Best Classic Movies on TV This Week: November 9-16

Every week, thousands of movies air on cable TV and over-the-air antenna channels, which means that your favorite might be showing … and you might only find out when there are 20 minutes left. Our day-by-day guide to classic movies on TV this week will give you an overview of what’s playing during primetime and beyond every night this week, so you can plan your viewing and never miss a great film.

This week brings a boatload of war movies for Veterans Day, including The Dirty Dozen and Saving Private Ryan, as well as TCM’s ongoing tribute to political thrillers like North by Northwest. If you’re in a holiday mood, Christmas classics like Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and Home Alone; if not, celebrate what would have been Richard Burton’s 100th birthday with screenings of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Night of the Iguana.

Classic Movies on Sunday, November 9

TCM Spotlight: Zita Johann

TCM, beginning at 8pm

Actress Zita Johann, who was born in Austria-Hungary and started her career on the Broadway stage, gets the spotlight tonight. In 1933’s The Sin of Nora Morgan, she plays a woman recounting her life as she waits for her fate on death row — destined to die for a murder she didn’t commit. The film is followed by 1932’s The Mummy, where horror icon Boris Karloff plays a resurrected Egyptian prince searching for his lost princess, who he believes to be reincarnated as a girl named Helen (Johann, in her most well-known role). In 1932’s Tiger Shark, a Portuguese immigrant fisherman (Edward G. Robinson) meets and subsequently falls in love with Quita Silva (Johann), the only surviving family member of a man killed by a shark attack.

Primetime Movies

5:05pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993, Musical comedy) Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy FXM
5:10pm The Terminal (2004, Comedy-drama) Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones GSHW2
5:15pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton SHO
5:25pm Murphy’s Romance (1985, Romance-comedy) Sally Field, James Garner MOVIES!
5:30pm Dr. No (1962, Action) Sean Connery, Ursula Andress BBCA
5:30pm Tom Horn (1980, Western) Steve McQueen, Linda Evans GRIT
5:30pm While You Were Sleeping (1995, Romance-comedy) Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman CMT
5:50pm Paths of Glory (1957, War) Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker HDNETMV

6pm How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998, Romance-comedy) Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs STARZ
6pm Patriot Games (1992, Suspense) Harrison Ford, Anne Archer SHOCSE
6pm Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Science fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford AMC
6pm The Godfather (1972, Crime drama) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino SHOWXHD
6:21pm Judas Kiss (1998, Crime drama) Simon Baker-Denny, Gil Bellows INDIE
6:30pm Lili (1953, Musical) Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer TCM
6:30pm Sixteen Candles (1984, Comedy) Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall SUNDANCE
6:30pm The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988, Comedy) Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy FLIX

7pm Just Friends (2005, Romance-comedy) Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart E!
7:05pm Total Recall (1990, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin SHO
7:06pm Under the Tuscan Sun (2003, Romance) Diane Lane, Sandra Oh STZE
7:15pm Sister Act (1992, Musical comedy) Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith FXM
7:30pm Red Eye (2005, Suspense) Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy TMCX

8pm 48 HRS. (1982, Action) Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy FLIX
8pm Crocodile Dundee (1986, Comedy) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski LAFF
8pm From Russia With Love (1963, Action) Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi BBCA
8pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo TNT
8pm Steel Magnolias (1989, Comedy-drama) Sally Field, Dolly Parton CMT
8pm The Long Voyage Home (1940, Drama) John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell HDNETMV
8pm The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946, Crime drama) Lana Turner, John Garfield MOVIES!
8pm The Sin of Nora Moran (1933, Crime drama) Zita Johann, Paul Cavanagh TCM
8pm What Women Want (2000, Romance-comedy) Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt FAMZ
8:04pm Star Kid (1997, Children) Joseph Mazzello, Joey Simmrin RETRO
8:30pm The Breakfast Club (1985, Comedy-drama) Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald SUNDANCE
8:55pm A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994, Action) Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton STZIB

