Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, April 16
Nighthawks
Undercover cops play cat-and-mouse with a terrorist bomber in this above-average New York City thriller. Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer star. (1981) 10 a.m., Encore
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Tuesday, April 17
Born Yesterday
Judy Holliday won a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a corrupt tycoon’s mistress who’s smarter than she looks. (1950) 9 a.m., TCM
Wednesday, April 18
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Decades after being blacklisted, director Abraham Polonsky returned with this fact-based drama about a Paiute outlaw pursued by a posse. With Robert Redford and Robert Blake. (1969) 7 a.m., Cinemax
Thursday, April 19
The Hours
Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway links the novelist with a 1950s housewife and a modern-day editor in this drama, nominated for nine Oscars. Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep all shine. (2002) 5 p.m., Showtime
Friday, April 20
The Bank Job
A criminal gang attempts to tunnel into a London bank in this heist drama, inspired by a real-life 1971 robbery. Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows star. (2008) 8 p.m., IFC
Saturday, April 21
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick’s daring, dream-like drama gathers one man’s tragedy-scarred memories of growing up in a midcentury Texas family. Brad Pitt stars. (2011) 10 p.m., Cinemax
Sunday, April 22
Legends of the Fall
Oscar-winning cinematography accents this saga about three brothers in early-20th-century Montana. With Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. (1994) 3 p.m., AMC