The best films to watch on UK TV today: Friday, 18 September

Galaxy Quest, The Night of the Creeps, The Drop.
Galaxy Quest, Night of the Creeps, The Drop.

Take your pick from unrelenting cops and robbers action, sci-fi satires and exceptional high concept psychological horrors as TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Friday, 18 September.

Some films may require a Sky subscription.

Living below gravitationally inverted parallel earth, amorous inventor seeks amnesiac soulmate in whimsically surreal sci-fantasy curio Upside Down 4:40pm Sony Movies

Alien engineered brain parasites infect college kids in head-splitting, dead-dating, slug-spitting zombie fun Night of the Creeps 9:00pm Horror Channel

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Cryptic criminal causes chaos for killer cop and angry deity in henchman-bisecting, gold-heisting frenetic fun Die Hard With a Vengeance 9:00pm Sony Movies

Burnt out lacklustre hacks discover they are more than fan fodder in wry, genre nodding, sexy sci-fi comedy perfection Galaxy Quest 9:00pm 5 Star

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Locomotive roof riding Lockean lawman and crow capped crazy Comanche chase cardiac consumer in evil bunny western fun The Lone Ranger 10:45pm BBC One

American actress Sigourney Weaver as actress Gwen DeMarco, herself in costume as space communications officer Tawny Madison in a publicity still for the film 'Galaxy Quest', 1999.  (Photo by Murray Close/Getty Images)
American actress Sigourney Weaver as actress Gwen DeMarco, herself in costume as space communications officer Tawny Madison in a publicity still for the film 'Galaxy Quest', 1999. (Photo by Murray Close/Getty Images)

Sex starved elderly ink drinker takes grandson on long-balling, pageant-pranking, shoplifting and sharting road trip Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 11:15pm Film 4

The integrity of Tom Hardy's simple dog-loving bartender guides him through silent storm of crime and intimidation in gripping gem The Drop 00:05am Channel 4

Troubled woman and friends face hell aboard an abandoned ship in innovative brain bending, Sisyphean psychological horror Triangle 00:45pm Horror Channel

Elvis hallucinater and ex-prostitute go on run in Tarantino’s cameo fuelled delectably dialogued Pulp Fiction preamble True Romance 1:40am Sony Movies

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