Movies on TV

Monday, Dec. 9

Brazil

A daydreamer gets caught in the gears of crushing bureaucracy in Terry Gilliam’s busy and arresting dystopian comedy. (1985)1:45 p.m., Sundance

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Tuesday, Dec. 10

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Alec Guinness plays an astonishing eight roles in this black comedy, which skewers England’s class system and inspired a current hit Broadway musical. (1949) 8 p.m., TCM

Wednesday, Dec. 11

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Quvenzhané Wallis was 7 when she earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as a girl who weathers a mighty storm in a bayou backwater.(2012) 4 p.m., HBO

Thursday, Dec. 12

Cinema Paradiso

A village boy falls for the movies in this dream-like fable from Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore. (1988) 8 p.m., TCM

Friday, Dec. 13

White Christmas

Forget the plot. Tune in to this Christmas favorite to hear Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney belt out classic Christmas songs by Irving Berlin. (1954) 7 p.m., AMC

Saturday, Dec. 14

Three Kings

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube star in this David O. Russell comedy as American soldiers attempting to smuggle gold out of a chaotic Iraq. (1999) 8 p.m., Sundance

Sunday, Dec. 15

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Bette Davis gets marquee billing, but it’s stage actor Monty Woolley, playing a self-centered critic and insufferable guest, who runs away with this antic comedy. (1942) 8 p.m., TCM