Movies on TV

Monday, Oct. 5

The Commitments

This rousing movie about an unlikely soul band—from Dublin—is filled with great performances (musical and otherwise). Based on a novel by Roddy Doyle. (1991) 8 p.m., FMC

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Tuesday

American Buffalo

Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson are excellent as lowlifes plotting to rob a coin collection. Based on David Mamet’s play. (1996) 8:30 p.m., IFC

Wednesday

Doctor Dolittle

Nine Oscar nominations—including Best Picture—went to this family musical, starring Rex Harrison as the Victorian physician who talks to the animals. (1967) 11:30 a.m., FMC

Thursday

My Man Godfrey

This screwball ­comedy stars William Powell as a vagrant recruited as a butler by a madcap heiress (Carole Lombard) who brings him home as part of scavenger hunt. (1936) 11:15 p.m., TCM

Friday

The Vanishing

Far superior to its 1993 American remake, this stylish Dutch thriller ­follows a young man’s search for his missing girlfriend. Directed by George Sluizer. (1988) 4:25 p.m., IFC

Saturday

Hombre

This gritty revisionist Western features Paul Newman in a fine performance, as an Apache-raised white man who protects his fellow stagecoach passengers from bandits. Directed by Martin Ritt, from an Elmore Leonard novel. (1967) 1:15 p.m., AMC

Sunday

Once Upon a Time in the West

In director Sergio Leone’s operatic spaghetti Western, Henry Fonda plays a rare villainous role. Also starring Charles Bronson and Jason Robards. (1969) 5 p.m., TCM