Movies on TV

Monday, Feb. 22

La Pointe Courte

Filmed on a shoestring budget by a 25-year-old Agnès Varda, this drama about a crumbling marriage was at the vanguard of the French New Wave. (1956) 2 p.m., IFC

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Tuesday

Forrest Gump

Six Oscars—including Best Picture, Director, and Actor—went to this film about a simple man’s odyssey through recent history. Tom Hanks stars. (1994) 8 p.m., AMC

Wednesday

Casa de los Babys

This John Sayles drama follows several women who have traveled to Latin America to adopt a child. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden star. (2003) 2:15 p.m., IFC

Thursday

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Frances McDormand and Amy Adams are excellent in this period comedy about a London governess who becomes a social secretary to an American entertainer. (2008) 11:45 a.m., HBO

Friday

Ordinary People

A family contends with the devastating death of a son in this drama, which won Oscars for Best Picture and Director (Robert Redford). (1980) 10:30 p.m., TCM

Saturday

Titanic

James Cameron’s romance, set aboard the doomed ship, was the highest-grossing film of all time—until his own Avatar surpassed it. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star. (1997) 10:15 p.m., TCM

Sunday

The International

Colorful locations around the world—and an action sequence in New York City’s Guggenheim Museum—mark this conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. (2009) 8 p.m., Starz