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Monday, Sept. 27

What’s Love Got to Do With It

Angela Bassett won a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as singer Tina Turner. Co-star Laurence Fishburne was also nominated. (1993) 5:30 p.m., AMC

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Tuesday

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

The only film made by theater director José Quintero was this Tennessee Williams adaptation, starring Vivien Leigh as a widowed actress who abandons herself to a gigolo. (1961) 8 p.m., TCM

Wednesday

A Wing and a Prayer

Actual combat footage enhances this World War II drama, set on a ship tasked with decoying Japanese forces on the eve of the Battle of Midway. Don Ameche stars. (1944) 8 a.m., FMC

Thursday

Crash

This ensemble drama about racism in Los Angeles was a surprise Best Picture Oscar winner. With Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, and Matt Dillon. (2005) 8 p.m., IFC

Friday

The Shawshank Redemption

Wrongly convicted of his wife’s murder, Tim Robbins endures years of imprisonment in this adaptation of a Stephen King novella. Morgan Freeman co-stars. (1994) 10:15 p.m., Encore

Saturday

The Blind Side

Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her performance as the adoptive mother of NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher. (2009) 8 p.m., HBO

Sunday

Phantom

This surrealistic silent film about a clerk who becomes obsessed with a ghostly girl was restored and re­released in 2006. F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) directed. (1922) 12:30 a.m., TCM