Christopher Nolan's most divisive movie is on TV this weekend (2024)

Hugh Jackman's best Wolverine movie, Christopher Nolan's divisive thriller Tenet and South Korean erotic thriller The Handmaiden are among the best movies to watch on TV this weekend.

If you need a break from the very stressful and sometimes endless process of choosing movies, then Digital Spy's Watch This franchise is here to help.

Rather than endlessly scroll on streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+, just go back to the basics – every weekend must-see movies are airing on the telly, and we can tell you the best ones.

Get your popcorn and drinks ready.

Here are our picks for the best movies on TV this weekend (May 24-27, 2024), all of them airing on Freeview channels like BBC, ITV, Film4 and Channel 4.

The Handmaiden

Oldboy's Park Chan-wook directed this amazing erotic thriller, filled with plot twists and steamy scenes, in 2016. The Handmaiden is a must-see movie this weekend, or any other weekend.

Based on Sarah Waters's 2002 novel Fingersmith, changing the setting from Victorian-era Britain to Korea under Japanese colonial rule, the story follows an orphaned pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri) who joins a Korean con man (Ha Jung-woo) in order to seduce and steal from a wealthy Japanese woman (Kim Min-hee).

The Handmaiden airs on Saturday (May 25) at 1.05am on Film4.

Do The Right Thing

Spike Lee's critically-acclaimed 1989 movie is on TV this weekend, and it's one you should watch (at least) once in a lifetime. Starring Samuel L Jackson, Rosie Perez, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro and more, Do The Right Thing still resonates today.

Set in a Brooklyn neighbourhood during an extremely hot summer day, the movie follows the racial tensions that arise between the diverse communities coexisting in a small New York area, erupting into brutal violence.

Do The Right Thing airs on Sunday (May 26) at 12.20am on BBC Two.

Logan

Hugh Jackman is reprising his role as Wolverine in the upcoming MCU movie , so it's the perfect time to catch his most recent appearance in the Marvel universe on TV. It was in Logan, which many fans consider one of the best superhero movies of all time.

With Dafne Keen stealing the spotlight as X-23 and Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Professor X, Logan follows Jackman's superhero as he is forced out of retirement to escort a young mutant to a safe place. However, an evil corporation gets in their way.

Logan airs on Sunday (May 26) at 9pm on E4.

Tenet

Christopher Nolan won a bunch of Oscars this year thanks to Oppenheimer, but let's not forget one of his most recent and divisive works — Tenet is on TV this weekend, so it's time you watch it and pick a side.

Starring Robert Pattinson and John David Washington, the movie follows a group of agents trying to save the world from a devastating attack, which could lead to World War III. To prevent this, they'll have to learn to control time itself.

You might need to have a look at our ending explained of Tenet afterwards. It is complicated.

Tenet airs on Sunday (May 26) at 10pm on BBC Two.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

If you're a Spider-Man fan, this movie was like a dream come true. Spider-Man: No Way Home reunites three generations of Spider-Men (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and MCU's Tom Holland) to save the world from destruction.

Also starring Zendaya and Willem Defoe, the movie starts when Holland's Peter Parker tries to turn back time and prevent his identity from being exposed (as we saw at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home). However, Doctor Strange's spell goes wrong, and the multiverse starts to bleed into their reality.

Spider-Man: No Way Home airs on Monday (May 27) at 7.45pm on BBC One.

The Italian Job (6.50pm, Film4)

The Witches (7.25pm, BBC Three)

Three Thousand Years of Longing (9pm, Film4)

Meet the Parents (9pm, E4)

Horrible Bosses 2 (9pm, ITV2)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (9pm, ITV4)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (9pm, 5STAR)

Late Night (10pm, BBC Three)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (10.40pm, BBC One)

A Banquet (11.10pm, Film4)

Dr No (11.15pm, ITV1)

The Handmaiden (1.05am on Saturday, Film4)

Dora and the Lost City of Gold (11am, Film4)

Kung Fu Panda (1.05pm, Film4)

Laura (1.45pm, BBC Two)

Stormbreaker (2.50pm, Film4)

Rush Hour 2 (3.10pm, 5STAR)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (4.35pm, Film4)

Turbo (5.10pm, ITV2)

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (6.45pm, E4)

I, Robot (6.50pm, Film4)

The Goonies (6.50pm, 5STAR)

Flash Gordon (6.50pm, ITV4)

Saving Private Ryan (9.25pm, Channel 4)

Close (9pm, BBC Four)

Jack Reacher (9pm, Film4)

American Gangster (9pm, 5STAR)

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (10.15pm, ITV1)

Candyman (1992) (11.40pm, Film4)

Split (12.05am on Sunday, 5STAR)

Do The Right Thing (12.20am on Sunday, BBC Two)

The Mechanic (12.40am on Sunday, Channel 4)

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (11am, Film4)

Playing With Fire (11.35am, E4)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (1.05pm, Film4)

Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (2.30pm, ITV1)

Clueless (3pm, Channel 4)

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (3.15pm, BBC One)

From Russia With Love (4.15pm, ITV1)

Johnny English Reborn (5.15pm, ITV2)

Catch Me If You Can (6.15pm, Film4)

Ocean’s Eleven (6.40pm, 5STAR)

Skyscraper (7.05pm, E4)

The Train Robbers (7.25pm, ITV4)

Logan (9pm, E4)

Men in Black: International (9pm, Film4)

The Commuter (9pm, 5STAR)

Late Night (9.45pm, BBC Three)

Tenet (10pm, BBC Two)

Lucy (11.05pm, ITV4)

Rams (11.15pm, Film4)

47 Meters Down: Uncaged (11.30pm, BBC One)

Saturday Night Fever (Midnight Sunday/Monday, Channel 4)

Memento (12.20am on Monday, BBC Two)

Annie (1982) (10.40am, Channel 4)

Ferdinand (11am, Film4)

Bridge to Terabithia (1.10pm, Film4)

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (3pm, ITV1)

Percy Jackson & the Lighnting Thief (3pm, Film4)

The Italian Job (4.50pm, More4)

10 Things I Hate About You (7.10pm, Film4)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (7.45pm, BBC One)

Flight (9pm, Film4)

Lethal Weapon 2 (9pm, 5STAR)

Hope & Glory (1987) (10pm, BBC Two)

The Invisible Man (10.25pm, ITV1)

Valkyrie (11.45pm, Film4)

The Road Dance (11.50pm, BBC Two)

The Guilty (2.05am on Tuesday, Film4)