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Tuesday, July 3

Gone With the Wind

The fabled Civil War–era epic remains the top-grossing film of all time, if you adjust for inflation. Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel nabbed Oscars. (1939) 8 p.m., TCM

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Wednesday, July 4

Glory

Denzel Washington won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this fact-based drama about black soldiers who fought valiantly for the Union in the Civil War. (1989) 1:45 p.m., AMC

Saturday, July 7

Saturn in Opposition

This award-winning drama concerns a close-knit group of gay and straight friends in Rome whose relationships are roiled when one of them dies. (2007) 11 a.m., Sundance

Monday, July 9

Idiocracy

An average Joe (Luke Wilson) awakens from hibernation in 2505 to a society so debased that he’s now the smartest man alive. Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge directed. (2006) 10:15 p.m., IFC

Wednesday, July 11

Win Win

A small-time lawyer’s scheme to save his struggling practice backfires when his client’s troubled grandson shows up on his doorstep. Paul Giamatti stars. (2011) 2:45 p.m., Cinemax

Friday, July 13

The Lion in Winter

The screen version of James Goldman’s witty Broadway play about Henry II of England (Peter O’Toole) and his estranged wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine Hepburn). (1968) 8 a.m., TCM

Saturday, July 14

In Time

Justin Timberlake stars in a flawed but intriguing sci-fi thriller set in a future where aging stops at 25 and life-span allotments function as currency. (2011) 8 p.m., HBO