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Monday, Nov. 8

The Birth of a Nation

Justly excoriated for its racist message, D.W. Griffith’s silent epic about the birth of the Ku Klux Klan remains historically significant for its breakthrough cinematic techniques. (1915) Midnight, TCM

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Tuesday

Nell

Jodie Foster was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a woman who’d grown up wild and isolated in the backwoods of North Carolina. With Liam Neeson. (1994) 8 p.m., FMC

Wednesday

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Errol Flynn had one of his greatest roles in this rousing, colorful swashbuckler, which also features Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone. (1938) 7:45 a.m., TCM

Thursday

A Few Good Men

Jack Nicholson is the strongest asset of this military courtroom drama, which casts Tom Cruise and Demi Moore as underdog attorneys. From a play by the film’s screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin. (1992) 8 p.m., AMC

Friday

Vanilla Sky

A hallucinatory drama starring Tom Cruise as a shallow cad whose life is strangely transformed after he is disfigured in a car crash. Penelope Cruz reprised her role from the Spanish original. (2001) 2:30 p.m., Showtime

Saturday

Bend of the River

James Stewart plays a reformed outlaw guiding settlers to the Northwest. With great Technicolor scenery. (1952) 10:45 a.m., AMC

Sunday

Spirited Away

Hayao Miyazaki, the “Disney of Japan,” directed this dazzling animated fantasy about a young girl’s quest to recover her parents from a strange world of enchantment. (2001) 8:05 a.m., IFC