Movies on TV

Monday, May 3

Love Field

Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for an Oscar as a Dallas housewife whose life changes when she travels to Washington for President Kennedy’s funeral. (1992) 9:30 a.m., HBO

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Tuesday

Factotum

Matt Dillon is first-rate as a boozy, chronically unemployed writer in this adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s semi-autobiographical novel. With Lili Taylor. (2004) 5:30 p.m., IFC

Wednesday

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Star Don Ameche was forever identified with this romanticized but entertaining biodrama about the inventor of the telephone. Loretta Young co-stars. (1939) 6 a.m., FMC

Thursday

The Stranger

Orson Welles both directed and starred in this thriller about a professor who has deceived everyone in his small town—including his own wife—about his Nazi past. (1946) 2:15 p.m., TCM

Friday

The Sound Barrier

This rarely seen drama by director David Lean follows an aircraft designer’s struggle to develop a supersonic jet. With Ralph Richardson and Lean’s then-wife, Ann Todd. (1952) 8 p.m., TCM

Saturday

Unfaithful

Diane Lane was Oscar-nominated for her performance as a wayward wife in this remake of a 1968 film by Claude Chabrol. Richard Gere co-stars. (2002) 7:45 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday

Superman: The Movie

The first superhero blockbuster blazed the trail for one of today’s most successful film genres. Superman II (1980) follows; Christopher Reeve stars in both. (1978) Noon, AMC