THE VIOLENT MEN (1955)
Channel 4, 1.45pm
A rugged, B-movie western and a good example of the late Glenn Ford’s qualities of honesty, restraint and flinty amiability. He plays an old soldier who draws on his military experience when Edward G. Robinson’s ruthless plans to build a ranching empire extend to intimidation and murder. Barbara Stanwyck co-stars as a splendidly spiteful Lady Macbeth to Robinson’s hoodlum land baron. (96 min)
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THE GOOD GIRL (2002)
Channel 4, 10.25pm
The former Friends star Jennifer Aniston earned critical acclaim for her atypical role in Miguel Arteta’s likeably offbeat low-budget comedy, much of which takes place in a supermarket in small-town Texas. Aniston stars as Justine, a frustrated shopgirl torn between her dull husband (John C. Reilly) and a handsome stranger, Holden, played by Jake Gyllenhaal of Donnie Darko fame. Things take a darker turn when Holden develops an unhealthy obsession with Justine. (93 min)
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WHERE THE HEART IS (2000)
BBC One, 11.25pm
Like The Good Girl, this whimsical ensemble comedy is partly set in a giant shopping complex and peopled with dysfunctional backwoods eccentrics. Natalie Portman stars as Novalee Nation, a Tennessee teenager who runs away with her no-good boyfriend (Dylan Bruno), but ends up living undetected in an Oklahoma superstore. Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd and James Frain co-star. (120 min)
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HOTEL SPLENDIDE (2000)
Channel 4, 1.30am
There are echoes of both Fawlty Towers and Delicatessen in this engagingly weird black comedy, which contains plenty of strong ideas but sadly lacks sufficient spark to bring them fully to life. Toni Collette plays the outsider whose arrival at a highly eccentric spa hotel unsettles both staff and guests, unearthing ancient secrets and family skeletons. Stephen Tomkinson and Daniel Craig co-star. (98 min)