The best films to watch on UK TV today: Sunday, 6 December, 2020

The Devil's Candy, Gone Girl, Apollo 13.
The Devil's Candy, Gone Girl, Apollo 13.

Choose from astonishing animations, period dramas, deconstructed thrills and more as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Sunday 6 December.

Some films may require a Sky subscription.

Aryan athlete averts merciless megalomaniac's apocalypse, in the Brian Blessed bellowing, Queen themed fun Flash Gordon 10:45am ITV4

Redheaded adventurer discovers world of wizardry precipitating magical mayhem in joyously jaw-dropping wonder Mary and The Witch's Flower 1:05pm Film 4

Housemaid's warmth is juxtaposed by emotional frigidity of the focus of her affections in stunning drama The Remains of the Day 1:35pm Sony Movies

Local thug murders rival, marries witness and descends into spiral of self destruction in chilling British noir Brighton Rock (1947) 1:50pm Talking Pictures TV

Brighton Rock, lobbycard, from left, Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, 1947. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
Brighton Rock, lobbycard, from left, Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, 1947. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

Stranded in exploded lunar lander, astronaut trio must science their way 200,000 miles home to earth in spectacular, astonishingly true story Apollo 13 2:55pm ITV1

Santa's panophobic son escapes bureaucratic brother's shadow to prevent girl's xmas misery in uplifting adventure Arthur Christmas 4:40pm ITV2

OCD city toilet drinker and murderous home wrecking vegetable villain vie for love of country artist: delightfully charming, wickedly wry fun Peter Rabbit 5:10pm Channel 4

Tetchy toxophilite becomes face of revolution, survives Mutt mauling and berates her poor innocent cat The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 6:20pm Film 4

Heroic hearse-hauling, lead-dealing, arithmetic-liking, Seven Samurai-remaking wondrous western perfection The Magnificent Seven (1960) 6:25pm ITV4

Kino. Die Glorreichen Sieben, 1960er, 1960s, Film, Magnificent Seven, The, Western, Die Glorreichen Sieben, 1960er, 1960s, Film, Magnificent Seven, The, Western, Die "Glorreichen Sieben", 1960. (Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)
The Magnificent Seven. (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

Remarkably true act of cunning is meticulously executed as the allies fool an entire army with one dead body The Man Who Never Was 6:45pm Sony Movies Action

Strange voices guide a man to accomplish great things in uplifting baseball themed top Twilight Zone-esque fantasy Field of Dreams 6:50pm Sony Movies

Sir Steve McQueen directs the true story of award-winning writer Alex Wheatle, who spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home and was jailed after the Brixton uprising of 1981 in Alex Wheatle 9:00pm BBC One

Framed for brother's death, driven driver thunders cross-country to clear name in grass-hopping, muscle car mayhem Need for Speed 9:00pm SyFy

A grizzled war veteran must train soft noobs in the art of war when Clint Eastwood stars and directs gritty gun fun Heartbreak Ridge 9:00pm ITV4

Clint Eastwood in facepaint in a scene from the film 'Heartbreak Ridge', 1986. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)
Clint Eastwood in facepaint in a scene from the film 'Heartbreak Ridge', 1986. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

Stranded mid-Martian-mission, faithful vs. reasoning crew must survive robodog-assassin and explosive insects: SciFun Red Planet 9:00pm Paramount Network

David Fincher de/re-constructs gender power dynamics as seemingly perfect marriage falls apart under savage media's eye Gone Girl 11:15pm Film 4

Inspired artist's work spirals into demonic depths after he moves family to Texan town whilst treading line between passion and madness: soul slithering horror The Devil's Candy 11:20pm Horror Channel

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