Movies on TV

Monday, Sept. 30

Citizen Kane

No better film will air this week than Orson Welles’s thinly veiled fictional portrait of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1941) 11:15 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, Oct. 1

Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War film ranks among the genre’s best, thanks to its cinematic sweep and the performance of former Marine R. Lee Ermey. (1987) 8 p.m., IFC

Wednesday, Oct. 2

Witness

Harrison Ford flirted with an Oscar with his turn as a detective who goes undercover in Amish country to protect a boy who witnessed a murder. (1985) 4:25 p.m., Encore

Thursday, Oct. 3

War of the Worlds

Director Steven Spielberg renewed his infatuation with space invaders when he made this underrated popcorn spectacle based on a classic tale of alien attack. (2005) 7:25 a.m., Cinemax

Friday, Oct. 4

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

All films about criminal masterminds owe a debt to this German classic, about a hypnotist hatching dastardly deeds in an asylum. Fritz Lang directs. (1933) 11:15 p.m., TCM

Saturday, Oct. 5

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Director Wes Anderson found his milieu with this stop-motion children’s movie based on a Roald Dahl story. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Bill Murray lend their voices. (2009) 6:15 p.m., Sundance

Sunday, Oct. 6

Babe

This tender fable about a piglet who yearns to herd sheep appeals, in equal measure, to kids and adults. (1995) 9:10 a.m., Movieplex