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TCM October 2026 Schedule

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Last updated  9/7/2026

THURSDAY,  October 1

6:00 AM    Little Women (1949)

The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.

8:15 AM    Summertime (1955)

A prim American spinster is surprised to find love with a handsome shopkeeper while vacationing in Venice.

10:00 AM    South Pacific (1958)

A Navy nurse must choose between love and prejudice while serving on an island in the South Pacific during World War II. Adaptation of the 1949 stage musical.

12:45 PM    Count Your Blessings (1959)

After a wartime separation, an Englishwoman discovers her French husband is a womanizer.

2:30 PM    Light in the Piazza (1962)

A woman's efforts to marry off her daughter are hindered by a family secret.

4:15 PM    Rome Adventure (1962)

A rebellious teacher moves to Rome and finds love.

6:15 PM    The Bobo (1967)

To land a job, an aspiring singer has to seduce a heartless gold digger.

8:00 PM    Queen Bee (1955)

A manipulative Southern socialite sets out to destroy the lives of all those around her.

9:45 PM    The Nanny (1965)

A conniving nanny of a well-to-do family "accidentally" drowns the family's daughter and blames it on their troubled young son, whom she blackmails into taking the rap for the crime.

11:30 PM    The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

Two very-much-in-love con artists--a sadistic, corpulent nurse and a conscience-free ex-con--prey on lonely women as they plot to fleece and slaughter a succession of rich spinsters and widows.

1:30 AM    Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

A wife-killer marries an innocent barmaid and plots her death.

3:00 AM    Diabolique (1955)

A cruel man's wife and lover plot to kill him.

5:00 AM    Obsession (1949)

A jealous husband plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover. British film released in the United States as "The Hidden Room."

FRIDAY,  October 2

6:45 AM    Strangers on a Train (1951)

A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.

8:30 AM    The Browning Version (1951)

On the eve of retirement, a bitter schoolteacher searches for some hope in his life.

10:15 AM    The Actress (1953)

True story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

12:00 PM    Tea and Sympathy (1956)

A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students.

2:15 PM    Look Back in Anger (1959)

An embittered young man spews venom on all around him, particularly his upper-class wife.

4:00 PM    Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up with a has-been movie star and travels with her to his small hometown to find the girl he left behind (and pregnant), only to be awaited by her father.

6:15 PM    The Connection (1961)

A fictional film posing as a documentary in which a group of heroin addicts wait for their connection to arrive with a fix.

8:00 PM    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)

This documentary reveals the secrets of the screen's first great horror star.

9:30 PM    Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Chameleon-like actor Lon Chaney becomes a star while coping with his first wife's insanity.

11:45 PM    The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

In this film, a severely deformed man haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera.

1:30 AM    He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

In this silent film, a scientist flees his tragic past to become a circus clown.

3:00 AM    Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

A circus clown falls for a young innocent in love with another.

4:30 AM    The Blackbird (1926)

A benevolent bishop helps the needy during the day, but runs a crime syndicate at night.

SATURDAY,  October 3

6:00 AM    Return from Nowhere (1944)

In this Passing Parade short film, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

6:15 AM    Village of the Damned (1960)

After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.

7:45 AM    Children of the Damned (1964)

Space invaders impregnate six women with super-powered offspring.

9:30 AM    Batman vs. Wizard (1949)

Chapter 14 of the Batman and Robin 1949 serial. The Caped Crusader fights to save Commissioner Gordon from an invisible assassin.

10:00 AM    Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)

A young doctor with a broken heart succumbs to the lure of a socialite.

11:45 AM    Shiver Me Timbers! (1934)

Popeye is attracted to an old weather-beaten ship bearing a sign that says Ghost Ship - Beware. He explores it with Olive Oyl and Wimpy as his unwilling companions.

11:52 AM    Ghosks is the Bunk (1939)

Bluto lures Popeye and Olive Oyl to a haunted house. He begins playing a series of comical tricks on them but when they discover he is behind it, they plot their revenge.

12:00 PM    Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.

2:15 PM    Hell Drivers (1957)

An ex-con tries to go clean and gets a job working as a truck driver, but then he discovers that his peers in the union are scamming money by creating phantom drivers on the payroll and splitting the extra cash amongst themselves.

4:15 PM    The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

A nerdy floral shop assistant invents a carnivorous monster plant that feeds on human blood.

5:45 PM    Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

A redundant bank clerk attempts to find any means at his disposal to protect his crippled wife and family by bigamously courting and marrying rich women, securing their property and then returning home with the booty.

8:00 PM    Out of the Past (1947)

A private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.

10:00 PM    The Set-Up (1949)

An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.

12:00 AM    Loophole (1954)

A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft.

1:45 AM    The Great Santini (1979)

A marine has problems adjusting to domestic life during peacetime.

3:45 AM    The Betsy (1978)

An aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.

SUNDAY,  October 4

6:00 AM    Woman of the Year (1942)

Tess is a star reporter and Sam covers the sports pages at a major newspaper. When they fall in love and get married, Tess has a difficult time letting go of her work-a-holic ways and Sam feels neglected.

