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Highlights for each day of the week

Monday, July 18
You Kill Me
Ben Kingsley is excellent in this crime comedy, as a hit man who finds love after his boss orders him to join Alcoholics Anonymous. Téa Leoni co-stars. (2007) 2:15 p.m., IFC

Tuesday, July 19
Caddyshack
This slapdash farce, set at a stodgy golf club, gathered a following and has set the style for many comedies since. With Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray. (1980) 8 p.m., AMC

Wednesday, July 20
For the Boys
Bette Midler received a Golden Globe for her performance as an actress/singer who entertains troops across 50 years. James Caan co-stars. (1991) 11 p.m., FMC

Thursday, July 21
12 Monkeys
The classic 1962 short film La Jetée inspired this hallucinatory drama about time travel and a postapocalyptic future. Terry Gilliam directed; Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Madeleine Stowe star. (1995) 6 p.m., Cinemax

Friday, July 22
The Great Waltz
This tuneful biography of Johann Strauss II received three Oscar nominations, winning for its black-and-white cinematography. With Fernand Gravet, Luise Rainer, and Miliza Korjus—the colora­tura soprano nicknamed “Gorgeous” Korjus. (1938) 6 p.m., TCM

Saturday, July 23
The American
In this recent, moody thriller, George Clooney gives an understated performance as an assassin who re-examines his life while waiting to complete an assignment in an Italian village. (2010) 10 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday, July 24
Secretariat
A first-rate Disney drama about the horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown. With Diane Lane and John Malkovich. (2010) 6 p.m., Starz

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