Movies on TV

Monday, Oct. 21

What’s Love Got to Do With It

Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne both garnered Oscar nominations for this biopic about the volatile marriage of R&B icons Ike and Tina Turner. (1993) 3:45 p.m., Cinemax

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Tuesday, Oct. 22

Seven Years in Tibet

Brad Pitt stars in this beautiful adaptation of an Austrian mountaineer’s 1954 memoir about becoming an unlikely mentor to the young Dalai Lama. (1997) 8 p.m., Movieplex

Wednesday, Oct. 23

Dave Chappelle’s

Block Party

Shortly before he quit TV, comedian Dave Chappelle pulled together this benefit show, featuring performances by the Fugees, Kanye West, and the Roots. (2005) 6 p.m., Showtime

Thursday, Oct. 24

House of Wax

Get into the Halloween spirit with Vincent Price. An evening dedicated to his films begins with Price as a creepy wax museum owner. (1953) 8 p.m., TCM

Friday, Oct. 25

Pleasantville

Reese Witherspoon, Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, and Joan Allen star in this acclaimed comedy-drama about a sitcom-style 1950s suburb come to life. (1998) 12:40 p.m., Encore

Saturday, Oct. 26

Cool Hand Luke

You’ll never look at a hard-boiled egg the same way again after watching Paul Newman star in this classic about a prison rebel.(1967) 5:45 p.m., TCM

Sunday, Oct. 27

The Hurt Locker

The Iraq War is brought home with visceral power in Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning drama about an elite Army bomb squad.(2008) 4:30 p.m., Sundance