TCM Announces 2026 ’31 Days of Oscar’ Lineup
What To Know
- Turner Classic Movies’ annual “31 Days of Oscar” event runs from February 13 to March 15, 2026, showcasing Academy Award-winning and nominated films from nearly a century of cinema.
- The curated lineup features themed nights such as “Timeless Best Picture Winners” and “Musicals That Defined the Form,” including classics like Casablanca, West Side Story, and international favorites like Bicycle Thieves and Amélie.
- The celebration culminates on Oscars Sunday with a day dedicated to movies about movies, providing viewers an immersive lead-in to the Academy Awards ceremony.
Turner Classic Movies has announced this year’s edition of TCM’s annual programming event, 31 Days of Oscar, which kicks off February 13 and runs straight through March 15, 2026, wrapping up on Oscars Sunday. For more than a month, TCM fills its schedule with Academy Award winners and nominees, unforgettable performances spanning nearly a century of cinema, moving from silent-era landmarks to modern classics. The network will curate the lineup into themed nights, including Timeless Best Picture Winners, Musicals That Defined the Form and more.
“31 Days of Oscar is a chance to celebrate the movies, performances, and moments that define Hollywood,” said Charlie Tabesh, SVP, Programming and Content Strategy at Turner Classic Movies. “With themed nights, legendary performances, and a lineup spanning nearly a century of cinema, TCM gives audiences an immersive, front-row experience of the movies that continue to inspire and captivate.”
What films will air during the 2026 “31 Days of Oscar” event?
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Favorites like Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, The Best Years of Our Lives, Lawrence of Arabia, West Side Story, Patton, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Rain Man and Driving Miss Daisy are all scheduled to appear. Ben-Hur, Cleopatra, Doctor Zhivago, Quo Vadis and How the West Was Won also air and bring back an era when studios spared no expense and audiences expected to be transported to a world larger than life.
Titles such as Rear Window, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and All About Eve showcase actors and directors operating at the very top of their craft. The schedule also makes room for later twentieth-century favorites and more contemporary standouts, including The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, Moonstruck, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Player and Selma. It is a reminder that Oscar history is not just about black-and-white classics, but also about films that have shaped more recent generations of cultural conversation.
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Musical fans will have their own reason to tune in. Few things lift the spirit like revisiting Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris, My Fair Lady, The Band Wagon and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. One of the pleasures of 31 Days of Oscar is how far beyond Hollywood it reaches. International and arthouse selections such as Bicycle Thieves, Yojimbo, The 400 Blows, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Amélie and Volver highlight how global cinema has shaped the Academy’s evolving tastes.
Each day of the event follows a theme, with playful programming ideas such as “Oscar Goes Big,” “Oscar Goes West,” “Oscar Goes International” and “Oscar Goes Hollywood.” The entire celebration culminates on March 15 with an all-day tribute to movies about movies, including Singin’ in the Rain, Sunset Boulevard, A Star Is Born, The Bad and the Beautiful and The Player, leading directly into the Oscars ceremony that evening.
A full schedule will be forthcoming.
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