8:00 AM    Designing Woman (1957)

A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.

10:00 AM    Loophole (1954)

A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft.

11:45 AM    Operation Crossbow (1965)

Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.

2:00 PM    It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Dan Daily are in top form and star in this classic musical comedy about three fun-loving army buddies who meet in New York City ten years after their discharge only to discover that each has compromised on his dreams ... and that their reunion is being broadcast as a national television special.

4:00 PM    Ninotchka (1939)

A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.

6:00 PM    Deep Valley (1947)

A farmer's daughter helps an escaped convict.

8:00 PM    All the President's Men (1976)

Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's investigation of a seemingly minor hotel room break-in uncovers the greatest political scandal in United States history and leads to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

10:30 PM    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

A Korean War hero doesn't realize he's been programmed to kill by the enemy.

12:45 AM    Battleship Potemkin (1925)

A Russian mutiny triggers revolutionary sentiments around the nation.

2:15 AM    Three Colors: Blue (1993)

After a beautiful young woman's daughter and renowned composer-husband are killed in a car crash, she tries to cope with her losses by cutting off all ties to the past. Part of the Three Colors trilogy (Blue, White, Red).

4:00 AM    Three Colors: White (1994)

A Polish hairdresser's marriage to a French model ends dismally in Paris. Upon returning to his native land, he rises to financial wealth after some shady dealings, arranges his own fake funeral, and lures his bride to Poland, where it turns out her monetary gain is much less than expected. Part of the Three Colors trilogy (Blue, White, Red).

MONDAY,  October 5

6:00 AM    The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)

A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.

7:15 AM    Noah's Ark (1928)

An American playboy's discovery of honor and courage during World War I parallels the biblical story of the flood.

9:15 AM    The Squall (1929)

A gypsy beauty sets the men of a farming family to fighting over her favors.

11:15 AM    The Great Divide (1929)

A businessman masquerades as a bandit to kidnap a flapper and end her reckless days.

12:30 PM    Show of Shows (1929)

Warner Bros. stars perform a series of musical and dramatic sketches.

2:45 PM    The Truth About Youth (1930)

A gold digging cabaret singer is unaware that her latest love is penniless.

4:00 PM    The Naughty Flirt (1930)

A flighty heiress goes to work as a secretary to win the straitlaced man she loves.

5:00 PM    Consolation Marriage (1931)

A couple who married after each was jilted faces the return of their former loved ones.

6:30 PM    Rebound (1931)

A woman takes back her straying husband when he's jilted.

8:00 PM    Libeled Lady (1936)

When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.

10:00 PM    I Love You Again (1940)

A solid married man discovers he's forgotten a past existence as a con artist.

12:00 AM    Love Crazy (1941)

A businessman concocts a series of harebrained schemes to keep his wife from divorcing him.

2:00 AM    Double Wedding (1937)

A dress designer tries to break her sister's engagement to a free-living artist, only to discover the man is falling for her instead.

3:30 AM    Evelyn Prentice (1934)

A criminal lawyer's wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.

5:00 AM    Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law.

TUESDAY,  October 6

6:45 AM    The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.

10:00 AM    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies.

12:30 PM    Hitler's Madman (1943)

The Nazis take revenge on a Czech village after one of their most sadistic commanders is assassinated there.

2:00 PM    Escape from East Berlin (1962)

An East German helps dig a tunnel beneath the Berlin Wall.

3:30 PM    Friendly Persuasion (1956)

A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War.

6:00 PM    Fury (1936)

An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.

8:00 PM    And Then There Were None (1945)

Guests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.

9:45 PM    Murder She Said (1961)

When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.

11:30 PM    The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.

1:00 AM    Suspicion (1941)

A young woman marries a charming man after a brief romance but then comes to believe that he is only after her money and will do anything to get it.

2:45 AM    The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)

Perry Mason helps a young woman whose supposedly dead husband suddenly returns to life.

4:15 AM    The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)

Perry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.

5:30 AM    MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)

George Murphy introduces clips featuring Susan Hayward and Fernand Gravet from "The Great Waltz" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow."

WEDNESDAY,  October 7

8:00 PM    Matinee (1993)

A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

10:00 PM    The 'Burbs (1989)

A stressed-out suburbanite vacations at home in order to spy on his bizarre new neighbors.

12:00 AM    The Howling (1981)

After taking part in a risky police operation intended to trap a serial murderer, Karen White witnesses something horrifying enough to trigger selective amnesia. Consumed by a series of violent nightmares, she decides to admit herself to a recovery center, but the other occupants may not be what they seem.

2:00 AM    Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

A Miami newswoman must take care of her deaf, blind and mute sister while following the local crime spree of a raping serial killer.

4:00 AM    The First Deadly Sin (1980)

Detective Edward Delaney, played by Frank Sinatra, tries to care for his bedridden wife while he tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.