A Flickchart Guide To TCM in January
Spotlight: Stars Behind Bars
Not actors who were incarcerated off-screen, though that might also make for an interesting series, but prison movies of all types. I put these in ranking order, but there are some themes each night, like women behind bars on the 24th.
Cool Hand Luke (1967; ranked #92 by 10193 users) – Playing 1/3 at 8:00pm
White Heat (1949; ranked #286 by 904 users) – Playing 1/11 at 1:00am
Papillon (1973; ranked #508 by 3122 users) – Playing 1/10 at 8:00pm
Escape from Alcatraz (1979; ranked #752 by 4027 users) – Playing 1/10 at 10:45pm
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932; ranked #1155 by 297 users) – Playing 1/11 at 3:00am
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962; ranked #1342 by 556 users) – Playing 1/31 at 8:00pm
Brute Force (1947; ranked #1742 by 202 users) – Playing 1/3 at 12:15pm
Brubaker (1980; ranked #2670 by 427 users) – Playing 2/1 at 2:00am
Jailhouse Rock (1957; ranked #3302 by 548 users) – Playing 1/17 at 8:00pm
Each Dawn I Die (1939; ranked #6817 by 57 users) – Playing 1/4 at 4:30am
Caged (1950; ranked #7265 by 45 users) – Playing 1/24 at 8:00pm
Ladies They Talk About (1933; ranked #7815 by 52 users) – Playing 1/24 at 11:30pm
The Big House (1930; ranked #8428 by 53 users) – Playing 1/4 at 1:30am
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932; ranked #9101 by 29 users) – Playing 2/1 at 12:30am
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954; ranked #9522 by 21 users) – Playing 1/3 at 12:00M
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936; ranked #9758 by 33 users) – Playing 1/31 at 10:45pm
Weary River (1929; ranked #10566 by 24 users) – Playing 1/17 at 9:45pm
Pardon Us (1931; ranked #10986 by 33 users) – Playing 1/18 at 4:00am
Two-Way Stretch (1960; ranked #11646 by 19 users) – Playing 1/17 at 11:30pm
So Young, So Bad (1950; ranked #15380 by 8 users) – Playing 1/25 at 2:15am
The Last Mile (1932; ranked #15742 by 4 users) – Playing 1/4 at 3:15am
Convicts 4 (1962; ranked #21141 by 6 users) – Playing 1/11 at 4:45am
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959; ranked #23504 by 3 users) – Playing 1/25 at 4:00am
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951; ranked #25125 by 3 users) – Playing 1/2 at 4:15am
House of Women (1962; ranked #26923 by 4 users) – Playing 1/24 at 9:45pm
Doin’ Time (1985; ranked #36171 by 16 users) – Playing 1/18 at 2:45am
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/18 at 5:00am
Condemned Women (1938; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/25 as 12:
Star of the Month: Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman is a great example of how the classic era studio system worked. Put under contract to Warner Bros in the late 1930s, Jane was relegated to supporting roles in B movies and even smaller roles in major movies for almost ten years before Billy Wilder decided she was right for the female lead in The Lost Weekend – critics were impressed with her performance, but Warner didn’t give her a lot more to do until three years later, when she won an Oscar for Johnny Belinda. Even then, well on her way to becoming a major box office star, her contract still had her doing numerous forgettable weepies and romantic comedies. Her biggest successes were Douglas Sirk melodramas in the 1950s, but it’s clear from the obscurity of this list that Wyman doesn’t figure big among the Flickchart demographic. Here’s our chance to change that!
