Monday, Jan. 16
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee’s drama about racial tension in a Brooklyn neighborhood entered the National Film Registry as soon as it became eligible. (1989) 8 p.m., Cinemax
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Tuesday, Jan. 17
The Color Purple
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about a black woman in the pre-civil-rights South was nominated for 11 Oscars. Whoopi Goldberg stars. (1985) 9:40 p.m., Encore
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Zodiac
David Fincher (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) directed this tense dramatization of the “Zodiac” murders, which shook 1960s and ’70s San Francisco. With Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Robert Downey Jr. (2007) 8 p.m., IFC
Thursday, Jan. 19
Seabiscuit
The saga of the ungainly racehorse that captured Depression-era America’s heart, adapted from Laura Hillenbrand’s best seller. With Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges. (2003) 7:50 a.m., Cinemax
Friday, Jan. 20
The Subject Was Roses
In a comeback from a stroke, Patricia Neal earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in this adaptation of a Pulitzer–winning Frank D. Gilroy play. (1968) 5:15 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Jan. 21
The Big Country
A battle over water rights becomes a Cold War metaphor in this Western starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, and Jean Simmons. (1958) 8 a.m., AMC
Sunday, Jan. 22
Island of Lost Souls
The original adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The Island of Dr. Moreau, about a scientist’s bizarre experiments on animals, still chills. Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi star. (1932) 10:30 p.m., TCM
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