Movies on TV

Monday, May 17

Pickup on South Street

A hard-boiled film noir from director Samuel Fuller, starring Richard Widmark as a pickpocket who accidentally acquires vital microfilm. (1953) 2 p.m., FMC

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Tuesday

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Five top Oscars, including Best Picture and Actor (Jack Nicholson), went to the film adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel about a rebellious inmate at a mental institution. (1975) 10 p.m., TCM

Wednesday

The Wicker Man

This thinking-man’s chiller, about a police officer who encounters a pagan society on an isolated Scottish isle, has a cult following. Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee star. (1974) 8 p.m., IFC

Thursday

Black Hawk Down

Based on a series of articles in The Philadelphia Inquirer and a book by Mark Bowden, director Ridley Scott’s gripping drama follows U.S. soldiers in Somalia in 1993. (2001) 10 p.m., Encore

Friday

Snow Falling on Cedars

In Washington state, a murder trial in the aftermath of World War II stirs lingering prejudice against Japanese-Americans. Ethan Hawke stars in the film version of David Guterson’s novel. (1999) 10 a.m., Cinemax

Saturday

Up

A grumpy widower and an eager boy head to South America in a house carried aloft by balloons in this hit Pixar fantasy, winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. (2009) 9 p.m., Starz

Sunday

The Wild One

This otherwise run-of-the-mill biker film is elevated by Marlon Brando’s iconic performance as its brooding antihero. With Lee Marvin. (1954) 4:30 p.m., TCM