TCM Announces 2026 ’31 Days of Oscar’ Lineup

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.

Friday, February 13

Oscar Goes to a Fantasy World

  6am Cabin in the Sky (1943)
  7:45am The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
10:15am The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
12:15pm Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
  2:45pm Lili (1953)
  4:15pm The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
  6pm Brigadoon (1954)

Oscar Goes to a Wedding

  8pm Father of the Bride (1950)
  9:45pm Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
12am The Graduate (1967)
  2am High Society (1956)
  4am Smilin’ Through (1932)

Saturday, February 14 (Happy Valentine’s Day)

Oscar Goes to Paris

  6am Roberta (1935)
  8am The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
10am Ninotchka (1939)
12pm Casablanca (1942)
  2pm Midnight in Paris (2011)
  3:45pm Gigi (1958)
  6pm Charade (1963)
  8pm An American in Paris (1951)
10pm Moulin Rouge (2001)
12:15am Amelie (2001)
  2:30am Irma La Douce (1963)
  5am Camille (1937)

Sunday, February 15

Oscar Goes Bad (Crime)

  7am Little Caesar (1930)
  8:30am The Letter (1940)
10:15am Key Largo (1948)
12pm Double Indemnity (1944)
  2pm Strangers on a Train (1951)
  4pm Rear Window (1954)
  6pm Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  8pm White Heat (1949)
10pm In Cold Blood (1967)
12:30am Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  2:45am Shaft (1971)
  4:45am The Window (1949)

Monday, February 16

Oscar Goes to a Family Reunion

6am Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
  7:30am Edward, My Son (1949)
  9:30am The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
11am The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
  1:30pm I Remember Mama (1948)
  3:45pm I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
  5:30pm Auntie Mame (1958)

Oscar Goes to Class

    8pm The Children’s Hour (1961)
10pm The Corn is Green (1945)
12am Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  2am Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969)
  4:45am Good News (1947)

Tuesday, February 17

Oscar Goes to the Desert

  6:30am The Desert Song (1943)
  8:30am The Wind and the Lion (1975)
10:45am Morocco (1930)
12:30pm Road to Morocco (1942)
  2pm Sahara (1943)
  3:45pm Khartoum (1966)
  6:15pm Them! (1954)

Oscar Goes Nuclear

  8pm On the Beach (1959)
10:30pm The China Syndrome (1979)
12:45am Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  2:30am Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Wednesday, February 18

Oscar Goes on Stage

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