The best films to watch on UK TV today: Friday, 11 September

Ender's Game, Shot Caller, Die Hard 2.
Ender's Game, Shot Caller, Die Hard 2.

Take your pick from criminals, killers, spies and savants as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Friday, 11 September.

Some films may require a Sky subscription.

Boer war veteran faces clash between his duty and conscience after capturing accused and innocent Maori man in grizzled Kiw-estern Tracker 11:05am Sony Movies Action

English society is thoroughly explored through the life of a Navy ship from docks to ocean floor in David Lean’s In Which We Serve 2:30pm BBC Two

Accidentally heroic, monologuing frontiersman and journal junkie befriends Sioux in sweeping ballad of mutual respect Dances With Wolves 3:05pm Sony Movies Action

Child-prodigy/tactical-genius trains to battle Xenocidal aliens' onslaught in morally complex, cerebral and sublime imagining of strategic sci-fi classic Ender's Game 6:45pm Film4

Jason Statham in a still from The Mechanic. (Millennium Films)
Jason Statham in a still from The Mechanic. (Millennium Films)

Drug lord drowning boss killer Jason Statham trains orphan-man in art of autoerotic asphyxiation assassination The Mechanic 9:00pm SyFy

Delinquent becomes bespoke-suited gadgeting gentleman spy in viscerally violent riotous fun Kingsman: The Secret Service 9:00pm Film4

Matchstick counting savant is exploited by greedy brother before he learns fraternal love in Oscar-winning drama Rain Man 9:00pm 5 Star

Serial killing inner-monologuing man murderer feeds his homicidal compulsion with scaffolding, ocular icicles, engines and jet fuel in Die Hard 2: Die Harder 9:00pm Sony Movies

Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac. (Warner Bros.)
Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac. (Warner Bros.)

Tenacious journo dedicates decades to discovering cryptic killer's identity in obsessive, handwriting analysing thriller Zodiac 10:45pm BBC One

Bank-burgling hostage-takers discover vengeful suicide-inducing ghouls in safe-housing cellar in off-kilter crime-horror The Vault 10:55pm Horror Channel

Plans within intricate plans as master thieves execute the perfect plot. David Mamet’s superbly taut, tight and twisty treat Heist 11:25pm Sony Movies

Middle class family man endures unending prison under white-power gang’s yoke: astonishing, intricate character study Shot Caller 11:40pm Film 4

Brutal detective turns neo-nazi contract killer into organised crime informant in hard boiled, bullet bathed, deep southern drama Bad Country 1:45am Sony Movies

Lives of failed luchador, awfully tattooed criminal and regretful mother collide amid human trafficker's organ harvesting scheme in anarchic Tarantino-esque crime caper Lowlife 2:00am Film 4

Everything new on streaming in September:

The films premiering on Sky Cinema and Now TV in September

The best new films coming to Disney+ in September

Everything coming to Netflix UK in September

Everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in September