The Lost Weekend (1945; ranked #364 by 1346 users) – Playing 1/13 at 12:15am
All That Heaven Allows (1955; ranked #1203 by 368 users) – Playing 1/26 at 10:00pm
Stage Fright (1950; ranked #2725 by 360 users) – Playing 1/13 at 4:15am
Magnificent Obsession (1954; ranked #3434 by 122 users) – Playing 1/26 at 8:00pm
The Yearling (1946; ranked #5617 by 146 users) – Playing 1/12 at 10:00pm
Johnny Belinda (1948; ranked #6055 by 75 users) – Playing 1/12 at 8:00pm
Larceny, Inc. (1942; ranked #9759 by 23 users) – Playing 1/19 at 12:00M
Magic Town (1947; ranked #12098 by 28 users) – Playing 1/19 at 10:00pm
He Couldn’t Say No (1938; ranked #14389 by 6 users) – Playing 1/6 at 5:45am
Three Guys Named Mike (1951; ranked #15764 by 10 users) – Playing 1/20 at 1:45am
Princess O’Rourke (1943; ranked #15954 by 14 users) – Playing 1/20 at 7:00am
Brother Rat (1938; ranked #16656 by 2 users) – Playing 1/5 at 10:30pm
Ready, Willing and Able (1937; ranked #17812 by 2 users) – Playing 1/6 at 12:15pm
Bad Men of Missouri (1941; ranked #17856 by 2 users) – Playing 1/13 at 12:00N
Flight Angels (1940; ranked #18367 by 3 users) – Playing 1/13 at 10:45am
Public Wedding (1937; ranked #18442 by 1 users) – Playing 1/5 at 8:00pm
Torchy Plays With Dynamite (1939; ranked #19524 by 1 users) – Playing 1/5 at 9:15pm
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940; ranked #20757 by 2 users) – Playing 1/6 at 12:15am
Lucy Gallant (1955; ranked #21732 by 5 users) – Playing 1/26 at 12:00M
The Story of Will Rogers (1952; ranked #22120 by 10 users) – Playing 1/13 at 2:15am
Wyoming Kid (1947; ranked #22815 by 2 users) – Playing 1/13 at 1:15pm
Here Comes the Groom (1951; ranked #22984 by 11 users) – Playing 1/19 at 8:00pm
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949; ranked #23065 by 1 users) – Playing 1/13 at 9:00am
An Angel from Texas (1940; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 2:00am
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 3:15am
Gambling on the High Seas (1940; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 4:45am
Private Detective (1939; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 7:00am
Kid Nightingale (1939; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 8:00am
The Crowd Roars (1938; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 9:00am
The Kid from Kokomo (1939; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/6 at 10:30am
Crime by Night (1944; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/13 at 6:15am
My Favorite Spy (1942; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/13 at 7:30am
The Doughgirls (1944; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/20 at 3:30am
Make Your Own Bed (1944; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/20 at 5:30am
One More Tomorrow (1946; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/20 at 8:45am
Honeymoon for Three (1941; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/20 at 10:30am
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/20 at 12:00N
Marathons and Tributes
Happy Hitchcock New Year
What better way to ring in 2017 than with a whole bunch of Hitchcock films?
Rope (1948; ranked #124 by 5104 users) – Playing 1/1 at 6:00am
Strangers on a Train (1951; ranked #80 by 5107 users) – Playing 1/1 at 7:30am 1
Torn Curtain (1966; ranked #2592 by 876 users) – Playing 1/1 at 9:15am
Family Plot (1976; ranked #2616 by 752 users) – Playing 1/1 at 11:30am
Psycho (1960; ranked #42 by 58028 users) – Playing 1/1 at 1:30pm
Marnie (1964; ranked #1350 by 1202 users) – Playing 1/1 at 3:30pm
The Birds (1963; ranked #361 by 24346 users) – Playing 1/1 at 5:45pm
Vertigo (1958; ranked #45 by 28593 users) – Playing 1/1 at 8:00pm
Rear Window (1954; ranked #10 by 32028 users) – Playing 1/1 at 10:15pm
Shadow of a Doubt (1943; ranked #101 by 2704 users) – Playing 1/2 at 12:15am
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956; ranked #451 by 2914 users) – Playing 1/2 at 2:15am
The Trouble with Harry (1955; ranked #1139 by 1477 users) – Playing 1/2 at 4:30am
Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948; ranked #6703 by 59 users) – Playing 1/17 at 6:00am
Captain Blood (1935; ranked #779 by 585 users) – Playing 1/17 at 8:00am
Kim (1950; ranked #10750 by 29 users) – Playing 1/17 at 10:00am