9pm The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005, Romance-comedy) Steve Carell, Catherine Keener ENCORE
9pm The Godfather, Part II (1974, Crime drama) Al Pacino, Robert Duvall SHOWXHD
9:01pm Titanic (1997, Historical drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet STZE
9:15pm The Mummy (1932, Horror) Boris Karloff, Zita Johann TCM
9:20pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993, Musical comedy) Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy FXM
9:45pm Another 48 Hrs. (1990, Action) Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte FLIX
9:46pm The Spoilers (1956, Adventure) Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler RETRO
9:51pm Monster-in-Law (2005, Romance-comedy) Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda HBOZ

10pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan TNT
10:10pm Jersey Girl (2004, Romance-comedy) Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler FAMZ
10:30pm Crocodile Dundee II (1988, Comedy) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski LAFF
10:30pm Goldfinger (1964, Action) Sean Connery, Gert Frobe BBCA
10:30pm Gun Crazy (1950, Crime drama) Peggy Cummins, John Dall MOVIES!
10:30pm Riders of the Purple Sage (1996, Western) Ed Harris, Amy Madigan GRIT
10:35pm Flying Tigers (1942, War) John Wayne, John Carroll HDNETMV
10:45pm Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, Comedy) Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh SUNDANCE
10:45pm Tiger Shark (1932, Adventure) Edward G. Robinson, Zita Johann TCM

11pm American Beauty (1999, Comedy-drama) Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening NEXT
11pm Johnson Family Vacation (2004, Comedy) Vanessa L. Williams ENCORE
11:11pm Deadfall (1993, Suspense) Michael Biehn, James Coburn RETRO
11:16pm Edward Scissorhands (1990, Fantasy) Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder HBOC
11:18pm Signs (2002, Suspense) Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix AMC
11:25pm The Running Man (1987, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso FLIX
11:30pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, Comedy) Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor TBS
11:34pm Running Free (1994, Children) Jesse Montgomery-Sythe, Jayme Lee Misfeldt STZK
11:40pm Vanilla Sky (2001, Suspense) Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz GSHW2
11:55pm Gladiator (2000, Historical drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix SHO

Classic Movies on Monday, November 10

Richard Burton’s 100th Birthday

TCM, beginning at 8pm

The brilliant, baritone-voiced Welsh star was nominated for seven Oscars — without winning any — and this five-film marathon honoring what would have been his centennial (he passed away in 1984) begins with two of those acclaimed performances. In the exceptional and vitriolic 1966 drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Burton and his then-wife Elizabeth Taylor famously played George and Martha, a bickering college professor and his wife. The film is followed by the 1953 sword-and-sandal classic The Robe with Burton as the Roman tribune responsible for the execution of Jesus, with the Messiah’s robe central to the uplifting tale. This is followed by Burton’s star turns in the 1959 British “angry young man” drama Look Back in Anger and John Huston’s The Night of the Iguana (1964). The evening wraps up with Villain (1971), costarring Ian McShane and Nigel Davenport.

Primetime Movies

5pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith IFC
5:09pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Fantasy) Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen HBOZ
5:35pm Blue Thunder (1983, Action) Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell MVIES
5:45pm Caesar and Cleopatra (1945, Historical drama) Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains TCM

7pm Bull Durham (1988, Romance-comedy) Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon TRUTV
7pm Casino (1995, Crime drama) Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone BBCA
7pm Forrest Gump (1994, Comedy-drama) Tom Hanks, Robin Wright AMC
7pm Indecent Proposal (1993, Drama) Robert Redford, Demi Moore TMCX
7pm John Q (2002, Drama) Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall ENCORE
7pm John Q (2002, Drama) Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall STZENC
7pm Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Leslie Easterbrook IFC
7:35pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton GSHW2
7:55pm Behind Enemy Lines (2001, Action) Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman FXM

8pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan TNT
8pm No Name on the Bullet (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Charles Drake RETRO
8pm Rocky (1976, Drama) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire MGM
8pm The Duel at Silver Creek (1952, Western) Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue GRIT
8pm The Godfather (1972, Crime drama) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino SHOCSE
8pm The Prince & Me (2004, Romance-comedy) Julia Stiles, Luke Mably FAMZ
8pm The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Drama) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman PARMT
8pm The Train Robbers (1973, Western) John Wayne MOVIES!
8pm Wayne’s World (1992, Comedy) Mike Myers, Dana Carvey FLIX
8pm Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, Drama) Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton TCM
8:15pm Uncommon Valor (1983, Action) Gene Hackman, Robert Stack SHOWXHD

