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Monday, July 16

Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book

This colorful live-action adaptation of Kipling’s classic children’s fables was nominated for four Academy Awards. Young Indian actor Sabu stars as the jungle boy Mowgli. (1942) 8 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, July 17

Choose Me

Geneviève Bujold portrays a radio sex therapist with romantic problems of her own in one of the best of Alan Rudolph’s quirky comedy-dramas. With Lesley Ann Warren. (1984) 10:15 a.m., IFC

Wednesday, July 18

Ghost World

Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson portray teenage outcasts in this well-observed portrait of suburban despair, adapted from a Daniel Clowes graphic novel. (2001) 8 p.m., Sundance

Thursday, July 19

From Russia With Love

The second James Bond thriller, in which 007 becomes involved with a lovely defector, remains one of the best. Sean Connery stars. (1963) 8 p.m., Encore

Friday, July 20

Gypsy

Natalie Wood plays striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee in the fine film version of the classic Broadway musical. (1962) 3:15 p.m., TCM

Saturday, July 21

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh directed this unsettling cautionary thriller about a deadly worldwide pandemic. The ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, and Jude Law. (2011) 8 p.m., HBO

Sunday, July 22

The Sum of All Fears

Succeeding Harrison Ford in the role of intelligence analyst Jack Ryan, Ben Affleck proves easily up to the task in this techno-thriller based on a Tom Clancy novel. (2002) 11:45 a.m., AMC