Northern Pursuit (1943; ranked #12595 by 29 users) – Playing 1/17 at 12:00N
The Prince and the Pauper (1937; ranked #6634 by 55 users) – Playing 1/17 at 1:45pm
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938; ranked #281 by 3551 users) – Playing 1/17 at 3:45pm
The Sea Hawk (1940; ranked #2182 by 207 users) – Playing 1/17 at 5:30pm
Cary Grant
Bringing Up Baby (1938; ranked #131 by 3633 users) – Playing 1/18 at 6:15am
Penny Serenade (1941; ranked #6055 by 144 users) – Playing 1/18 at 8:00am
None But the Lonely Heart (1944; ranked #10157 by 49 users) – Playing 1/18 at 10:15am
Destination Tokyo (1943; ranked #7160 by 80 users) – Playing 1/18 at 12:30pm
Crisis (1950; ranked #14239 by 13 users) – Playing 1/18 at 4:30pm
Room for One More (1952; ranked #10733 by 32 users) – Playing 1/18 at 6:15pm
Debbie Reynolds
TCM has added a 24-hour tribute to Debbie Reynolds, who passed away on December 28, 2016, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher. The featured films are:
It Started with a Kiss (1959; ranked #25021 by 7 users)
Bundle of Joy (1956; ranked #11947 by 35 users)
How the West Was Won (1962; ranked #1924 by 779 users)
The Tender Trap (1955; ranked #9088 by 65 users)
Hit the Deck (1955; ranked #12634 by 45 users)
I Love Melvin (1953; ranked #18413 by 7 users)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952; ranked #199 by 17990 users)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964; ranked #9101 by 112 users)
The Mating Game (1959; ranked #13950 by 29 users)
The Catered Affair (1956; ranked #15896 by 15 users)
The Singing Nun (1966; ranked #23433 by 25 users)
How Sweet It Is! (1968; ranked #27825 by 7 users)
If You’re Into…
…Pre-Codes
The Thin Man (1934; ranked #139 by 1656 users) – Playing 1/9 at 9:15pm
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932; ranked #1155 by 297 users) – Playing 1/11 at 3:00am
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933; ranked #1754 by 253 users) – Playing 1/29 at 6:30am
Cleopatra (1934; ranked #5156 by 162 users) – Playing 1/13 at 8:00pm
Ladies They Talk About (1933; ranked #7815 by 52 users) – Playing 1/24 at 11:30pm
The Big House (1930; ranked #8428 by 53 users) – Playing 1/4 at 1:30am
A Free Soul (1931; ranked #8750 by 51 users) – Playing 1/15 at 12:00N
Private Lives (1931; ranked #10115 by 16 users) – Playing 1/12 at 11:00am
Pardon Us (1931; ranked #10986 by 33 users) – Playing 1/18 at 4:00am
Svengali (1931; ranked #11678 by 21 users) – Playing 1/2 at 1:30pm
Let Us Be Gay (1930; ranked #12150 by 17 users) – Playing 1/12 at 9:30am
Female (1933; ranked #12525 by 18 users) – Playing 1/9 at 8:00pm
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933; ranked #14528 by 6 users) – Playing 1/6 at 5:15pm
Taxi! (1932; ranked #15291 by 18 users) – Playing 1/6 at 6:45pm
Riptide (1934; ranked #15351 by 6 users) – Playing 1/19 at 12:00N
The Last Mile (1932; ranked #15742 by 4 users) – Playing 1/4 at 3:15am
Melody Cruise (1933; ranked #16584 by 7 users) – Playing 1/19 at 6:00am
Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934; ranked #17273 by 5 users) – Playing 1/19 at 7:30am
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/18 at 5:00am
…Film Noir
The Maltese Falcon (1941; ranked #99 by 14362 users) – Playing 1/7 at 12:00M
To Have and Have Not (1944; ranked #499 by 667 users) – Playing 1/25 at 10:15pm
Gilda (1946; ranked #524 by 943 users) – Playing 1/29 at 3:00pm
The Killers (1946; ranked #692 by 565 users) – Playing 1/11 at 10:00pm
Brute Force (1947; ranked #1742 by 202 users) – Playing 1/3 at 12:15pm
Odd Man Out (1947; ranked #2047 by 228 users) – Playing 1/23 at 12:00M
Fallen Angel (1945; ranked #6178 by 73 users) – Playing 1/21 at 9:45pm
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956; ranked #7156 by 93 users) – Playing 1/22 at 1:15am
Deception (1946; ranked #16626 by 4 users) – Playing 1/10 at 8:30am
Crime by Night (1944; unranked by 0 users) – Playing 1/13 at 6:15am
…Musicals
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964; ranked #488 by 564 users) – Playing 1/18 at 10:00pm
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944; ranked #709 by 1302 users) – Playing 1/18 at 12:00M
An American in Paris (1951; ranked #744 by 1247 users) – Playing 1/15 at 6:00pm
