Movies on TV

Monday, Dec. 3

Crooklyn

Director Spike Lee based this affectionate portrait of a 1970s Brooklyn family on his own upbringing. With Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo. (1994) 6:45 a.m., HBO

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Tuesday, Dec. 4

Le Divorce

Team Merchant-Ivory changed pace from costume dramas for this romantic comedy with Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, and Glenn Close. (2003) Noon, HBO

Wednesday, Dec. 5

The Anniversary Party

Co-directors Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh play a Hollywood couple who throw the titular bash. With Gwyneth Paltrow. (2001) 8 p.m., Sundance

Thursday, Dec. 6

Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick’s period drama about a couple who flee from the law to a dying farmer’s ranch won an Oscar for its cinematography. Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, and Sam Shepard star. (1978) Midnight, TCM

Friday, Dec. 7

The Shop Around the Corner

James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan play bickering co-workers who don’t realize they’re romantic pen pals in this comedy classic, remade in 1998 as You’ve Got Mail. (1940) Midnight, TCM

Saturday, Dec. 8

Thin Ice

Greg Kinnear is at his best as a con artist scheming to get his hands on a valuable violin. Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup co-star in a black comedy reminiscent of Fargo. (2012) 9 p.m., Starz

Sunday, Dec. 9

Tiny Furniture

Writer-director Lena Dunham stars in the precursor to her HBO series Girls, playing a young woman whose romances are both painful and funny. (2010) Noon, Sundance