A terrific action crime movie is airing on TV tonight

Holding an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film is loosely based on true events.

In the film, he plays an American pilot in the '70s and '80s who gets recruited to fly clandestine reconnaissance missions for the CIA.

However, in the process of carrying out this work, he ends up becoming a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in Colombia.

Featuring Cruise at his most charismatic, stylish direction from Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow) and a handful of very memorable scenes, American Made was a hit with both audiences and critics upon release - holding an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score.

As well as Cruise, the movie's cast also includes such recognisable faces as Caleb Landry Jones, Domhnall Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke and Sarah Wright.

American Made is airing on TV tonight on Comedy Central at 9pm. It is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

The Mission / The Godfather Part II - Film4 - 9pm / 11.35pm

It's a Robert De Niro double bill.

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie - BBC Three - 9pm

The big screen spin-off to the classic British sitcom.

The Equalizer - ITV4 - 9pm

Denzel Washington is... the equalizer.

I'm All Right Jack - Sky Arts - 9pm

Featuring amongst its cast Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough, this '50s comedy satirises British industrial life.

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Unlocked - Legend - 9pm

In this 2017 action thriller, a CIA agent (Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) reeling from a failed mission is unexpectedly called back into action when it’s discovered a terrorist attack is imminent.

Vehicle 19 - Legend Xtra - 9pm

Paul Walker is the lead of this decent thriller set in South Africa in which he plays a man who unknowingly picks up a rental car that winds up tying him to a web of corrupt local police.

All the President's Men - BBC Four - 10.10pm

The iconic '70s journalism thriller recently cited as an influence on this year's Oscar-nominated film September 5.

Cold Skin - Legend Xtra - 10.45pm

In this atmospheric period horror, a young man arrives at a remote island to take the post of weather observer only to find himself defending his new home’s watchtower from deadly creatures which live on the island shores.

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