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933; ranked #1754 by 253 users) – Playing 1/29 at 6:30am
Auntie Mame (1958; ranked #2571 by 274 users) – Playing 1/25 at 12:15pm
Road to Morocco (1942; ranked #2654 by 319 users) – Playing 1/7 at 11:30pm
Jailhouse Rock (1957; ranked #3302 by 548 users) – Playing 1/17 at 8:00pm
Pennies from Heaven (1981; ranked #3659 by 337 users) – Playing 1/12 at 2:00am
Cabin in the Sky (1943; ranked #4252 by 128 users) – Playing 1/16 at 4:30pm
Viva Las Vegas (1964; ranked #5070 by 286 users) – Playing 1/30 at 11:45pm
Stormy Weather (1943; ranked #5150 by 118 users) – Playing 1/16 at 6:30pm
Road to Singapore (1940; ranked #5651 by 150 users) – Playing 1/7 at 8:00pm
Road to Zanzibar (1941; ranked #6996 by 113 users) – Playing 1/7 at 9:45pm
It’s Always Fair Weather (1955; ranked #8622 by 54 users) – Playing 1/18 at 8:00pm
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964; ranked #9210 by 109 users) – Playing 1/25 at 8:45am
Girl Happy (1965; ranked #13541 by 56 users) – Playing 1/8 at 8:00pm
Bathing Beauty (1944; ranked #12261 by 21 users) – Playing 1/9 at 11:00am
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970; ranked #12440 by 25 users) – Playing 1/8 at 10:00am
Romance on the High Seas (1948; ranked #13872 by 21 users) – Playing 1/16 at 4:15am
Born to Dance (1936; ranked #15295 by 25 users) – Playing 1/29 at 8:15am
The Firefly (1937; ranked #15998 by 9 users) – Playing 1/22 at 6:15am
The Student Prince (1954; ranked #16429 by 10 users) – Playing 1/31 at 2:00pm
The Great Caruso (1951; ranked #18078 by 13 users) – Playing 1/31 at 4:00pm
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952; ranked #19072 by 14 users) – Playing 1/14 at 12:00N
That Midnight Kiss (1949; ranked #19142 by 7 users) – Playing 1/31 at 6:15pm
Here Comes the Groom (1951; ranked #22984 by 11 users) – Playing 1/19 at 8:00pm
…Westerns
The Searchers (1956; ranked #104 by 4790 users) – Playing 1/14 at 4:00pm
Stagecoach (1939; ranked #247 by 1879 users) – Playing 1/10 at 3:15am
Giant (1956; ranked #535 by 1366 users) – Playing 1/24 at 11:30am
The Big Country (1958; ranked #1731 by 346 users) – Playing 1/21 at 3:00pm
Bend of the River (1952; ranked #3133 by 159 users) – Playing 1/21 at 6:00pm
The Far Country (1955; ranked #4593 by 145 users) – Playing 1/7 at 4:15pm
Bad Men of Missouri (1941; ranked #17856 by 2 users) – Playing 1/13 at 12:00N
Wyoming Kid (1947; ranked #22815 by 2 users) – Playing 1/13 at 1:15pm
…War
The Dirty Dozen (1967; ranked #320 by 3893 users) – Playing 1/5 at 7:00am
The Longest Day (1962; ranked #1100 by 763 users) – Playing 1/5 at 2:30pm
Sergeant York (1941; ranked #1348 by 485 users) – Playing 1/5 at 12:15pm
Mrs. Miniver (1942; ranked #1716 by 386 users) – Playing 1/26 at 2:30am
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970; ranked #1774 by 1052 users) – Playing 1/5 at 5:30pm
Shenandoah (1965; ranked #4803 by 167 users) – Playing 1/29 at 8:00pm
Destination Tokyo (1943; ranked #7160 by 80 users) – Playing 1/18 at 12:30pm
The Battle of Midway (1942; ranked #8025 by 55 users) – Playing 1/5 at 11:45am
The Negro Soldier (1944; ranked #21203 by 2 users) – Playing 1/26 at 5:00pm
…Silent Cinema
City Lights (1931; ranked #14 by 2994 users) – Playing 1/19 at 2:00am
Orphans of the Storm (1921; ranked #4068 by 134 users) – Playing 1/25 at 6:00am
The Last of the Mohicans (1920; ranked #4548 by 252 users) – Playing 1/8 at 12:00M)
Captain Salvation (1927; ranked #11570 by 22 users) – Playing 1/22 at 12:00M
The Racket (1928; ranked #11579 by 43 users) – Playing 1/30 at 12:30am
Cleopatra (1912; ranked #16886 by 3 users) – Playing 1/14 at 6:30am
Mabel Normand shorts 1/15 at 12:00M
…Foreign Cinema
In the Mood for Love (2000; ranked #221 by 1613 users) – Playing 1/9 at 2:00am
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964; ranked #488 by 564 users) – Playing 1/18 at 10:00pm
Red Beard (1965; ranked #1012 by 361 users) – Playing 1/23 at 2:00am
My Night at Maud’s (1969; ranked #1543 by 202 users) – Playing 1/30 at 4:00am
Claire’s Knee (1970; ranked #2162 by 161 users) – Playing 1/30 at 2:00am
Rodan (1958; ranked #4612 by 288 users) – Playing 1/28 at 2:00pm
And the Ship Sails On (1984; ranked #10312 by 50 users) – Playing 1/16 at 2:00pm
…If You Have Kids
