SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2007)

Monday, 11 p.m., HBOSGe

This Best Picture Oscar winner is the fantastic story of an underdog, a young man that wins the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” As he recounts to police, who think he cheated at the game, how he got on the show, a harrowing tale of life as a street kid is mixed with sibling rivalr, tragedy, crime, and poverty so extreme, it’s hard to imagine. With Dev Patel and Freida Pinto.

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005)

Friday, 2 a.m., Spike

Viggo Mortensen stars as Tom, a mild-mannered family man who becomes a national hero when he kills two thugs trying to rob his diner and attack his customers. The national attention brings unwanted fame — and a case of mistaken identity. Or is it? Does Tom have a hidden history of violence in another time and place? With Maria Bello as his lawyer wife.

CAGED (1950)

Friday, 3:30 a.m., TCM

The height of B-movie camp, with Eleanor Parker as a pregnant teen sent to women’s prison, where she endures all manner of degradation, has her baby taken away, and is thrown into solitary by a sadistic prison matron. Best line ever: “Line up, you tramps. This ain’t no upstairs delicatessen.” Perfect!

LORD JIM (1965)

Saturday, 2:45 p.m., TCM

During a storm, young British officer, Lord Jim (Peter O’Toole) abandons ship and escapes in a lifeboat along with the crew. Only thing is, he has left behind a shipload of passengers — Muslims on their way to Mecca — to drown with the foundering ship. When the lifeboat reaches shore however, so does the ship full of the surviving passengers he abandoned.