It also had a real-life impact following its release.
The Olympics is coming to an end this evening and if you’re not looking to catch the closing ceremony, there are some great movies on TV this evening instead.
Our pick of the bunch tonight is a highly-rated dark thriller that flew somewhat under the radar following its release – Dark Waters.
The 2019 film, directed by Todd Haynes (May December), tells the story of the real life case of Robert Bilott against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals.
Mark Ruffalo stars as Bilott and is supporting by a star-studded cast including Anne Hathaway, Bill Pullman and Tim Robbins.
The film sits on an impressive 89% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and was lauded for its performance from Ruffalo as the infuriated and frustrated lawyer trying to bring justice in the face of overwhelming odds against him.
Dark Waters also had some very real repercussions, with DuPont’s stock price dropping 7.15 points following the release of the film. However the chemicals the film focuses are mostly still used and unregulated to this day.
It’s a grim story and one that makes for hard watching at points but the film is masterfully crafted and is no wonder it made the real-life effects it did.
Dark Waters is on RTÉ One at 9.30pm.
Here are all the other movies on TV tonight
Men in Black 3 – E4 – 5.30pm
The final instalment of the original trilogy starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Channel 4 – 9pm
Tom Cruise stars in the sequel to the 2012 action-thriller based on the Lee Child novels.
Three Thousand Years of Longing – Film Four – 9pm
An underseen fantasy gem that is arguably one of the most unique films released over the past few years. It stars Idris Elba as a djinn who is released by a professor (Tilda Swinton) and tells her stories from his thousands of years of existence.
Tomorrow Never Dies – ITV4 – 9.10pm
Pierce Brosnan stars as James Bond as he attempts to intercept a power-mad media mogul from engineering world events to initiate World War III.
Beautiful Thing – Film Four – 11.10am
Romantic drama which follows two men who grow up in a rough London of council estate and experience hardships which bring them together.
Blinded by the Light – BBC One – 11.25pm
Comedy drama set in 1980s Britain, telling the coming-of-age story of Javed, a British-Pakistani Muslim teenager whose life is changed after he discovers the music of Springsteen.
The Elephant Man – BBC Two – 11.30pm
Also among the movies on TV tonight is David Lynch’s classic about a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century. John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft star.