Bringing Up Baby (1938; ranked #131 by 3633 users) – Playing 1/18 at 6:15am
Harvey (1950; ranked #261 by 2676 users) – Playing 1/8 at 2:00pm
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938; ranked #281 by 3551 users) – Playing 1/17 at 3:45pm
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948; ranked #332 by 5312 users) – Playing 1/15 at 1:45pm
An American in Paris (1951; ranked #744 by 1247 users) – Playing 1/15 at 6:00pm
Captain Blood (1935; ranked #779 by 585 users) – Playing 1/17 at 8:00am
Auntie Mame (1958; ranked #2571 by 274 users) – Playing 1/25 at 12:15pm
Road to Morocco (1942; ranked #2654 by 319 users) – Playing 1/7 at 11:30pm
Sounder (1972; ranked #4826 by 168 users) – Playing 1/16 at 7:30am
The Yearling (1946; ranked #5617 by 146 users) – Playing 1/12 at 10:00pm
Road to Singapore (1940; ranked #5651 by 150 users) – Playing 1/7 at 8:00pm
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934; ranked #6415 by 58 users) – Playing 1/4 at 7:45am
The Prince and the Pauper (1937; ranked #6634 by 55 users) – Playing 1/17 at 1:45pm
Road to Zanzibar (1941; ranked #6996 by 113 users) – Playing 1/7 at 9:45pm
The Secret Garden (1949; ranked #8674 by 36 users) – Playing 1/25 at 2:45pm
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964; ranked #9210 by 109 users) – Playing 1/25 at 8:45am
Bathing Beauty (1944; ranked #12261 by 21 users) – Playing 1/9 at 11:00am
The Son of Monte Cristo (1941; ranked #14397 by 11 users) – Playing 1/4 at 3:15pm
Movies to See Before You Die
We have a series here on the Flickchart blog called “Movies to See Before You Die” for movies in the global Top 1000. Here are all the ways TCM is helping us reach that goal this month.
Rear Window (1954; ranked #10 by 32028 users) – Playing 1/1 at 10:15pm
City Lights (1931; ranked #14 by 2994 users) – Playing 1/19 at 2:00am
Citizen Kane (1941; ranked #29 by 35056 users) – Playing 1/5 at 1:30am
Psycho (1960; ranked #42 by 58028 users) – Playing 1/1 at 1:30pm and 1/11 at 8:00pm
Vertigo (1958; ranked #45 by 28593 users) – Playing 1/1 at 8:00pm
12 Angry Men (1957; ranked #46 by 27864 users) – Playing 1/22 at 4:15pm
Strangers on a Train (1951; ranked #80 by 5107 users) – Playing 1/1 at 7:30am
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968; ranked #83 by 58213 users) – Playing 1/11 at 11:45am
Cool Hand Luke (1967; ranked #92 by 10193 users) – Playing 1/3 at 8:00pm
The Maltese Falcon (1941; ranked #99 by 14362 users) – Playing 1/7 at 12:00M
Shadow of a Doubt (1943; ranked #101 by 2704 users) – Playing 1/2 at 12:15am
The Searchers (1956; ranked #104 by 4790 users) – Playing 1/14 at 4:00pm
Days of Heaven (1978; ranked #119 by 1850 users) – Playing 1/11 at 12:00M
All About Eve (1950; ranked #122 by 4591 users) – Playing 1/15 at 3:30pm
Rope (1948; ranked #124 by 5104 users) – Playing 1/1 at 6:00am
Annie Hall (1977; ranked #125 by 21117 users) – Playing 1/8 at 8:00pm
Sweet Smell of Success (1957; ranked #129 by 1040 users) – Playing 1/15 at 8:00pm
Bringing Up Baby (1938; ranked #131 by 3633 users) – Playing 1/18 at 6:15am
The Thin Man (1934; ranked #139 by 1656 users) – Playing 1/9 at 9:15pm
Dial M for Murder (1954; ranked #183 by 4896 users) – Playing 1/3 at 5:30pm
Some Like It Hot (1959; ranked #198 by 19563 users) – Playing 1/9 at 11:00pm
Brief Encounter (1945; ranked #211 by 918 users) – Playing 1/9 at 3:45am
In the Mood for Love (2000; ranked #221 by 1613 users) – Playing 1/9 at 2:00am
Stagecoach (1939; ranked #247 by 1879 users) – Playing 1/10 at 3:15am
To Be or Not to Be (1942; ranked #250 by 729 users) – Playing 1/8 at 4:00pm
Rebel Without a Cause (1955; ranked #259 by 5892 users) – Playing 1/19 at 3:45pm
Harvey (1950; ranked #261 by 2676 users) – Playing 1/8 at 2:00pm
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986; ranked #265 by 3075 users) – Playing 1/8 at 10:00pm
Nashville (1975; ranked #269 by 1491 users) – Playing 1/28 at 12:00M
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938; ranked #281 by 3551 users) – Playing 1/17 at 3:45pm
White Heat (1949; ranked #286 by 904 users) – Playing 1/11 at 1:00am
The Grapes of Wrath (1940; ranked #296 by 2373 users) – Playing 1/3 at 2:15am
In the Heat of the Night (1967; ranked #310 by 3150 users) – Playing 1/14 at 8:00pm
