Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, June 28
Cold Mountain
Seven Oscar nominations went to this drama about a Confederate deserter’s struggle to return to his sweetheart. With Best Supporting Actress Renée Zellweger, Jude Law, and Nicole Kidman. (2003) 4:30 p.m., AMC
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Thursday, July 1
Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean gave a career-defining performance as a troubled teen in this National Film Registry selection, which also stars Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. (1955) 8 p.m., TCM
Saturday, July 3
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The Usual Suspects
This thriller about a complex crime scheme won an Oscar for its screenplay and for Kevin Spacey’s supporting performance. Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, and Chazz Palminteri co-star. (1995) 8 p.m., IFC
Monday, July 5
The Silence of the Lambs
Five Oscars, including Best Picture, Actress (Jodie Foster), and Actor (Anthony Hopkins), went to Jonathan Demme’s adaptation of Thomas Harris’ best-selling thriller. (1991) 5:30 p.m., AMC
Tuesday, July 6
The Paper Chase
John Houseman won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as an intimidating Harvard Law School professor. Timothy Bottoms stars. (1973) 8 p.m., FMC
Thursday, July 8
Dark Passage
In the third of Humphrey Bogart’s four movies with Lauren Bacall, he plays a man unjustly accused of murder, out to clear himself with the help of a plastic surgeon. (1947) 6 p.m., TCM
Saturday, July 10
Vertigo
A detective afraid of heights is hired to follow a wife who is behaving strangely in Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense classic, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. (1958) 6:30 a.m., Cinemax
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