Set Those DVRs! Best Classic Movies on TV This Week: January 5-11
With the dozens of movie channels included in a standard cable package, your favorite classic movies are surely airing somewhere this week. But how the heck are you supposed to find them?! Nothing is more disappointing than flipping through the channels and finding out your favorite film is airing … and started 45 minutes ago.
Our weekly guide gives you non-cord cutters a day-by-day breakdown of some of the best classic movies showing on broadcast networks and cable channels in primetime this week, plus other notable programming highlights. Check out our picks for the week ahead, and see if you can catch your favorite classic movie or know when to set your DVR.
Classic Movies on TV Sunday, January 5
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6pm 50 First Dates (2004, Romance-comedy) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore COMEDY
7pm Hitch (2005, Romance-comedy) Will Smith, Eva Mendes CW
7:30pm The Wizard of Oz (1939, Family) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan TNT
8pm Happy Gilmore (1996, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald COMEDY
8pm The Penguin Pool Murder (1932, Suspense) Edna May Oliver, James Gleason TCM
8pm Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, Children) Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson E!
10pm Top Gun (1986, Action) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis CMT
10:30pm The Goonies (1985, Family) Sean Astin, Josh Brolin E!
Classic Movies on TV Monday, January 6
Turner Classic Movies Celebrates Actress Julie Adams
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Actress Betty May Adams, better known by her screen name of Julie Adams (and sometimes Julia Adams, earlier in her career), is celebrated in this evening’s six-film lineup on Turner Classic Movies.
8pm Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
9:30pm The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
11:15pm Bright Victory (1951)
1:15pm Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
2:45am Tickle Me (1965)
4:30am McQ (1974)
Other notables airing tonight include:
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6pm The Barkleys of Broadway (1949, Musical) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers TCM
6:30pm Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox E!
8:30pm Dumb and Dumber (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels E!
10pm New Jack City (1991, Crime drama) Wesley Snipes, VH1
Classic Movies on TV Tuesday, January 7
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Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month: George Raft
TCM, beginning at 8pm
The actor/dancer who was born George Ranft but became more renowned professionally as George Raft, one of the more stylish of the screen’s leading men in the 1930s and ’40s, is celebrated each Tuesday night on Turner Classic Movies with lineups of his most memorable films. Many of the titles are the crime melodramas in which Raft became associated with playing gangsters, including the one that begins this month’s lineup tonight: 1932’s Scarface, with Raft starring alongside Paul Muni, who plays the title character. Among the other highlights this evening are Night After Night (1932), a drama costarring Mae West in her first movie role, and You and Me (1938), an odd crime drama/romantic comedy directed by Fritz Lang that pairs Raft with Sylvia Sidney.
8pm Scarface (1932)
9:45pm Night After Night (1932)
11:15pm You and Me (1938)
1am Love is a Racket (1932)
2:30am Side Street (1929)
Other notables airing tonight include:
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6pm Shrek 2 (2004, Children) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy NICK
6pm The Seven Hills of Rome (1958, Musical) Mario Lanza, Renato Rascel TCM
8pm Menace II Society (1993, Drama) Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett VH1
9pm Goodfellas (1990, Crime drama) Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta AMC
10pm Boyz N the Hood (1991, Drama) Larry Fishburne, VH1
11:30pm Armageddon (1998, Science fiction) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton FX
Classic Movies on Wednesday, January 8
Turner Classic Movies Celebrates Elvis Presley’s 90th Birthday!
TCM, beginning at 6am
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If you can’t get enough of Elvis, today is the day to tune in. All day long, TCM will be airing an array of films featuring the King of Rock ’n’ Roll on what would have been his 90th birthday, beginning with a lesser-known 1968 flick called Live a Little, Love a Little about a photographer moonlighting to make ends meet, and ending with the 1972 documentary Elvis on Tour late into the night. Some highlights of the movies in between include the 1957 hit Jailhouse Rock, and the 1964 musical comedy Viva Las Vegas, costarring Ann-Margret.
