TODAY’S TOP MOVIES

Star Wars: A New Hope ›››› (1977, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Robots and other allies help a youth and a space jockey rescue a rebel princess and battle dark forces bent on intergalactic rule. (2:45) (PG) (CC) TNT 8:27 a.m.

Raiders of the Lost Ark ›››› (1981, Adventure) Harrison Ford. Globetrotting archaeologist Indiana Jones races the Nazis for possession of a legendary religious artifact. (2:35) (PG) (CC)

PARMT 10:45 a.m.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ›››› (1980, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker to be a Jedi knight, and Han Solo woos Princess Leia, as Darth Vader returns to threaten the rebel forces trying to save the galaxy. (2:48) (PG) (CC) TNT 11:12 a.m.

Paddington ›››

(2014, Children’s) Hugh Bonneville. Live action/ animated. A lost Peruvian bear finds shelter with a kind British family, but a museum taxidermist has designs on his rare hide. (2:00) (PG) (CC) TBS 12:30 a.m.

Holiday Affair ››› (1949, Romance) Robert Mitchum. A war widow has a 6-year-old son, and two men who want to marry her for Christmas. (1:45) (NR) (CC) TCM 1:15 p.m. Signs ››› (2002, Suspense) Mel Gibson. With the help of his brother, a Pennsylvanian investigates the appearance of 500-footdiameter circles in his crop fields. (2:24) (PG-13) (CC) SYFY 1:21 p.m.

The Preacher’s Wife ››› (1996, Fantasy) Denzel Washington. A handsome angel saves a New York Baptist and his wife from spiritual doubt and marital woe. (3:00) (PG)

OWN 2 p.m.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ››› (1983, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker, now an experienced Jedi knight, tries to discover Darth Vader’s identity. (3:00) (PG) (CC) TNT 2 p.m.

The Nightmare Before Christmas ›››› (1993, Children’s) Voices of Danny Elfman. Animated. The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton. (1:40) (PG) (CC) FAM 2:20 p.m.

The Breakfast Club

››› (1985, Comedydrama) Emilio Estevez. A wrestler, a rebel, a brain, a beauty and a shy girl share Saturday detention in a Chicago high school. (2:00) (R) (CC) CMTV 3 p.m.

Jurassic Park ››› (1993, Adventure) Sam Neill. An entrepreneur invites scientists, a mathematics theorist and others to his jungle theme-park featuring dinosaurs regenerated from DNA. (3:00) (PG-13) (CC) A&E

5 p.m.

A League of Their Own ››› (1992, Comedydrama) Tom Hanks. The All-american Girls Professional Baseball League begins in 1943 with a major-league hasbeen as a manager. (3:00) (PG) (CC) CMTV 5 p.m.

Wedding Crashers ››› (2005, Comedy) Owen Wilson. Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (2:30) (R) (CC) COM 5 p.m.

The Seven Year Itch ››› (1955, Comedy) Marilyn Monroe. The blonde upstairs gives a man ideas, especially with his wife gone for the summer. (2:00) (NR) (CC) TCM 5 p.m.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens ››› (2015, Science Fiction) Harrison Ford. Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his young allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. (3:00) (PG-13) (CC) TNT

5 p.m.

Paddington ›››

(2014, Children’s) Hugh Bonneville. Live action/ animated. A lost Peruvian bear finds shelter with a kind British family, but a museum taxidermist has designs on his rare hide. (2:00) (PG) (CC) TOON

5 p.m.

Knife in the Water ›››› (1962, Drama) Leon Niemczyk. A Polish couple picks up a student hitchhiker and takes him sailing. (2:00) (NR) TCM

1 a.m.