The Dirty Dozen (1967; ranked #320 by 3893 users) – Playing 1/5 at 7:00am
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961; ranked #356 by 8725 users) – Playing 1/10 at 1:15am and 1/20 at 3:45pm
The Birds (1963; ranked #361 by 24346 users) – Playing 1/1 at 5:45pm
The Lost Weekend (1945; ranked #364 by 1347 users) – Playing 1/3 at 12:15pm and 1/13 at 12:15am
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942; ranked #443 by 754 users) – Playing 1/5 at 3:45am
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956; ranked #451 by 2914 users) – Playing 1/2 at 2:15am
East of Eden (1955; ranked #467 by 905 users) – Playing 1/2 at 8:00pm
The Quiet Man (1952; ranked #471 by 1555 users) – Playing 1/28 at 5:30pm
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964; ranked #488 by 564 users) – Playing 1/18 at 10:00pm
A Face in the Crowd (1957; ranked #489 by 389 users) – Playing 1/20 at 5:45pm
Forbidden Planet (1956; ranked #495 by 2481 users) – Playing 1/11 at 8:15am
To Have and Have Not (1944; ranked #499 by 667 users) – Playing 1/25 at 10:15pm
Papillon (1973; ranked #508 by 3122 users) – Playing 1/10 at 8:00pm
Giant (1956; ranked #535 by 1366 users) – Playing 1/24 at 11:30am
Sleeper (1973; ranked #615 by 2718 users) – Playing 1/22 at 6:15pm
The Player (1992; ranked #640 by 3929 users) – Playing 1/28 at 9:45pm
Doctor Zhivago (1965; ranked #659 by 3740 users) – Playing 1/25 at 4:30pm
A Shot in the Dark (1964; ranked #664 by 1376 users) – Playing 1/22 at 10:00pm
The Killers (1946; ranked #692 by 565 users) – Playing 1/11 at 10:00pm
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944; ranked #709 by 1302 users) – Playing 1/18 at 12:00M
A Place in the Sun (1951; ranked #721 by 466 users) – Playing 1/22 at 2:00pm
An American in Paris (1951; ranked #744 by 1247 users) – Playing 1/15 at 6:00pm
Escape from Alcatraz (1979; ranked #752 by 4027 users) – Playing 1/10 at 10:45pm
Captain Blood (1935; ranked #779 by 585 users) – Playing 1/17 at 8:00am
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963; ranked #789 by 2570 users) – Playing 1/21 at 12:00N
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967; ranked #793 by 1523 users) – Playing 1/17 at 3:00am
The Getaway (1972; ranked #805 by 997 users) – Playing 1/26 at 12:15am
Scanners (1981; ranked #983 by 2680 users) – Playing 1/28 at 2:45am
Day by Day
Sunday, January 1
Top Ranked: Rear Window (1954; ranked #10 by 32028 users) – Playing 1/1 at 10:15pm
Wild Card: The Trouble with Harry (1955; ranked #1139 by 1477 users) – Most Hitchcock films get a pretty nice bump on the Flickchart globals; this one I think is still unerrsted, a very black comedy about a dead body everyone in a small town thinks they’re responsible for. Playing 1/2 at 4:30am
Monday, January 2
Top Ranked: The Grapes of Wrath (1940; ranked #296 by 2373 users) – Playing 1/3 at 2:15am
Wild Card: Svengali (1931; ranked #11678 by 21 users) – John Barrymore plays the famous maestro mentoring/controlling ingenue Marian Marsh in this version of the Svengali/Trilby story Playing 1/2 at 1:30pm
Tuesday, January 3
Top Ranked: Cool Hand Luke (1967; ranked #92 by 10193 users) – Playing 1/3 at 8:00pm
Wild Card: Brute Force (1947; ranked #1742 by 202 users) – A film noir set in a prison with all the brutal cynicism that implies. Playing 1/3 at 12:15pm
Wednesday, January 4
Top Ranked: Citizen Kane (1941; ranked #29 by 35056 users) – Playing 1/5 at 1:30am
Wild Card: The Son of Monte Cristo (1941; ranked #14397 by 11 users) – A not-based-on-Dumas addition to the Dumas story, this doesn’t have a whole lot of connection to the source, but it’s a quite enjoyable unassuming adventure film with a bonus George Sanders. Playing 1/4 at 3:15pm
Thursday, January 5
Top Ranked: The Dirty Dozen (1967; ranked #320 by 3893 users) – Playing 1/5 at 7:00am
Wild Card: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970; ranked #1774 by 1052 users) – By 1970, Japan was willing to collaborate with Hollywood to create maybe the definitive film version of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Playing 1/5 at 5:30pm
Friday, January 6
Top Ranked: Julia (1977; ranked #3855 by 225 users) – Real-life playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) goes on a dangerous mission to smuggle money into Nazi Germany during World War II. Playing 1/6 at 12:00M
