Movies on TV

Monday, March 4

Emma

Gwyneth Paltrow gives a warm performance as a meddling young matchmaker in this acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. (1996) 11:15 a.m., IFC

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Tuesday, March 5

Limelight

Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in this wonderful, loosely autobiographical film about a forgotten stage clown. Watch for his dance number with Buster Keaton. (1952) Midnight, TCM

Wednesday, March 6

Breakfast on Pluto

Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) directed this offbeat film about a foundling (Cillian Murphy) who grows up transgender in 1970s London. Think Dickens meets glam rock. (2005) 11 p.m., Sundance

Thursday, March 7

Splash

Many men of the 1980s had mermaid fantasies after seeing Daryl Hannah wash ashore in New York, shed her tail, and fall for regular-guy Tom Hanks. (1984)6:10 a.m., Cinemax

Friday, March 8

The Amazing Spider-Man

Andrew Garfield plays Spidey and Emma Stone his first love in a well-executed franchise reboot. (2012) 6:40 p.m., Starz

Saturday, March 9

Grand Hotel

A hotel where “nothing ever happens” sees plenty of action once Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and John and Lionel Barrymore check in. A National Film Registry selection. (1932) 8 p.m., TCM

Sunday, March 10

Reversal of Fortune

Jeremy Irons gave an Oscar-winning performance as Claus von Bülow, the Newport, R.I., aristocrat accused of attempting to murder his socialite wife. With Glenn Close. (1990) 2 p.m., Sundance