Movies on TV

Monday, March 15

Layer Cake

The title denotes the complex narrative of this violent, Pulp Fiction–influenced crime thriller, featuring a pre–James Bond Daniel Craig. (2004) 8 p.m., IFC

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Tuesday

12 Monkeys

Brad Pitt won a Golden Globe for his turn in director Terry Gilliam’s hallucinatory remake of French science-

fiction classic La Jetée. Bruce Willis stars as a convict sent traveling through time. (1995) 8 p.m., AMC

Wednesday

Chan Is Missing

Two cabdrivers search San Francisco’s Chinatown for a man who disappeared with their $4,000. This low-budget comedy-drama broke ground with its realistic portrayal of Chinese-Americans. (1982) 1:35 p.m., IFC

Thursday

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas play the roles of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, respectively, in this star-studded version of the legendary shoot-’em-up. Exodus author Leon Uris wrote the screenplay. (1957) 10 p.m., TCM

Friday

The Browning Version

Michael Redgrave plays a British schoolteacher bitterly facing his failures at the end of his career. From Terence Rattigan’s play. (1950) 8 p.m., TCM

Saturday

Tin Men

The second of director Barry Levinson’s films set in Baltimore (after Diner) is a comedy about two aluminum-siding salesmen. Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito star. (1987) 11 a.m., Cinemax

Sunday

Broadcast News

William Hurt, Holly Hunter, and Albert Brooks were all Oscar-nominated as a witty romantic threesome in the high-pressure world of TV news. (1987) 10 p.m., FMC