Wild Card: Taxi! (1932; ranked #15291 by 18 users) – James Cagney as a fast-talking taxi driver, along with Loretta Young (pre-Code Loretta Young is the best Loretta Young). Playing 1/6 at 6:45pm
Saturday, January 7
Top Ranked: The Maltese Falcon (1941; ranked #99 by 14362 users) – Playing 1/7 at 12:00M
Wild Card: Road to Morocco (1942; ranked #2654 by 319 users) – The Road films with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are innocuous fun, and this is the best (there are more playing today if you like this one). Playing 1/7 at 11:30pm
Sunday, January 8
Top Ranked: Annie Hall (1977; ranked #125 by 21117 users) – Playing 1/8 at 8:00pm
Wild Card: In the Mood for Love (2000; ranked #221 by 1613 users) – A rare post-2000 film for TCM, but this is a good one to make an exception for, a lovely understated and forbidden romance. Playing 1/9 at 2:00am
Monday, January 9
Top Ranked: The Thin Man (1934; ranked #139 by 1656 users) – Playing 1/9 at 9:15pm
Wild Card: Female (1933; ranked #12525 by 18 users) – A relatively rare but representative Pre-Code starring Ruth Chatterton, who was quite popular then but almost forgotten now. Playing 1/9 at 8:00pm
Tuesday, January 10
Top Ranked: White Heat (1949; ranked #286 by 904 users) – James Cagney returned to gangster roles for this taut gangster noir, and it’s phenomenal. Playing 1/11 at 1:00am
Wild Card: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932; ranked #1155 by 297 users) – Warner Bros in the early ’30s specialized in “ripped from the headlines” stories, and this is a premiere example, as an innocent man is sentenced to a chain gang and can’t shake it. Playing 1/11 at 3:00am
Wednesday, January 11
Top Ranked: Psycho (1960; ranked #42 by 58028 users) – Playing 1/11 at 8:00pm
Wild Card: The Killers (1946; ranked #692 by 565 users) – Playing 1/11 at 10:00pm
Thursday, January 12
Top Ranked: The Lost Weekend (1945; ranked #364 by 1346 users) – Playing 1/13 at 12:15am
Wild Card: Private Lives (1931; ranked #10115 by 16 users) – Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery in one of the most delightfully combative Pre-Codes, as an estranged couple who come back together just as they’re marrying other people. Playing 1/12 at 11:00am
Friday, January 13
Top Ranked: Cleopatra (1963; ranked #2542 by 644 users) – The lavish Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton one, and…. Playing 1/13 at 10:00pm
Wild Card: Cleopatra (1934; ranked #5156 by 162 users) – …the Pre-Code Cecil B. DeMille one. Playing 1/13 at 8:00pm
Saturday, January 14
Top Ranked: The Searchers (1956; ranked #104 by 4790 users) – Playing 1/14 at 4:00pm
Wild Card: The Tarnished Angels (1958; ranked #7204 by 43 users) – A lesser-known but no less accomplished Douglas Sirk family drama. Playing 1/14 at 6:15pm
Sunday, January 15
Top Ranked: All About Eve (1950; ranked #122 by 4591 users) – Playing 1/15 at 3:30pm
Wild Card: Mabel Normand shorts (1910s) – Mabel Normand was not just the foil for Fatty Arbuckle, or the lead in several early Chaplin shorts, but also a director, even for some of those Chaplin films. 1/15 at 12:00M
Monday, January 16
Top Ranked: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967; ranked #793 by 1523 users) – Playing 1/17 at 3:00am
Wild Card: A Patch of Blue (1965; ranked #3815 by 120 users) – A lesser-known civil-rights era film about a blind girl developing a friendship with a black man (Sidney Poitier). Sweet and gentle. Playing 1/16 at 2:30pm
Tuesday, January 17
Top Ranked: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938; ranked #281 by 3551 users) – Playing 1/17 at 3:45pm
Wild Card: Jailhouse Rock (1957; ranked #3302 by 548 users) – A more serious outing than most Elvis films, but still with the famous title song, obviously. Playing 1/17 at 8:00pm
Wednesday, January 18
Top Ranked: City Lights (1931; ranked #14 by 2994 users) – Playing 1/19 at 2:00am
Wild Card: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964; ranked #488 by 564 users) – It pleases me that this is not really a wild card on Flickchart, but enjoys a fairly good global ranking, which is richly deserved. Playing 1/18 at 10:00pm
Thursday, January 19
