Monday, Oct. 8
Fury
Fritz Lang’s classic drama about mob justice, starring Spencer Tracy as a man wrongly imprisoned, remains all too relevant. (1936) 8 p.m., TCM
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Tuesday, Oct. 9
La Bamba
Lou Diamond Phillips’s sincere performance highlights this bio-pic about the tragically short career of rocker Ritchie Valens. Los Lobos add bite to the soundtrack. (1987) 2:45 p.m., Encore
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Arnold Schwarze-negger and director James Cameron reunited for this exciting sequel in which two cyborgs do battle over mankind’s fate. (1991) 10:30 p.m., AMC
Thursday, Oct. 11
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tommy Lee Jones directed and starred in this contemporary Western about a ranch hand accidentally killed by Border Patrol. (2005) 8 p.m., Sundance
Friday, Oct. 12
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Will Ferrell is at his clueless best as a preening 1970s local news anchor threatened by the arrival of a female reporter. Christina Applegate co-stars. (2004) 8:20 p.m., Cinemax
Saturday, Oct. 13
The Descendants
George Clooney plays a Honolulu lawyer who’s forced to finally grow up in this touching, offbeat comedy-drama, which won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. (2011) 8 p.m., HBO
Sunday, Oct. 14
The Mouse That Roared
Peter Sellers is hilarious in three roles in this satire about a minuscule nation that declares war on the U.S. (1959) 4:30 p.m., TCM
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