Movies on TV

Monday, April 30

That Uncertain Feeling

A bored wife takes up with an eccentric concert pianist in this sophisticated comedy from director Ernst Lubitsch. Merle Oberon, Burgess Meredith, and Melvyn Douglas star. (1941) 3:15 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, May 1

The Last of the Mohicans

Daniel Day-Lewis carries this adaptation of a James Fenimore Cooper adventure classic. (1992) 8 p.m., IFC

Wednesday, May 2

The Frighteners

Before helming the Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter Jackson made this horror-comedy starring Michael J. Fox as a none-too-ethical exorcist investigating murders committed by a ghost. (1996) 8 p.m., Encore

Thursday, May 3

Soldier of Fortune

Authentic Hong Kong locations and the star wattage of Clark Gable and Susan Hayward highlight this adventure-drama about a mercenary out to rescue an American prisoner. (1955) 9:20 a.m., FMC

Friday, May 4

Philadelphia

Tom Hanks won his first Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of an AIDS-afflicted lawyer who sues his old firm for firing him. Denzel Washington co-stars. (1993) 8 p.m., Encore

Saturday, May 5

My Cousin Vinny

Joe Pesci is funny as a brash New Yorker defending his cousin on a murder rap in the Deep South. With an Oscar-winning Marisa Tomei. (1992) 8 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday, May 6

Jane Eyre

Joan Fontaine portrays the plucky governess in this atmospheric adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Gothic novel. A fine Orson Welles plays Mr. Rochester. (1944) 2 p.m., TCM