9pm American Gigolo (1980, Drama) Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton TMCX
9pm Bull Durham (1988, Romance-comedy) Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon TRUTV
9pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow IFC
9:10pm War Hunt (1962, War) John Saxon, Robert Redford HDNETMV
9:18pm The Dogfighters (1996, Action) Robert Davi, Alexander Godunov RETRO
9:35pm Wayne’s World 2 (1993, Comedy) Mike Myers, Dana Carvey FLIX

10pm Cast Away (2000, Drama) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt AMC
10pm Rocky II (1979, Drama) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire MGM
10pm Stagecoach (1966, Western) Alex Cord MOVIES!
10pm The Quick Gun (1964, Western) Audie Murphy, Merry Anders GRIT
10:30pm The Robe (1953, Historical drama) Richard Burton, Jean Simmons TCM
10:55pm A Huey P. Newton Story (2001, Biography) Roger Guenveur Smith RETRO

11pm Police Academy (1984, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall IFC
11pm The Warriors (1979, Action) Michael Beck, James Remar TMCX
11:10pm Hell Is for Heroes (1962, War) Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin HDNETMV
11:15pm Kiss the Girls (1997, Mystery) Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd FLIX
11:15pm The Bone Collector (1999, Suspense) Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie ENCORE
11:15pm The Bone Collector (1999, Suspense) Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie STZENC
11:30pm Gladiator (2000, Historical drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix PARMT
11:45pm Pretty in Pink (1986, Romance-comedy) Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer FAMZ

Classic Movies on Tuesday, November 11

Veterans Day Movie Marathon

TCM, beginning at 7am

TCM honors the brave fighters who have served our country with a host of wartime films, starting in the early morning and continuing into the late night. Among the notable movies to catch in this lineup: 1967’s The Dirty Dozen, starring Lee Marvin as a colonel who leads a team of incarcerated soldiers across enemy lines; 1941’s biographical Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper in an Oscar-winning role that also had the honor of being the highest-grossing film of the year; and 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives, which earned seven Academy Awards including Best Actor (Fredric March), Best Director (William Wyler) and Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell).

More Classic Movies and Shows Airing on Veterans Day

Star of the Month: Rock Hudson 

TCM, beginning at 8pm

Nov. 11’s lineup kicks off with the 1957 Battle Hymn and continues on to his small early roles in Fighter Squadron (1948) and Bright Victory (1951), and the box office disappointment A Farewell to Arms (1957). Ice Station Zebra (1968) is the standout movie of the evening, with Hudson playing a nuclear submarine commander navigating spies and saboteurs while headed to the North Pole in the action-adventure yarn.

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship — A Special Edition of 20/20

ABC, 10pm

This 20/20 special reunites creator Susan Harris, producer Tony Thomas and original writers to honor the 40th anniversary of the sitcom The Golden Girls. Along with tributes to stars Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the special explores how The Golden Girls rewrote the narrative for women over 50 and cemented its enduring influence on pop culture.

Primetime Movies

5pm Mission: Impossible (1996, Action) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight STZE
5pm The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, Drama) Fredric March, Myrna Loy TCM
5:02pm The Joe Louis Story (1953, Biography) Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart RETRO
5:05pm Gladiator (2000, Historical drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix SHOWXHD
5:11pm Santa’s Slay (2005, Comedy) Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith STZC
5:15pm There’s Something About Mary (1998, Romance-comedy) Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon FXM
5:25pm Von Ryan’s Express (1965, War) Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard MOVIES!

6pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw SHO
6:20pm Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000, Horror) Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler MGM
6:25pm Some Kind of Wonderful (1987, Romance) Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson FAMZ
6:30pm The Karate Kid Part II (1986, Drama) Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita BBCA
6:31pm Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
6:32pm Bulletproof (1996, Action) Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler STZC

7:35pm The Waterboy (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates FXM
7:50pm A Midnight Clear (1992, War) Ethan Hawke, Peter Berg HDNETMV
7:55pm The Daytrippers (1996, Comedy) Hope Davis, Pat McNamara 5MAX

