Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, June 17
Little Miss Sunshine
Alan Arkin does his best to keep this Oscar-nominated indie road comedy from becoming unbearably twee. With Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, and Steve Carell. (2006) 8 p.m., IFC
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Tuesday, June 18
Speed
The premise: A city bus has been rigged to explode if it slows down. The surprise: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock make the idea look like genius. (1994) 8:45 a.m., Cinemax
Wednesday, June 19
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A Mighty Heart
Angelina Jolie has never been better than as the wife of Daniel Pearl, a reporter captured and murdered by Pakistani militants. (2007) 8 p.m., Sundance
Thursday, June 20
Untamed Youth
Skinny-dipping sisters are hauled off to a prison farm in a camp classic that kicks off an evening celebrating the career of B-movie starlet Mamie Van Doren. (1957) 8 p.m., TCM
Friday, June 21
Dazed and Confused
It’s the first day of summer for Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, and other young ne’er-do-wells in this spot-on tribute to 1970s aimlessness from director Richard Linklater. (1993) 6:15 p.m., Encore
Saturday, June 22
The Searchers
John Wayne plays an angry loner seeking vengeance against a Comanche tribe in a John Ford film that’s widely considered the greatest Western ever.(1956) 8 p.m., TCM
Sunday, June 23
The Professional
Eleven-year-old Natalie Portman made her acclaimed screen debut playing an orphan who befriends a hit man. (1994) 8:15 p.m., Sundance
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