Movies on TV

Monday, July 29

Dead Man Walking

Starring opposite Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon took home an Oscar for playing a nun who befriends a Louisiana death-row inmate.(1995) 8 p.m., Sundance

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Tuesday, July 30

Lust for Life

Kirk Douglas gives a career performance as tortured painter Vincent van Gogh; Anthony Quinn keeps step as Paul Gauguin. (1956) 5:45 p.m., TCM

Wednesday, July 31

King of California

Kirk’s son Michael Douglas should have won more acclaim for his performance in this quirky indie film as a manic depressive who enlists his teenage daughter in a loony treasure hunt. With Evan Rachel Wood.

(2007) 8 p.m., Movieplex

Thursday, Aug. 1

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee’s charged melodrama tracks a hot summer day in the life of a racially mixed Brooklyn neighborhood. Lee co-stars with Danny Aiello. (1989) 8 p.m., The Movie Channel

Friday, Aug. 2

You Can Count on Me

Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney established their acting bona fides in this excellent Kenneth Lonergan drama about adult siblings still carrying childhood scars. (2000) 9:45 p.m., Sundance

Saturday, Aug. 3

Lawrence of Arabia

Epics don’t get much better, or more epic, than David Lean’s Oscar winner based on the exploits of British army officer T.E. Lawrence. (1962) 8 p.m., TCM

Sunday, Aug. 4

Big

Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old trapped in a grown man’s body in this charming comedy hit from director Penny Marshall. (1988) 10 a.m., AMC