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The best films on TV: Sunday, 5 April

Seth Rogen regrets letting Sony convince him to lie about 'The Interview'
Seth Rogen and James Franco star in The Interview (Sony Pictures)

A movie for everyone today as TopFilmTip brings you animated adventures, amorous aliens, trailblazing true tales, axe-wielding action and emotive romcom in the best films on TV for Sunday, 5 April.

Escaped infant outsmarts criminals crew in John Hughes’ unashamedly enjoyable adventure Baby’s Day Out 2:30pm Film4

Daughter of Luddite cave family follows ideas-guy on apocalypse-escaping, animal-puppeteering prehistoric adventure The Croods 4:05pm BBC1

Elderly home-invaders discover fountain of youth in neighbouring aliens’ Floridian pool: Ron Howard’s (s)extra-terrestrial characterful curio Cocoon 4:25pm Film4

John Wayne and drunk dude hold out against a bloodthirsty rancher trying to spring his criminal brother from jail in Howard Hawks’ classic Rio Bravo 6:10pm ITV 4

Rio Bravo, poster, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, 1959. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
Rio Bravo, poster, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, 1959. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

Fearing abandonment, monstrous hotelier tries to instil seeds of terror in mixed-species grandson: spooky family fun Hotel Transylvania 2 6:15pm ITV 2

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Honey-potted idiot and ambitious exec face honey-trapping North Korean charm offensive in exquisite assassination farce The Interview 9pm Comedy Central

Rogues’ gallery of bitter badasses slaughter bloodless bad-guys for helpless homesteader in bullet-bathed remake The Magnificent Seven 9pm ITV4

Snowbound hulk and alcoholi-dad stave off ruthless drug dealers’ cabin assault in Jason Mamoa’s fiery, axe-wielding, toxophilic exhilarator Braven 9pm Movies4Men 1

Perpetually spooked 20-something hotties flee metaphorical monster in 9/11 allegory: smashing found footage kaiju carried narrative perfection Cloverfield 11:15pm 5Star

Breaking under profundity of mother’s illness, complex boy is taught to survive by tale-telling ent in powerhouse fantasy A Monster Calls 10:30pm BBC1

After losing all he loves Christian Bale seeks unhinged hillbilly guilty of his brother's murder in abrasive drama Out Of The Furnace 11:10pm Film4

Obsessive anthropologist and his crew recreate 5000 mile Peru-Polynesia raft ride in shark stabbing, inspirational true story Kon-Tiki 11:30pm BBC 2

Insecure masseuse's perception of new BF is skewed on realising he is her client's ex in delightful James Gandolfini romcom Enough Said 00:10am Channel 4

Betrayed by fem fatal wife and harangued by corrupt cops, cash-hoarding, perpetually-punched parolee plans persevering ploy Tell 1:25am Film4

Two teenage boys befriended by talisman clad fugitive learn of love's cost and fatherly failures in ethereally emotive narrative marvel Mud 1:45am Channel 4

Check everything new on streaming in April:

Netflix UK: April’s new releases

Everything coming to Now TV in April

Amazon Prime Video UK: The biggest April releases

Everything coming to Disney+ in April

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