TV TOP PICKS

6 p.m. on AMC Movie: Unstoppable Denzel Washington has worked several times with action-specialist director Tony Scott (Crimson Tide), and they reteam on this effective, fact-inspired 2010 thriller that puts fresh spins on a time-tested premise of a train that’s out of control. Washington plays an experienced engineer who’s training a newcomer (Chris Pine, Star Trek) when they become the only hope of stopping a chemical-laden locomotive hurtling toward a town.

6 p.m. on SHOW Movie: The Truth Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda wrote and directed this sensitive 2019 drama starring Catherine Deneuve, pictured left, as Fabienne Dangeville, a celebrated French actress who has just written her highly anticipated memoirs. Fabienne’s screenwriter daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) is dismayed to discover the book has been published before she had a chance to read it, and she’s further irritated to notice that Fabienne has written about their stormy mother-daughter relationship as something out of a fairy tale. Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier and Clémentine Grenier also star.

9 p.m. on PBS Frontline In her new film A Thousand Cuts, filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz looks at actions being taken in the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte. He has firmly cracked down on the press, especially independent journalist Maria Ressa, who currently faces jail time for reporting that displeases Duterte.

9 p.m. on LIFEMOV Movie: The Wrong Fiancé When her boss, Charlotte (Vivica A. Fox), sends her out of town on a photography assignment, Abby (Jessica Morris) realizes this trip just might present the perfect opportunity for her to escape the relentless harassment she’s suffering from her violent ex-fiancé, Richard (Jason-Shane Scott). It doesn’t take long, however, for Abby to discover escaping Richard won’t be anywhere near that easy in this 2021 thriller. Michael Paré and Gina Hiraizumi also star.