6am Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
8am The Trouble With Girls (1969)
10am Double Trouble (1967)
12pm This is Elvis (1981)
2pm Speedway (1968)
4pm Kissin’ Cousins (1964)
6pm It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963)
8pm Jailhouse Rock (1957)
9:45pm Viva Las Vegas (1964)
11:15pm Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970)
1am Girl Happy (1965)
2:45am Spinout (1966)
4:30am Elvis on Tour (1972)
Other notables airing tonight include:
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6pm Menace II Society (1993, Drama) Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett VH1
8pm Boyz N the Hood (1991, Drama) Larry Fishburne, VH1
8pm Top Gun (1986, Action) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis PARMT
10:30pm Major League (1989, Comedy) Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen PARMT
Classic Movies on Thursday, January 9
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Turner Classic Movies Remembers Teri Garr
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Beloved actress Terry Ann Garr, better known as Teri Garr, passed away Oct. 29 at the age of 79. Turner Classic Movies celebrates the star this evening with three of her memorable films.
8pm Young Frankenstein (1974)
10pm Oh, God! (1977)
12am The Black Stallion (1979)
Other notables airing tonight include:
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6pm Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox SYFY
6pm Now, Voyager (1942, Drama) Bette Davis, Claude Rains TCM
6pm The Waterboy (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates FX
7pm The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Drama) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman AMC
9:30pm The Mask (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz SYFY
10pm Men in Black 2 (2002, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith USA
10pm The Perfect Storm (2000, Suspense) George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg AMC
Classic Movies on Friday, January 10
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It Was All a Dream? TCM Celebrates Dream-Themed Films
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong look at notable films that have used dream sequences, featured stories that turned out to be only a dream or used other aspects of dreams, daydreams and nightmares onscreen continues tonight. Up first, Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) has a particularly vivid and entertaining (for the audience, at least) dream of a visit to a place somewhere over the rainbow in The Wizard of Oz (1939). After that is another musical fantasy involving a child (Tommy Rettig) dreaming himself into a different realm: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953), featuring a screenplay cowritten by Dr. Seuss. Next comes the Abbott and Costello comedy Jack and the Beanstalk (1952), followed by three musical romantic comedies: My Dream Is Yours (1949), Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) and Carefree (1938), led by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Other notables airing tonight include:
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6pm Set It Off (1996, Action) Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah BET
6:30pm Blackout (1954, Mystery) Dane Clark, Belinda Lee TCM
7pm Look Who’s Talking (1989, Comedy) John Travolta, Kirstie Alley IFC
7pm The Green Mile (1999, Drama) Tom Hanks, David Morse AMC
8pm The Wizard of Oz (1939, Family) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan TCM
9pm Boyz N the Hood (1991, Drama) Larry Fishburne, BET
9:30pm Cast Away (2000, Drama) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt E!
10pm The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953, Children) Peter Lind Hayes, Hans Conried TCM
11pm Apollo 13 (1995, Historical drama) Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton AMC
Classic Movies on Saturday, January 11
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Editor’s Pick: The Jerk
IFC, 6am
Steve Martin made the move from stand-up to movie leading man with this 1979 comedy that he cowrote with Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias, and directed by Carl Reiner. The film, costarring Bernadette Peters, became a hit with audiences (it was the eighth highest-grossing film of the year despite being released in December) and (largely) with critics, and remains a hilarious classic.
Other notables airing tonight include:
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6pm 10 Things I Hate About You (1999, Comedy) Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles BRAVO
7pm Vegas Vacation (1997, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo CMT
8pm Born Yesterday (1950, Comedy-drama) Judy Holliday, William Holden TCM
8pm Coming to America (1988, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall BET
8pm Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983, Science fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford TBS
10pm The Replacements (2000, Comedy) Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman AMC
10pm Wedding Crashers (2005, Comedy) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn COMEDY
11pm Star Wars: A New Hope (1977, Science fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford TBS
11pm The Cookout (2004, Comedy) Tim Meadows BET
