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Dead Man’s Wire to Propeller One-Way Night Coach: The Seven Best Films to Watch on TV This Week

A desperate man takes a mortgage broker hostage in Gus Van Sant’s edgy fact-based thriller. Plus, John Travolta gets his family involved in a nostalgia-fest set in the golden age of air travel

Dead Man’s Wire to Propeller One-Way Night Coach: The Seven Best Films to Watch on TV This Week

TL;DR

  • Dead Man's Wire: A fact-based thriller inspired by "Dog Day Afternoon," starring Bill Skarsgård as a man taking a mortgage broker hostage.
  • Propeller One-Way Night Coach: John Travolta's nostalgic drama set in the golden age of air travel, featuring his family.
  • Ghost Trail: A French thriller following exiled Syrians hunting war criminals, exploring themes of obsession and PTSD.
  • The Nice Guys: A humorous 2016 crime caper set in 1970s Los Angeles, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling.
  • Monolith: An indie sci-fi horror shot in one location, focusing on a journalist investigating a mysterious black brick.
  • Devil in the Dust: A supernatural western with a young girl who can kill with a touch, and a doctor seeking a preacher to remove the devil.
  • Bring Them Down: A dark Irish rural drama about two neighbouring farming families destroying each other.