8pm Battle Hymn (1957, War) Rock Hudson, Martha Hyer TCM
8pm Gladiator (2000, Historical drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix PARMT
8pm Night of the Living Dead (1968, Horror) Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea RETRO
8pm The Godfather, Part II (1974, Crime drama) Al Pacino, Robert Duvall SHOCSE
8pm The Longest Day (1962, War) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum MOVIES!
8pm Windtalkers (2002, War) Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach GRIT
8:16pm Resident Evil (2002, Horror) Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez STZIB
8:57pm Get Shorty (1995, Comedy) John Travolta, Gene Hackman HBOC

9pm Assault on Precinct 13 (2005, Action) Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne STZENC
9pm Cujo (1983, Horror) Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro TMCX
9pm Sixteen Candles (1984, Comedy) Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall BBCA
9:25pm The Waterboy (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates FXM
9:27pm Ping! (2000, Comedy) Judge Reinhold, Clint Howard STZK
9:30pm Surviving Christmas (2004, Comedy) Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini FAMZ
9:37pm Terminator Woman (1993, Action) Jerry Trimble, Karen Sheperd RETRO
9:40pm The Haunting (1999, Horror) Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones MGM
9:45pm Jersey Girl (2004, Romance-comedy) Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler WOMEN

10pm Ice Station Zebra (1968, Suspense) Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine TCM
10pm Saving Private Ryan (1998, War) Tom Hanks, Edward Burns SHOWXHD
10:15pm Enemy at the Gates (2001, War) Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law FLIX
10:25pm Paths of Glory (1957, War) Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker HDNETMV
10:30pm The Long Riders (1980, Western) David Carradine, Keith Carradine GRIT

11pm Saving Private Ryan (1998, War) Tom Hanks, Edward Burns PARMT
11pm Wayne’s World (1992, Comedy) Mike Myers, Dana Carvey FAMZ
11:13pm The Joe Louis Story (1953, Biography) Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart RETRO
11:15pm Big (1988, Children) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins FXM
11:30pm Cold Mountain (2003, Drama) Jude Law, Nicole Kidman WOMEN
11:50pm Patton (1970, War) George C. Scott, Karl Malden MVIES

Classic Movies on Wednesday, November 12

MOVIES! Celebrates Gene Hackman

MOVIES!, beginning at 8:25am

Gene Hackman, one of Hollywood’s most versatile and commanding actors, has built a legacy defined by intensity, intelligence, and authenticity. His range is on full display in today’s Movies! Lineup. Starting with The Poseidon Adventure, Hackman brings moral conviction and grit to the role of Reverend Frank Scott, leading survivors through a capsized luxury liner. Next up is The French Connection and The French Connection 2, where Hackman plays an NYPD detective. In Prime Cut, he shifts gears to play a menacing Kansas crime boss, showing his ability to dominate the screen as both hero and villain. Finally, in The Domino Principle, he delivers a gripping portrayal of Roy Tucker, a man caught in a web of deceit and conspiracy.

TCM Political Thrillers

TCM, beginning at XX

TCM continues its month-long Wednesday night tribute to political thrillers with North by Northwest (1959), one of Hitchcock’s finest, in which Cary Grant plays the “wrong man” who is pursued by an organization that thinks he is trying to stop them from smuggling government secrets. It’s followed by The Ipcress File (1965), a spy film created to be an unglamorous counterpoint to the James Bond films. The movie brough Michael Caine to the attention of audiences everywhere for his role as an intelligence officer searching for kidnapped scientists. Follow it up with William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983), a tale of Russian police corruption, and Fail-Safe (1964), a Sidney Lumet film following the US government’s response after Russia accidentally unleashes their nuclear weapons. The evening ends with more Hitchcock — his World War I thriller, The 39 Steps (1935).

Primetime Movies

5:05pm Almost Famous (2000, Comedy-drama) Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand TMCX
5:42pm Gone With the Wind (1939, Romance) Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh 5MAX
5:45pm Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Sean Connery SHO
5:45pm Point Break (1991, Action) Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves BBCA
5:45pm The Domino Principle (1977, Crime drama) Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen MOVIES!

