student watches aghast as billionaire bohemian BF and pugnacious father feud over her: Chekhov’s moosing comedy Why Him? 9:00pm Film 4
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Desk driving doctor/marine must ruin nurse kicking Ruskie's plot for economic war in bath murdering reboot Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 9:00pm E4
Uber cool Miami gangster goes to Hollywood and uses skills to become movie maker whilst listening to top jazzy soundtrack Get Shorty 9:00pm Sony Movies
If anyone can save the queen, so can Terrorist/Thespian/Fish killing supercop Frank Drebin in 10 laughs/min perfection The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 9:00pm COMEDY CENTRAL
Defibrillating med-school hotties navigate near-death nightmares in guilt guiding, innovative psychological horror gem Flatliners 9:00pm Horror Channel
Bored pilot finds excitement as gun-running-drug-smuggling-money-launderer for CIA/cartels: astonishingly true tale American Made 10:05pm Channel 4
Would Elijah Wood become creepy, scalping obsessed, mannequin collecting, POV psychopath serial killer? Elijah Wood Would in Maniac 12:50am Horror Channel
Decades apart, Amazonian shaman guides two men seeking sacred flower into Heart Of Darkness in dreamlike wonder Embrace of the Serpent 1:05am Film 4
Traumatised teen, unstuck in time, alters his past only to worsen the future in Vonnegut-esque brain bender The Butterfly Effect 1:05am Sony Movies