Top Ranked: The Razor’s Edge (1946; ranked #4679 by 93 users) – This film’s “going off to find himself” plot is a little tired, but the real reason to see this is Anne Baxter’s supporting turn, for which she received an Oscar. Playing 1/19 at 5:30pm
Wild Card: Riptide (1934; ranked #15351 by 6 users) – I haven’t seen this, but Norma Shearer in a Pre-Code is always going to catch my attention. Playing 1/19 at 12:00N
Friday, January 20
Top Ranked: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961; ranked #359 by 8726 users) – Playing 1/20 at 3:45pm
Wild Card: A Face in the Crowd (1957; ranked #489 by 389 users) – This is quite a high ranking for so few rankers, which is a sign you should see this immediately if you haven’t. one of the best and most underseen media satires made. Playing 1/20 at 5:45pm
Saturday, January 21
Top Ranked: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963; ranked #789 by 2570 users) – Playing 1/21 at 12:00N
Wild Card: Fallen Angel (1945; ranked #6178 by 73 users) – Dana Andrews and Otto Preminger reteamed a year after Laura for this femme fatale-driven noir. Playing 1/21 at 9:45pm
Sunday, January 22
Top Ranked: 12 Angry Men (1957; ranked #46 by 27864 users) – Playing 1/22 at 4:15pm
Wild Card: A Shot in the Dark (1964; ranked #664 by 1376 users) – Playing 1/22 at 10:00pm
Monday, January 23
Top Ranked: Odd Man Out (1947; ranked #2047 by 228 users) – aka the noir film directed by Carol Reed that’s NOT The Third Man. James Mason plays the title role. Playing 1/23 at 12:00M
Wild Card: Kitty Foyle (1940; ranked #7987 by 50 users) – Ginger Rogers won an Oscar for her role here – I’ll be honest, I prefer her comedies to this melodrama, but it’s interesting to see her doing something different. Playing 1/23 at 11:00am
Tuesday, January 24
Top Ranked: Giant (1956; ranked #535 by 1366 users) – Playing 1/24 at 11:30am
Wild Card: So Young, So Bad (1950; ranked #15380 by 8 users) – I know literally nothing about this other than it’s playing as part of the prison film programming and it’s the best title playing this month. If you want a surer thing, watched Caged, which is really excellent. Playing 1/25 at 2:15am
Wednesday, January 25
Top Ranked: To Have and Have Not (1944; ranked #499 by 667 users) – Playing 1/25 at 10:15pm
Wild Card: Orphans of the Storm (1921; ranked #4068 by 134 users) – D. W. Griffith and the Gish sisters take on the French Revolution. Playing 1/25 at 6:00am
Thursday, January 26
Top Ranked: All That Heaven Allows (1955; ranked #1203 by 368 users) – This pair is the Jane Wyman double feature you really don’t want to miss. Playing 1/26 at 10:00pm
Wild Card: Magnificent Obsession (1954; ranked #3434 by 122 users) – Playing 1/26 at 8:00pm
Friday, January 27
Top Ranked: Singin’ in the Rain (1952; ranked #199 by 17990 users)
Wild Card: I Love Melvin (1953; ranked #18413 by 7 users) – A year after Singin’, Debbie Reynolds reteamed with Donald O’Connor for this slight but really adorable little musical comedy.
Saturday, January 28
Top Ranked: Nashville (1975; ranked #269 by 1491 users) – Playing 1/28 at 12:00M
Wild Card: The Long Voyage Home (1940; ranked #5026 by 111 users) – John Ford adapts multiple Eugene O’Neil plays about the crew on a freighter ship. One of Ford’s last and most personal films before devoring his talents to the war effort. Playing 1/28 at 3:30pm
Sunday, January 29
Top Ranked: Gilda (1946; ranked #524 by 943 users) – Playing 1/29 at 3:00pm
Wild Card: My Night at Maud’s (1969; ranked #1543 by 202 users) – A very talky but endlessly fascinating entry in Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales series, hitting on philosophical and theological (and interpersonal) issues throughout a long night at an acquaintance’s home. Playing 1/30 at 4:00am
Monday, January 30
Top Ranked: Ocean’s Eleven (1960; ranked #2909 by 980 users) – Playing 1/31 at 1:15am
Wild Card: Viva Las Vegas (1964; ranked #5070 by 286 users) – Playing 1/30 at 11:45pm
Tuesday, January 31
Top Ranked: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962; ranked #1342 by 556 users) – Playing 1/31 at 8:00pm
Wild Card: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932; ranked #9101 by 29 users) – Finishing off prison film month with a Spencer Tracy-Bette Davis Pre-Code. Playing 2/1 at 12:30am