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Monday, Oct. 18

The Heiress

Olivia de Havilland earned the second of her two Best Actress Oscars in this adaptation of Henry James’ Washington Square. With Montgomery Clift. (1949) 4 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Repeated midnight screenings made a cult craze of this campy rock musical about a young couple captured by a cross-dressing mad scientist from Transylvania. Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon star. (1975) 9 p.m., FMC

Wednesday

The Vanishing

An intense Dutch thriller about a man’s obsessive quest for his girlfriend after she disappears from a highway rest stop. Superior to its 1993 U.S. remake. (1988) 4:35 p.m., IFC

Thursday

The Royal Tenenbaums

Fine performances distinguish this eccentric ensemble comedy about a brilliant but dysfunctional family. Gene Hackman leads a cast that includes Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Luke Wilson. (2001) 2:40 p.m., Encore

Friday

It Should Happen to You

Jack Lemmon made his film debut in this comedy starring Judy Holliday as an aspiring model who resorts to billboard advertising to boost her career. (1954) 6:30 p.m., TCM

Saturday

Invictus

Clint Eastwood directed this stirring story of the 1995 Rugby World Cup tournament, which was hosted by South Africa following the end of apartheid. Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon star. (2009) 8 p.m., HBO

Sunday

28 Days Later

Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) directed this sleeper horror hit about a bike messenger who awakens from a coma to find himself in a London devastated by a viral outbreak. (2002) 8 p.m., AMC