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Monday, Nov. 25

Days of Being Wild

An anchorless young man lets two women compete for him in this sumptuous, poetic film from Hong Kong’s Wong Kar-wai. (1990) 8 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, Nov. 26

Gone Baby Gone

Ben Affleck proved himself a director with this dark Boston-set thriller about a child’s disappearance. From a novel by Dennis Lehane. (2007) 8 p.m., IFC

Wednesday, Nov. 27

The Princess Bride

There’s nothing like a fairy tale to start the holiday season, and The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, just might be the best fairy tale movie ever made. (1987) 4:35 p.m., Encore

Thursday, Nov. 28

The Godfather

What better way to spend Thanksgiving than with the Family? AMC makes a daylong marathon of the first two Godfather installments, beginning with a Corleone-style wedding. (1972) 11:30 a.m., AMC

Friday, Nov. 29

Anna Karenina

Keira Knightley shines in this somewhat underrated interpretation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel. Playwright Tom Stoppard handled the adaptation. (2012) 9:20 a.m., Cinemax

Saturday, Nov. 30

Traffic

Steven Soderbergh won a Best Director Oscar for this three-strand drama about the North American drug trade. With Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. (2000) 8 p.m., Sundance

Sunday, Dec. 1

Point Blank

Lee Marvin is at his tough-guy best as an ex-con seeking revenge against a wife-stealing former ally. Angie Dickinson co-stars. (1967) 8 p.m., TCM