Movies on TV

Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece turns Shakespeare’s Macbeth into a Noh drama set in feudal Japan and features an inspired performance from his favorite actor, Toshiro Mifune. (1957) 6 p.m., TCM

Tuesday, Oct. 8

The Kids Are All Right Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, and Mark Ruffalo costar in an Oscar-nominated drama about a same-sex couple’s complicated relationship with their teenage children’s sperm donor. (2010) 9:45 p.m., Cinemax

Wednesday, Oct. 9

Blaze

A wonderful biopic directed by Ethan Hawke captures the doomed life of country songwriter Blaze Foley. Benjamin Dickey stars. (2018) 10:05 p.m., The Movie Channel

Thursday, Oct. 10

The Black Cat

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff make frightful cohosts in an early horror hit about newlyweds trapped in the home of a deranged satanist. (1934) 8 p.m., TCM

Friday, Oct. 11

Fair Game

Naomi Watts plays Valerie Plame, the undercover CIA agent outed by George W. Bush’s administration after her husband took a stand against the invasion of Iraq. (2010) 6 p.m., The Movie Channel

Saturday, Oct. 12

A Fish Called Wanda Monty Python vets John Cleese and Michael Palin go for big laughs in a classic comedy about a gaggle of con artists competing for stolen diamonds. (1988) 8 p.m., Flix

Sunday, Oct. 13

Rear Window

Jimmy Stewart stars in this Hitchcock classic about a photographer who, while spying on his neighbors, thinks he’s witnessed a murder. (1954) 7:05 p.m., Encore