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Monday, Feb. 8

Mystic Pizza

Julia Roberts had a breakthrough role in this coming-of-age drama about three young women working at a Connecticut pizza parlor. (1988) 10 a.m., AMC

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Tuesday

Ninotchka

“Garbo laughs” was the tag line for this comedy classic, starring Greta Garbo as a stern Soviet envoy who succumbs to romance in Paris. (1939) 8 p.m., TCM

Wednesday

The New World

Terence Malick directed this epic about the Jamestown settlement and the romance between Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas. Colin Farrell stars. (2005) 8 p.m., IFC

Thursday

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

John Hughes showed he could make films for adults as well as teens with this comedy about an uptight business traveler saddled with a garrulous companion. Steve Martin and John Candy star. (1987) 10 p.m., Cinemax

Friday

O. Henry’s Full House

John Steinbeck introduces this anthology of short films based on stories by the master of the twist ending. Includes the classic “The Ransom of Red Chief,” directed by Howard Hawks. (1952) 8 a.m., FMC

Saturday

Mutiny on the Bounty

This taught drama starred Best Actor Oscar nominees Charles Laughton, as martinet Capt. Bligh, and Clark Gable, as his defiant first mate. (1935) 10 a.m., TCM

Sunday

Shadow of the Vampire

Not a horror movie but a fiction film about the making of the 1922 classic Nosferatu. John Malkovich stars, and Willem Dafoe earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. (2000) 8:25 p.m., IFC