You’ve eaten the last chocolate in the tub, polished off a glass of Buck’s Fizz and tried on your new Christmas socks – so what’s left to do?

There’s nothing better than snuggling up on the sofa and watching a great film over the festive period. Whether you’re getting excited on Christmas Eve or tucking into leftovers on Boxing Day, these are the movies you and your family can catch on TV this year…

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (12)

Sky Cinema Premiere at 12.35pm and 8pm

When a peculiar electrical signal comes from Kong’s subterranean domain, Godzilla feels the disturbance on the earth’s surface and reacts by consuming vast amounts of nuclear energy. Anthropologist Dr Ilene Andrews assembles a research party to venture into the Kong’s Hollow Earth where they stumble upon the secret, bloodthirsty history of Skull Island.

WALLACE AND GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (U)

BBC One at 3pm

The plucky everyman and his long-suffering pooch pay tribute to classic horror movies in this rollicking big-screen debut that sends Wallace and Gromit into battle against a giant marauding bunny and Ralph Fiennes’s wigged villain. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a joyous conflation of comedy, action and pop culture references with in-jokes and famous voices. A new adventure, Vengeance Most Fowl, also airs on BBC One on Christmas Day.

FAST AND FURIOUS 9 (12)

ITV at 9pm

Covert ops leader Mr Nobody (Kurt Russell) captures cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) but his plane is shot down over Montequinto. Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) head to the Central American jungle to investigate. Following a daredevil escape from a minefield, they come face to face with Dom’s brother Jakob (John Cena), a master assassin with an axe to grind.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (12)

Channel 4 at 9.20pm

Bohemian Rhapsody is a crowd-pleasing musical biopic, which covers the 15 years between Queen’s formation and the group’s triumphant 20-minute set at Live Aid on July 13 1985 at Wembley Stadium, where Freddie Mercury and co stole the show. The script takes a few historical liberties, but Malek’s Oscar-winning turn paints the flamboyant lead singer as a beautiful, flawed creature.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22

I.S.S (15)

Sky Cinema Premiere at 2.35pm and 10pm

NASA astronauts Kira Foster and Christian Campbell travel to the International Space Station to join American compatriot Commander Gordon Barrett and three Russian cosmonauts. From space, Kira observes a series of explosions across America, and Gordon receives information from Houston of military conflict with the Russians. I.S.S. is a suspenseful sci-fi thriller directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.

RON’S GONE WRONG (PG)

Channel 4 at 3pm

Every child in America begs their parents to buy them a B*Bot, a pricey hi-tech companion that uses an algorithm to connect owners with other like-minded kids. Painfully shy pre-teen Barney Pudowski’s dad Graham can only afford a B*Bot that – literally – fell off the back of a truck and the malfunctioning device, called Ron, wreaks havoc.

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (12)

ITV1 at 8.20pm

Following the volcanic eruption on Isla Nublar, dinosaurs co-exist with humans. Former Jurassic World park manager Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) and boyfriend Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) are dedicated to preserving that uneasy balance and, when poachers steal raptor Blue’s newborn, Owen and Claire spearhead a rescue mission. The old gang of palaeontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Dr Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) get back together to help with the mission.

DIE HARD (18)

Channel 4 at 9pm

New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) attempts to build bridges with his estranged wife by heading to her high-rise building in Los Angeles. The jet-lagged crime-fighter has barely had a chance to unpack before a bunch of nasty Euro-crooks storm the building, take hostages and demand the release of political prisoners.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23

BULLET TRAIN (15)

Channel 4 at 9pm

Notoriously unlucky American assassin Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is keen to return to the killing game. His handler Maria (Sandra Bullock) eases him back into the job with a simple mission: retrieve a metal briefcase on a high-speed train departing from Tokyo. However, killers for hire are also on board with diabolical motives linked to the same briefcase.

BODIES BODIES BODIES (15)

BBC Three at 9.40pm

Sophie and new girlfriend Bee travel along winding hillside roads to a hurricane party hosted by Sophie’s best buddy. As Bee unknowingly devours a cannabis-spiked cake, the group decides to play a game and one member of the hedonistic party becomes a murder victim for real. Bodies Bodies Bodies is a twisted satire which pokes fun at Gen Z stereotypes.

CHRISTMAS EVE

MOANA (PG)

BBC One at 2.20pm

Moana Waialiki is the daughter of Chief Tui and has always been expected to lead her people on the island of Motunui. However, Moana’s wise grandmother fills the girl’s head with wild stories about the demi-god Maui, who stole the heart of the island goddess Te Fiti. The old woman encourages Moana to seek out Maui and restore Te Fiti’s missing heart.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (U)

ITV1 at 2.30pm

It just wouldn’t be Christmas without Frank Capra’s life-affirming 1946 fable. James Stewart stars as family man George Bailey, who is convinced his beloved wife and four children would be better off without him. Poised to jump off a bridge in Bedford Falls, George is rescued by guardian angel Clarence.

CHRISTMAS DAY

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (U)

BBC One at 12.55pm

In 1976, supervillain Gru (Steve Carell) reached the criminally prodigious age of 11-and-three-quarters. While the boy’s goggle-eyed yellow hench creatures continue the haphazard construction of an underground lair, Gru laments the death of his idol, Wild Knuckles, leader of a diabolical dream team. Minions: The Rise of Gru is an outlandish caper which delivers the breathless entertainment and escapism we have come to expect.

DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG)

ITV at 9pm

Dowager Violet Grantham (Maggie Smith) convenes the clan to reveal that she has inherited a villa in the south of France. A legal challenge arises but, in the hopes to resolve the matter amicably, Robert Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and wife Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) visit the Riviera. Downton Abbey: A New Era is a handsomely crafted sequel that delivers the cinematic equivalent of a warming hug.

BOXING DAY

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL (PG)

BBC One at 5.40pm

When bookworm Matilda, who is raised by garish used car salesman Mr Wormwood and his monstrous wife, is enrolled at Crunchem Hall, she harnesses telekinetic powers. She fears hulking headmistress Agatha Trunchbull but, thankfully, caring teacher Miss Honey recognises Matilda’s genius and encourages her gifted ward.

GLADIATOR (15)

BBC Two at 9pm

Director Ridley Scott collected five Oscars, including Best Picture, for this muscular and gore-laden sword-and-sandals epic. The hero of the day is Maximus (Russell Crowe), a general in the army of Emperor Marcus Aurelius who is forced into slavery after conniving heir to the throne, Commodus, orders his execution.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27

WEST SIDE STORY (PG)

BBC Two at 1.35pm

This expertly choreographed, Oscar-winning spin on Romeo and Juliet is set on the streets of New York City, where two rival gangs – the Jets and the Sharks – are embroiled in a bloody tug-of-war for supremacy. Tensions between the two camps ignite when Jets founder Tony falls in love with Puerto Rican immigrant Maria, who is the sister of the Sharks’ leader Bernardo.

KING RICHARD (12)

BBC Two at 9pm

Staunch authoritarian Richard Williams (Will Smith) devotes every waking minute to nurturing the raw talent of daughters Venus and Serena on a neighbourhood tennis court. Written by Zach Baylin, King Richard is an engrossing biographical drama, told from the perspective of a man who boldly proclaims “Venus and Serena gonna shake up this world”.