EASY RIDER

Sunday, 1:30 p.m., AMC

This free-wheeling 1969 road movie stars Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as born-to-be-wild hippie motorcyclists and a startlingly young Jack Nicholson in a small but memorable turn as an alcoholic lawyer.

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Monday, 8 p.m., TCM

James Stewart and Jean Arthur play star-crossed lovers in Frank Capra’s Oscar-winning 1938 adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning play about a family of iconoclasts, headed by Lionel Barrymore’s lovably eccentric Grandpa.

WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Tuesday, 4:30 p.m., TCM

The first of many successful Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy pairings, this 1942 opposites-attract comedy stars the dynamic duo as a sharp political columnist and a rumpled sportswriter, respectively.

HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

Wednesday, 12 midnight, HBO

Depressing, yes, but worth it. This tragic 2003 drama showcases stellar performances from Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley as a recovering alcoholic and an ambitious Iranian immigrant fighting over ownership of a seaside bungalow.

PEYTON PLACE

Thursday, 8 p.m., TCM

The “Desperate Housewives” of 1957, this fantastically camp saga of intrigue, murder and painfully dark family secrets in a picturesque New England town stars Lana Turner, Diane Varsi and Hope Lange.

MYSTIC RIVER

Saturday, 8:30 p.m., HBO

Galvanizing performances from Kevin Bacon and Oscar-winners Sean Penn and Tim Robbins give extra heft to Clint Eastwood’s weighty adult drama about boyhood friends reunited by tragedy.