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Monday, May 31

To Hell and Back

Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier of World War II, re-enacted his own exploits for the film adaptation of his autobiography. (1955) 2:45 p.m., AMC

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Tuesday

The Crossing Guard

Jack Nicholson portrays a father obsessed with taking vengeance against the drunken driver who killed his daughter. With Anjelica Huston. (1995) 8 p.m., IFC

Wednesday

The Turning Point

Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft both received Best Actress Oscar nominations as former ballerinas who reunite after many years. (1977) 7:30 p.m., FMC

Thursday

Dodsworth

Walter Huston was Oscar-nominated for his performance in the film version of Sinclair Lewis’ novel, as an automobile magnate whose marriage unravels after he and his wife travel to Europe. (1936) 11 p.m., TCM

Friday

Married to the Mob

Michelle Pfeiffer shows her comic skills as a Mafia widow pursued romantically by both an FBI agent and her husband’s killer. With Matthew Modine and Dean Stockwell. (1988) 6:30 p.m., Cinemax

Saturday

District 9

This sci-fi thriller, set around a Johannesburg ghetto inhabited by aliens, was an ingenious way of looking at South Africa’s history of apartheid. Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. (2009) 9 p.m., Starz

Sunday

The Yearling

The classic family drama about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn in post–Civil War Florida. From Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. (1946) 9:30 p.m., TCM