Films on TV Tonight
Wednesday 5 August 2026 · 17 films on tonight
Speed
Howard Payne is the taunting psychopath threatening LA with high explosives, and Jack Traven the agent who's close to catching him. When Payne loads a bus with bombs, Jack must evacuate the passengers while keeping the vehicle travelling at over 50 mph, with the help of Annie, who's never driven a bus before.
Ambulance
A pair of thieves tries to pull off a bank robbery in downtown Los Angeles. When the heist goes wrong, the two hijack an ambulance to make their getaway.
You're Cordially Invited
A woman planning her sister's ideal wedding and the father of a bride-to-be discover their destination weddings at a remote resort are double-booked. When both parties decide to share the small venue, chaos ensues and disaster awaits.
RoboCop
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatise the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his master.
RoboCop
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatise the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his master.
An Englishman Abroad
When a mysterious Englishman appears in her dressing room, Coral Browne assumes he is attached to the Embassy, but if so, why are his trousers out at the knees? What does he want with her face powder? An invitation to lunch will perhaps explain, though the lunch consists of one tomato.
From Here to Eternity
As the Japanese prepare to bomb Pearl Harbour, US soldier Milton Warden seduces the captain's wife while the captain himself makes life hell for a young private.
The Brave Don't Cry
Trapped Scottish coal miners wait below as their loved ones wait above, as a young official tries a rescue.
The Young Americans
A DEA agent in England must put an end to an American drug dealer's deadly war against London's major crime bosses.
Donnie Brasco
When an FBI agent infiltrates the notorious New York mob, he soon finds himself identifying more with his mafia life, while his real life falls apart.
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
When a shocking double murder rocks the quiet town of Paradise, retired alcoholic cop Jesse Stone is forced back into action at the request of the town council.
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
When a shocking double murder rocks the quiet town of Paradise, retired alcoholic cop Jesse Stone is forced back into action at the request of the town council.
Erin Brockovich
Based on the true story of an unsophisticated single mother who stumbles upon an environmental cover-up. While working for a lawyer, she is puzzled by an old case and decides to do some research of her own. She discovers that a chemical company knowingly polluted the local area, and with the help of the lawyer launches a class action to sue the company for damages.
Crocodile Dundee II
Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, now living in New York, wages war against a drug-running gang when his reporter girlfriend is kidnapped because she possesses incriminating film of a drug-related murder. Having rescued her with his antipodean cunning and the help of a gang of punks, the couple flees to the relative safety of the Australian outback, but the villains are in hot pursuit.
Crocodile Dundee II
Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, now living in New York, wages war against a drug-running gang when his reporter girlfriend is kidnapped because she possesses incriminating film of a drug-related murder. Having rescued her with his antipodean cunning and the help of a gang of punks, the couple flees to the relative safety of the Australian outback, but the villains are in hot pursuit.
Total Recall
Doug Quaid has an ordinary life, although he dreams nightly of Mars - a planet he has never visited. Determined to find the meaning of these dreams, he visits Rekall Inc - a specialist in memory implants - intent on buying a memory trip to Mars, but the implant brings to the surface long-lost clues as to Quaid's true identity.
Total Recall
Doug Quaid has an ordinary life, although he dreams nightly of Mars - a planet he has never visited. Determined to find the meaning of these dreams, he visits Rekall Inc - a specialist in memory implants - intent on buying a memory trip to Mars, but the implant brings to the surface long-lost clues as to Quaid's true identity.
Every film on TV tonight, Wednesday 5 August 2026, in prime time (from around 8pm) and late evening, with start time, genre, running time and synopsis. The full evening schedule is on TV tonight; for tomorrow there's TV tomorrow night.