TODAY’S TOP MOVIES

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride ★★★ (2005, Children’s) Voices of Johnny Depp. Animated. In 19th-century Europe, a gifted pianist mistakenly weds a dead woman who takes him to the underworld. (1:40) (PG) (CC) FAM 7 a.m.

The Glass Wall ★★★ (1953, Drama) Vittorio Gassman. A European refugee who helped the Allies becomes a fugitive denied entry to New York. (1:30) (NR) (CC) TCM 7 a.m.

Mata Hari ★★★ (1931, Biography) Greta Garbo. An exotic dancer spies for the Germans, seducing Russian officers in World War I. (1:45) (NR) (CC) TCM 8:30 a.m.

Ghostbusters ★★★ (1984, Comedy) Bill Murray. Armed with proton packs, four paranormal investigators battle mischievous ghouls in New York. (2:30) (PG) (CC) FAM 8:40 a.m.

Ice Age ★★★ (2002, Children’s) Voices of Ray Romano. Animated. A woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger and a sloth find a human baby and try to reunite him with his tribe. (1:30) (PG) (CC) NICK 10 a.m.

Bachelor Mother ★★★ (1939, Romance-comedy) Ginger Rogers. An unmarried store clerk finds a baby on a doorstep and is quickly mistaken for its mother. (1:30) (NR) (CC) TCM 10:15 a.m.

Matilda ★★★ ››› (1996, Children’s) Mara Wilson. A little girl develops extraordinary mental abilities, despite neglectful parents and a brutal headmistress. (2:05) (PG) (CC) FAM 11:10 a.m.

The Picture of Dorian Gray ★★★ (1945, Horror) George Sanders. Corrupted by a lord, Oscar Wilde’s London aristocrat stays young, but his portrait begins to age. (2:00) (NR) (CC) TCM 11:45 a.m.

Halloween ★★★★ (1978, Horror) Donald Pleasence. John Carpenter’s chiller about an escaped maniac who returns to his Illinois hometown to continue his bloody rampage. (2:00) (R) (CC) AMC 11:57 a.m.

Barry Lyndon ★★★ (1975, Drama) Ryan O’neal. Thackeray’s 18th-century Irish rogue woos and wins a rich widow, then plays aristocrat. (3:15) (PG) (CC) TCM 1:45 p.m.

A Nightmare on Elm Street ★★★ (1984, Horror) John Saxon. Freddy Krueger, a badly burned boogeyman with razors on his glove, haunts and kills teens in their dreams. (2:00) (R) (CC) SYFY 2 p.m.

Private Benjamin ★★★ (1980, Comedy) Goldie Hawn. A pampered Jewish widow is tricked into joining the Army and unexpectedly finds a new sense of purpose and selfworth. (2:30) (R) (CC) CMTV 2:30 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 2:55 p.m.

The Mask ★★★ (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey. An ancient mask transforms a drab bank clerk into a grinning Romeo with superhuman powers. (2:00) (PG-13) (CC) SYFY 4 p.m.

Beetlejuice ★★★ (1988, Comedy) Michael Keaton. A ghoul helps a newly dead couple haunt the tasteless new owners of their beloved home. (2:00) (PG) (CC) CMTV 5 p.m.

The Birds ★★★ (1963, Suspense) Rod Taylor. A San Francisco playgirl follows a bachelor to Bodega Bay where, for no apparent reason, flocks of birds begin killing the populace. (2:15) (PG-13) (CC) TCM 5 p.m.

Jacob’s Ladder ★★★ (1990, Horror) Tim Robbins. A Vietnam vet prone to flashbacks walks the edge of sanity as he searches for the cause of his nightmarish visions. (2:00) (R) 13 midnight

Lucy ★★★ (2014, Action) Scarlett Johansson. An unwilling drug mule develops superhuman abilities after the synthetic substance leaks into her system. (2:00) (R) (CC) TBS 1 a.m.