6:00pm Casino (1995, Crime drama) Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone AMC
6:15pm Pépé le moko (1937, Drama) Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin TCM
6:18pm 50 First Dates (2004, Romance-comedy) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore HBO
6:25pm Spitfire (1994, Action) Kristie Phillips, Lance Henriksen RETRO
6:55pm Mission: Impossible 2 (2000, Action) Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott STZE
6:58pm Dangerous Liaisons (1988, Drama) Glenn Close, John Malkovich HBOSIG

7:00pm Men in Black (1997, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith SYFY
7:15pm Swingers (1996, Comedy) Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn NEXT

8:00pm Battle of Rogue River (1954, Western) George Montgomery, Richard Denning GRIT
8:00pm Dazed and Confused (1993, Comedy) Jason London, Wiley Wiggins INDIE
8:00pm Red Eye (2005, Suspense) Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy FLIX
8:00pm Saving Private Ryan (1998, War) Tom Hanks, Edward Burns SHO
8:00pm The Godfather Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone (1990, Crime drama) Al Pacino, Diane Keaton SHOCSE
8:00pm The Usual Suspects (1995, Suspense) Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne SHOWXHD
8:00pm The Wild Bunch: The Director’s Cut (1969, Western) William Holden, Ernest Borgnine MOVIES!
8:01pm Novocaine (2001, Suspense) Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter RETRO
8:20pm My Fair Lady (1964, Musical) Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison HDNETMV
8:30pm Road House (1989, Action) Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch BBCA

9:00pm 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002, Romance-comedy) Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon NEXT
9:00pm Men in Black 2 (2002, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith SYFY
9:37pm The War Wagon (1967, Western) John Wayne, Kirk Douglas RETRO
9:43pm The Big Empty (2003, Comedy) Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams INDIE

10:00pm Goodfellas (1990, Crime drama) Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta AMC
10:00pm Heat (1995, Crime drama) Al Pacino, Robert De Niro SHOWXHD
10:00pm Jack McCall, Desperado (1953, Western) George Montgomery, Angela Stevens GRIT
10:30pm The Ipcress File (1965, Action) Michael Caine, Nigel Green TCM
10:45pm American Beauty (1999, Comedy-drama) Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening NEXT
10:50pm Jersey Girl (2004, Romance-comedy) Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler TMCX

11:10pm Brubaker (1980, Drama) Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto MOVIES!
11:19pm Shootout (1971, Western) Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn RETRO
11:45pm Unforgiven (1992, Western) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman MGM

Classic Movies on Thursday, November 13

TCM Spotlight: A Salute to Early Sound

TCM, beginning at 8pm

Nearly 100 years ago, motion pictures were irrevocably — and loudly — changed by the long-developed move away from silent pictures to ones that married sound with pictures. That technological marvel is at the center of the 2021 documentary Cinema Finds Its Voice, which begins the evening. Then, humorously, the Hollywood plotline of a silent-era star’s voice being quite unsuitable for the talkies era gets its play in the 1952 musical comedy classic Singin’ in the Rain starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. You also get something of a real-life version of that with 1929’s light comedy His Glorious Night, with silent megastar John Gilbert reportedly criticized for poor speaking. (In reality, poor Gilbert was dealing with a subpar script!) Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1929); a documentary about the director’s evolving techniques during that period, Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024); and King Vidor’s Hallelujah (1929) round out the night.

Primetime Movies

5pm Fantastic Planet (1973, Science fiction) Barry Bostwick, Mark Gruner MOMAX
5pm Mystic Pizza (1988, Romance-comedy) Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish HDNETMV
5:30pm Road House (1989, Action) Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch BBCA
5:50pm The Score (2001, Suspense) Robert De Niro, Edward Norton SHOCSE
5:55pm Freaky Friday (2003, Family) Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan FREEFORM
5:55pm Stargate (1994, Science fiction) Kurt Russell, James Spader MGM

6pm After the Thin Man (1936, Comedy-drama) William Powell, Myrna Loy TCM
6:05pm Mansfield Park (1999, Historical drama) Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller FAMZ
6:15pm Men in Black 2 (2002, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith SYFY
6:20pm The Narrow Margin (1952, Crime drama) Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor MOVIES!
6:21pm Batman Returns (1992, Action) Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito HBOZ
6:26pm Serendipity (2001, Romance-comedy) John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale STZC
6:31pm Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO

