Movies on TV

Monday, July 12

The Birds

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic chiller about a California town beset by angry birds, from a novella by Daphne du Maurier. Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren star. (1963) 7 a.m., Cinemax

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Tuesday

Donnie Brasco

Al Pacino stars as a small-time hoodlum who unwittingly befriends an FBI undercover agent, played by Johnny Depp. (1997) Midnight, Encore

Wednesday

Lord of War

In this cynical thriller, based on actual events and people, Nicolas Cage stars as a Russian immigrant who makes millions peddling weapons scavenged from the collapse of the Soviet Union. (2005) 8 p.m., IFC

Thursday

Broken Arrow

Noteworthy at the time for its unusually balanced portrayal of Native Americans, this Western won a Golden Globe for “promoting international understanding.” With James Stewart and Jeff Chandler, who was Oscar-nominated. (1950) 9 a.m., FMC

Friday

Monsters, Inc.

This charming, computer-animated fantasy follows two denizens of the realm of Monstropolis to a really scary place: Earth. Nominated for five Oscars, it won for Best Song. (2001) 3:10 p.m., Starz

Saturday

Morocco

Sparks fly between a sultry cabaret singer and a Foreign Legionnaire in this classic melodrama, notorious in its day for Marlene Dietrich’s woman-to-woman kiss. Co-stars Gary Cooper. (1930) 9:30 p.m., TCM

Sunday

Beauty and the Beast

Surrealist Jean Cocteau’s innovative film of the classic fairy tale inspired Disney’s animated hit 45 years later. (1946) 8 p.m., TCM