Movies on TV

Monday, Feb. 24

Dolores Claiborne

Kathy Bates plays a housekeeper suspected by her Maine neighbors of committing two murders. Based on a novel by Stephen King. (1995) 10:30 a.m., Encore

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Tuesday, Feb. 25

The Trip

Funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon star as two men in midlife who bicker and banter through an eating tour of northern England. (2010) 5:30 p.m., IFC

Wednesday, Feb. 26

Waiting for Guffman

Christopher Guest’s classic mockumentary takes viewers to Blaine, Mo., where a group of misfit local thespians are awaiting the arrival of a Broadway producer. (1996) 11 a.m., Sundance

Thursday, Feb. 27

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Maggie Smith won her first Oscar playing a schoolteacher who becomes too close with a clique of girls. (1969) 6 p.m., TCM

Friday, Feb. 28

A Time to Kill

Matthew McConaughey showed his talent long ago in this drama about a white Southern lawyer defending a black murderer. (1996) 4:45 p.m., Sundance

Saturday, March 1

Heartbreak Ridge

A group of Marines led by an old-school sergeant prove their mettle during the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Clint Eastwood stars and directs. (1986) 1:30 p.m., AMC

Sunday, March 2

Captain Blood

Errol Flynn established himself as a matinee idol by playing a swashbuckling Irish doctor who escapes slavery to lead a band of West Indies pirates. (1935) 10:30 p.m., TCM