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Monday, May 6

The Magnificent Ambersons

An old-money Midwestern family loses its fortune and a spoiled scion gets his comeuppance in Orson Welles’s superb adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s 1918 novel. (1942) 11 a.m., TCM

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Tuesday, May 7

The Color Purple

Steven Spielberg’s heart-tugging adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about a black woman’s triumph over cruelty and 20th-century prejudice was nominated for 11 Academy Awards.(1985) 9:40 p.m., Encore

Wednesday, May 8

Babel

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett play a couple stranded in a Moroccan desert in a film that links stories on three continents to highlight human interconnectedness. (2006) 8 p.m., Sundance

Thursday, May 9

Raising Arizona

An ex-con (Nicolas Cage) and his barren ex-cop wife (Holly Hunter) kidnap a quintuplet in the Coen brothers’ funniest film. (1987) 1:45 p.m., IFC

Friday, May 10

The King’s Speech

Colin Firth won a Best Actor statue playing a stammering King George VI in this historical drama, which won four Oscars in all. (2010) 4:15 p.m., Showtime

Saturday, May 11

Le Mans

Racing movies don’t get any more real than this Steve McQueen flick about an American driver enduring France’s legendary 24-hour race.(1971) 6 p.m., TCM

Sunday, May 12

As Good as It Gets

Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt both won Oscars for this quirky romantic comedy about the relationship between a waitress and an obsessive-compulsive customer. (1997) 7 p.m., AMC