7pm Rush Hour (1998, Action) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker BET
7pm The Longest Yard (2005, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Chris Rock MTV
7:12pm Under the Tuscan Sun (2003, Romance) Diane Lane, Sandra Oh STZE
7:15pm The Faculty (1998, Horror) Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall NEXT
7:19pm Taxi (2004, Comedy) Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon STZENC
7:30pm Roman Holiday (1953, Romance-comedy) Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn HDNETMV

8pm A Few Good Men (1992, Drama) Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson BBCA
8pm Alfie (2004, Comedy-drama) Jude Law, Marisa Tomei WOMEN
8pm Call Northside 777 (1948, Crime drama) James Stewart, Richard Conte MOVIES!
8pm Canyon River (1956, Western) George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson GRIT
8pm Eight Men Out (1988, Historical drama) John Cusack, Clifton James TRUTV
8pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo TNT
8pm Ocean’s Eleven (2001, Comedy-drama) George Clooney, Matt Damon AMC
8pm Patriot Games (1992, Suspense) Harrison Ford, Anne Archer FLIX
8pm The Brady Bunch Movie (1995, Comedy) Shelley Long, Gary Cole FAMZ
8pm The Far Country (1955, Western) James Stewart, Ruth Roman RETRO
8pm The Mummy (1999, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz MGM
8pm The Parent Trap (1998, Children) Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid FREEFORM
8:28pm Batman Forever (1995, Action) Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones HBOZ

9pm Dumb and Dumber (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels E!
9pm Starship Troopers (1997, Science fiction) Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer NEXT
9:15pm Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Musical comedy) Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds TCM
9:30pm A Very Brady Sequel (1996, Comedy) Shelley Long, Gary Cole FAMZ
9:30pm Rush Hour 2 (2001, Action) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker BET
9:38pm Law and Order (1953, Western) Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone RETRO
9:45pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton SHO

10pm Eight Men Out (1988, Historical drama) John Cusack, Clifton James TRUTV
10pm Masterson of Kansas (1954, Western) George Montgomery, Nancy Gates GRIT
10pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo TNT
10pm The Sum of All Fears (2002, Suspense) Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman FLIX
10pm What Women Want (2000, Romance-comedy) Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt WOMEN
10:05pm The Mummy Returns (2001, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz MGM
10:20pm Mystic Pizza (1988, Romance-comedy) Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish HDNETMV
10:25pm Gilda (1946, Romance) Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford MOVIES!
10:30pm Batman & Robin (1997, Action) Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney HBOZ
10:45pm Ocean’s Twelve (2004, Comedy-drama) George Clooney, Brad Pitt AMC
10:58pm Heaven Help Us (1985, Comedy-drama) Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon HBOC
10:59pm Pit Pony (1997, Drama) Ben Rose-Davis, Jennie Raymond RETRO

11pm The Polar Express (2004, Children) Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter TBS
11pm The Stepford Wives (2004, Comedy) Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick FAMZ
11:15pm His Glorious Night (1929, Drama) John Gilbert, Catherine Dale Owen TCM
11:36pm Two Brothers (2004, Adventure) Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus STZK
11:40pm Heat (1995, Crime drama) Al Pacino, Robert De Niro SHOCSE

Classic Movies on Friday, November 14

TCM celebrates Monty Python star and filmmaker Terry Gilliam

TCM, 8pm

TCM celebrates Monty Python star and filmmaker Terry Gilliam with two of his movies this evening. One of the highlights of the evening is Gilliam’s mind-bending sci-fi classic from 1995, 12 Monkeys. Bruce Willis stars as convicted prisoner James Cole, who is recruited to travel back in time from the 2030s to the 1990s and tasked with preventing a virus outbreak that wipes out much of the planet’s population. But is that what he’s really doing? The twisty thriller is one of Willis’ most intriguing roles, and the head-scratching film even earned his costar Brad Pitt (who transformed to play wild environmentalist Jeffrey Goines) an Oscar nom and a Golden Globe. The 1985 Brazil kicks things off.

