Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
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
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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
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