Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) PPPP (Film4, 11.20pm)

Deranged social services worker Paula (Rachel House) places 13-year-old tearaway Ricky (Julian Dennison) with kindly, if tactless, Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and her grumpy husband Hector (Sam Neill). But then a tragic twist of fate threatens to send Ricky to the nearest juvenile detention centre. So, the teen runs off into the wilderness – and when Hector tries to find him, he inadvertently sparks a nationwide manhunt led by Paula, who has never lost a child in her care. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a quirky, uproarious buddy comedy from New Zealand writer-director Taika Waititi, who walks the tightrope between heartfelt sentimentality and spiky reality with aplomb. No wonder Hollywood came calling for both Waititi, who went on to direct Jojo Rabbit, and Dennison, who starred in Deadpool 2.

Road to Perdition (2002) PPPP (Sony Movies, 9.00pm) Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) is a devoted husband and father who lives a secret life as a mob hitman in Depression-era Chicago. When his son witnesses his involvement in a killing it results in a fellow gangster attempting to kill off Sullivan’s entire family – forcing him and his surviving son, Michael Jr (Tyler Hoechlin), to go on the run. His desire for revenge eventually leads him to cross the infamous mob boss Al Capone – with terrible repercussions. Based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins, director Sam Mendes’ follow-up to American Beauty is a very different affair. This dark period chase drama is meticulously constructed and boasts an incredible cast, most notably a suitably restrained Hanks as Sullivan and the downright eerie Jude Law as assassin Harlen Maguire.