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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