Movies on TV this week

Monday, Dec. 1

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Rita Tushingham won a Golden Globe as a pregnant working-class teenager in this classic piece of British kitchen-sink realism. Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) directed. 9:30 a.m., Flix

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Tuesday

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

Hamlet is reimagined from the perspective of two of its minor characters. Tom Stoppard directed the film version of his own play, with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth in the title roles. 4 p.m., IFC

Wednesday

The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

In this imaginative adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s dark fantasy, young John Howard Davies is excellent as a boy who picks winning racehorses while riding his hobbyhorse. 10:15 p.m., TCM

Thursday

Grosse Point Blank (1997)

John Cusack co-wrote this quirky comedy, in which he plays a hit man who combines business with his high school reunion. With Minnie Driver and Cusack’s sister Joan. 10:10 p.m., Encore

Friday

No Country for Old Men (2007)

A drug deal gone awry releases a bloody tide of violence in Joel and Ethan Coen’s stark crime drama. It won four Oscars, including Best Picture. 9:20 a.m., Starz

Saturday

The Perfect Storm (2000)

Top-notch production values mark the film version of Sebastian Junger’s best-seller about Gloucester fishermen caught in the “storm of the century.” George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg star. 1 p.m., HBO

Sunday

Treasure Island (1950)

Robert Newton gives the definitive portrayal of pirate Long John Silver in this excellent Disney version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic yarn. Noon, TCM