Movies on TV

Monday, Sept. 16

Battleship Potemkin

Artists from Ezra Pound to Francis Bacon and Francis Ford Coppola have cited this pioneering silent epic as an influence. From Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. (1925) 11:15 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, Sept. 17

Big Fan

An obsessed New York Giants fan must confront his delusions after a fateful encounter with his favorite player. Patton Oswalt stars. (2009) 2:45 p.m., Sundance

Wednesday, Sept. 18

Rocky

Don’t blame this sports-movie classic for the awful sequels that followed. You won’t want to blame young star Sylvester Stallone either. (1976) 2:45 p.m., Cinemax

Thursday, Sept. 19

Argo

This year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture tracks an improbable attempt to rescue six Americans from -revolution-torn Iran. It rescued the career of Ben Affleck, its star and director. (2012) 9 p.m., HBO

Friday, Sept. 20

La Jetée

This avant-garde sci-fi classic from French director Chris Marker was constructed mainly from still photos and inspired Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys.(1962) 8 p.m., TCM

Saturday, Sept. 21

Hitchcock

Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren give top-notch performances as Hitch and wife Alma in this not-quite-masterful biopic, set during the making of Psycho. (2012) 8 p.m., HBO

Sunday, Sept. 22

Schindler’s List

Films don’t get more moving than Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Best Picture winner about a German businessman who saved thousands of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. (1993) 5 p.m., Sundance