DUMBO

Sunday, 3:30 p.m., DIS

The alienation theme and the psychedelic imagery in this 1941 Disney animation, about a tiny elephant with outsized ears, appeal to adults as well as kids. Edward Brophy and Herman Bing lend their voices.

LENNY

Monday, 2 a.m., SHO

Dustin Hoffman injects a dash of pathos into his portrayal of controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce in Bob Fosse’s warts-and-all 1974 biopic. Valerie Perrine is terrific as his stripper wife.

FARGO

Tuesday, 6:15 p.m., SHO

The Coen brothers are at their provocative best with this Midwest-set 1996 black comedy featuring murder, mayhem and delightfully tongue-incheek performances from Frances McDormand and William H. Macy.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

Wednesday, 11 a.m., AMC

Al Pacino runs the gamut of emotions as a bank robber who botches a heist in Sidney Lumet’s 1975 New York-set drama. John Cazale plays his partner-in-crime and Chris Sarandon vamps it up as his pre-op transexual girlfriend.

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Thursday, 12:15 a.m., TCM

Katharine Hepburn and Ralph Richardson head a volatile Connecticut family with skeletons rattling in the closet in this magnificent 1962 adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s stage play.

THE CHINA SYNDROME

Friday, 12:30 a.m., TCM

The chilling believability of its premise makes this superb 1979 suspense thriller, about a crisis at a nuclear power plant, all the more nightmarish. Stars Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Jack Lemmon.