Movies on TV

Highlights for each day of the week

Monday, April 2

JFK

Oliver Stone’s controversial take on the JFK assassination, as seen from the vantage of skeptical district attorney Jim Garrison, portrayed by Kevin Costner. (1991) 2:35 p.m., Encore

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Tuesday, April 3

Backdraft

Vivid visual effects and a strong cast are the highlights of Ron Howard’s action thriller about sibling firefighters and an arsonist. With Kurt Russell and Robert De Niro. (1991) 8 p.m., AMC

Wednesday, April 4

Pretty Poison

No good comes of the friendship between a strange young man and a seductive teenager in this offbeat cult drama starring Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld. (1968) 6:30 p.m., TCM

Thursday, April 5

Napoleon Dynamite

A high school outcast tries to help his friend become class president. Jon Heder plays the title role in this low-budget comedy, which became a sleeper hit. (2004) 8:05 p.m., IFC

Friday, April 6

The Adjustment Bureau

Far-fetched but entertaining, this thriller follows a couple whose romance literally defies fate. Matt Damon and Emily Blunt star. (2011) 1:50 p.m., Cinemax

Saturday, April 7

Fast Five

The fifth in the Fast and the Furious series rejuvenated the action franchise with the additions of a heist plot and a third co-star. With Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, and Paul Walker. (2011) 8 p.m., HBO

Sunday, April 8

The Song of Bernadette

Jennifer Jones stars in this respectful biodrama about a peasant girl who claimed sightings of the Virgin Mary. (1943) 11:15 a.m., TCM

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