Primetime Movies

5pm A Few Good Men (1992, Drama) Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson AMC
5:10pm Dillinger (1973, Crime drama) Warren Oates, Ben Johnson HDNETMV
5:15pm Predator 2 (1990, Science fiction) Danny Glover, Gary Busey FXM
5:15pm The Getaway (1972, Action) Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw MOVIES!
5:35pm Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Horror) Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes WOMEN
5:42pm Titanic (1997, Historical drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet ENCORE
5:42pm Titanic (1997, Historical drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet STZENC
5:55pm Emma (1996, Romance) Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam MGM
5:55pm The Score (2001, Suspense) Robert De Niro, Edward Norton SHOWXHD
5:56pm Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991, Comedy) Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy 5MAX

6pm Big Night (1996, Drama) Minnie Driver, Ian Holm FLIX
6pm Home Alone (1990, Family) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM
6pm Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Karen Allen SHOCSE
6pm Total Recall (1990, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin SHO
6:14pm BASEketball (1998, Comedy) Trey Parker, Matt Stone STZC
6:15pm What a Woman! (1943, Comedy) Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne TCM
6:23pm The Pentagon Wars (1998, Drama) Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes HBOC
6:38pm For All Mankind (1989, Documentary) Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart MOMAX

7pm Rush Hour 2 (2001, Action) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker BET
7pm Wayne’s World (1992, Comedy) Mike Myers, Dana Carvey FAMZ
7:26pm Star Kid (1997, Children) Joseph Mazzello, Joey Simmrin STZK
7:45pm Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV

8pm Adam’s Rib (1949, Romance-comedy) Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn MOVIES!
8pm Brazil (1985, Comedy) Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro TCM
8pm Die Hard (1988, Action) Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman TBS
8pm Home for the Holidays (1995, Comedy) Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr. MGM
8pm How the West Was Won (1962, Western) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb GRIT
8pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw SHOCSE
8pm My Cousin Vinny (1992, Comedy) Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei AMC
8pm River Queen (2005, Historical drama) Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland RETRO
8pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton SHOWXHD
8pm Transamerica (2005, Comedy-drama) Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers INDIE
8pm Urban Cowboy (1980, Drama) John Travolta, Debra Winger WOMEN
8:21pm Johnson Family Vacation (2004, Comedy) Vanessa L. Williams STZIB
8:25pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM
8:30pm Road House (1989, Action) Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch IFC
8:35pm Wayne’s World 2 (1993, Comedy) Mike Myers, Dana Carvey FAMZ

9pm Mission: Impossible (1996, Action) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight ENCORE
9pm Mission: Impossible (1996, Action) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight STZENC
9:03pm 50 First Dates (2004, Romance-comedy) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore HBOC
9:33pm Bulletproof (1996, Action) Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler STZC
9:45pm When Harry Met Sally… (1989, Romance-comedy) Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan MGM
9:50pm Alfie (2004, Comedy-drama) Jude Law, Marisa Tomei FLIX
9:55pm The Last Sunset (1961, Western) Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas RETRO

10pm How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998, Romance-comedy) Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs STZIB
10pm Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Sean Connery SHOCSE
10:10pm Sabrina (1995, Romance-comedy) Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond MOVIES!
10:10pm Superstar (1999, Comedy) Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell FAMZ
10:15pm When Harry Met Sally… (1989, Romance-comedy) Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan WOMEN
10:30pm 12 Monkeys (1995, Mystery) Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe TCM
10:30pm Days of Thunder (1990, Action) Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall AMC
10:30pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan TBS
10:35pm Dillinger (1973, Crime drama) Warren Oates, Ben Johnson HDNETMV
10:54pm Mission: Impossible 2 (2000, Action) Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott ENCORE
10:54pm Mission: Impossible 2 (2000, Action) Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott STZENC

11pm Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982, Science fiction) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy COMET
11:25pm Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001, Romance-comedy) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth MGM
11:30pm Great Day in the Morning (1956, Western) Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack GRIT
11:35pm What Women Want (2000, Romance-comedy) Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt FAMZ
11:48pm Sub Zero (2005, Suspense) Costas Mandylor, Linden Ashby RETRO
11:54pm The Treasure (1990, Mystery) John Weisbarth, Freddy Rible STZK

Classic Movies on Saturday, November 15

Two for One: Steve Buscemi

TCM, beginning at 8pm

“He’s one of my biggest inspirations,” Steve Buscemi says of Al Pacino, who fronts both halves of Buscemi’s chosen double feature in tonight’s Two for One re-airing. Buscemi — acclaimed star of The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire and, famously, the film version of Fargo — starts with 1973’s Scarecrow, featuring Pacino and Gene Hackman in a road dramedy playing unlikely would-be partners in a Pittsburgh car wash business … if they can even get there from California. That’s followed by 1975’s Dog Day Afternoon, with Pacino and beloved, ill-fated costar John Cazale playing bumbling bank robbers in the truth-based crime drama. “Studios were making such interesting films [in the 1970s],” an admiring Buscemi says.

5pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton HDNETMV
5pm Touch of Evil (1958, Crime drama) Charlton Heston, Orson Welles TCM
5:05pm Gangs of New York (2002, Historical drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis FLIX
5:06pm Mission: Impossible (1996, Action) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight ENCORE
5:06pm Mission: Impossible (1996, Action) Tom Cruise, Jon Voight STZENC
5:20pm Alien (1979, Science fiction) Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver FXM
5:30pm Back to the Future Part II (1989, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd AMC
5:30pm Bullitt (1968, Crime drama) Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn MOVIES!
5:30pm Die Hard (1988, Action) Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman TBS
5:30pm Practical Magic (1998, Comedy-drama) Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman POP
5:45pm Unforgiven (1992, Western) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman MGM

6pm Frenchie (1951, Western) Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters GRIT
6pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw FAMZ
6pm Silver Bells (2005, Drama) Anne Heche, Tate Donovan HMM
6:09pm Under the Tuscan Sun (2003, Romance) Diane Lane, Sandra Oh STZC
6:15pm Happy Gilmore (1996, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald CMT
6:15pm Police Academy (1984, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall SUNDANCE
6:15pm The Importance of Being Earnest (2002, Comedy-drama) Rupert Everett, Colin Firth WOMEN
6:30pm Seabiscuit (2003, Drama) Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges SHOCSE

7:20pm Monsters, Inc. (2001, Children) John Goodman, Billy Crystal FREEFORM
7:35pm Stargate (1994, Science fiction) Kurt Russell, James Spader HDNETMV
7:36pm Mississippi Masala (1991, Comedy-drama) Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury MOMAX
7:47pm The Scorpion King (2002, Adventure) Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand STZK

8pm Back to the Future (1985, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd AMC
8pm Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982, Musical comedy) Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton LAFF
8pm Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Sean Connery FAMZ
8pm Road to Perdition (2002, Crime drama) Tom Hanks, Paul Newman FLIX
8pm Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982, Science fiction) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy COMET
8pm The Big Empty (2003, Comedy) Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams RETRO
8pm The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959, Western) Joel McCrea, Julie Adams GRIT
8pm The Nutty Professor (1996, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett VH1
8pm Tombstone (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer MGM
8pm You Can’t Take It With You (1938, Comedy) Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore MOVIES!
8:01pm Scarecrow (1973, Drama) Gene Hackman, Al Pacino TCM
8:05pm To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995, Comedy) Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze STZC
8:30pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow SUNDANCE
8:30pm Top Gun (1986, Action) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis PARMT
8:40pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton GSHW2

9:15pm Man of the House (2005, Comedy) Tommy Lee Jones, … STZK
9:19pm Bad Santa (2003, Comedy) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox HBOC

10pm American Beauty (1999, Comedy-drama) Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening FLIX
10pm Apollo 13 (1995, Historical drama) Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton BBCA
10pm Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Crime drama) Al Pacino, John Cazale TCM
10pm The Outriders (1950, Western) Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl GRIT
10:10pm Open Range (2003, Western) Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner MGM
10:30pm Back to the Future Part II (1989, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd AMC
10:30pm Crocodile Dundee (1986, Comedy) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski LAFF
10:30pm Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson VH1
10:30pm Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986, Comedy) Steve Guttenberg, Leslie Easterbrook SUNDANCE
10:30pm The Godfather (1972, Crime drama) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino GSHW2
10:30pm The Terminator (1984, Science fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton HDNETMV
10:45pm The Shop Around the Corner (1940, Romance-comedy) Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart MVIES
11pm Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie (1999, Action) Kane Kosugi, Kazuya Ichijo STZK
11:05pm Border River (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo RETRO