Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
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
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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
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