Boasting an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score, the movie received seven Oscar nominations and won the Best Original Screenplay prize.
Staying in this Friday tonight but The Late Late Show is not for you? Well, why not watch one of the following movies airing on TV this evening?
The Revenant – Film4 – 9pm
Leonardo DiCaprio finally was honoured with an Oscar for this gritty and gripping Western.
Demolition Man – Turner Classic Movies – 9pm
It is Sylvester Stallone vs Wesley Snipes in this very fun ’90s sci-fi action flick.
What Men Want – E4 – 9pm
Taraji P. Henson stars in this gender-swapped remake of the Mel Gibson comedy What Women Want.
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol – Comedy Central – 9pm
The fourth of seven entries in the cop comedy series.
Catch Me If You Can – RTÉ2 – 9.30pm
DiCaprio again, except this time he teams up with director Steven Spielberg and co-star Tom Hanks for this incredibly entertaining biopic/caper about a young con artist.
Shane – TG4 – 9.30pm
One of the most acclaimed Westerns of all time, this 1953 movie was famously referenced in the acclaimed superhero film and Wolverine spin-off Logan.
Jackass Number Two – Comedy Central – 10.45pm
The second movie in the beloved stunt comedy series.
Clive Owen in our pick for tonight – Gosford Park
Ouija – MTV – 11pm
This 2014 supernatural horror is sadly not very scary.
Evil Dead II – Legend – 11.05pm
Evil Dead II, on the other hand, is considered as being among the best horrors ever made.
Lone Survivor – ITV4 – 11.05pm
Mark Wahlberg headlines this tense war thriller set in Afghanistan.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers – Turner Classic Movies – 11.25pm
Serial killer Michael Myers returns to the town of Haddonfield once again for this 1989 slasher sequel.
Gosford Park – RTÉ One – 11.40pm
Last but not least is our pick for tonight which takes place in the 1930s at an English country house where a number of wealthy people, some of which are joined by their servants, gather for a shooting weekend.
However, it isn’t long before a murder occurs at the property, with the movie going on to present the investigation that ensues from both the guests’ and servants’ perspectives.
Directed by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time Robert Altman (Images, M*A*S*H, Nashville) and written by Julian Fellowes (who would later go on to create Downton Abbey), 2001’s Gosford Park doubles as both a gripping and playful whodunit and a powerful dissection of the UK’s rigid class structure.
Its ensemble cast is also phenomenal, including Charles Dance, Clive Owen, Derek Jacobi, Emily Watson, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Kelly Macdonald, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Fry and plenty more recognisable faces.
Gosford Park holds an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score and was nominated for seven Oscars, with Fellowes winning Best Original Screenplay.
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