Cinderella Man, 2005

Sun. 12 p.m., TNT

Terrific biopic of Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe), a k a “Cinderella Man,” who as a result of breaking his hand during a match, is washed up . But with a starving family (literally) to support, and with the encouragement of his wife (Renée Zellweger), Braddock impossibly works his way back up and becomes champ. The real Rocky.

Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971

Mon. 4:45 p.m.,TCM

The bizarre, tragic and oddly timeless tale of the ill-fated, ill-equipped and out-of-touch reign of Czar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston) and his German-born bride, Alexandra (Janet Suzman). As the country becomes increasingly more unstable, the couple becomes increasingly more distant, falling under the spell of Rasputin (Tom Baker) in dealing with their young son’s hemophilia until their excess results in the Russian Revolution and the execution of the entire family.

La Bamba, 1987

Sat. 3 p.m., VH1

Lou Diamond Phillips is Ritchie Valens, the 17-year-old Mexican-American kid from a migrant worker family who in the 1950s became a rock ‘n’ roll genius. We follow him from his rise to his death in a plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. With Rosanna DeSoto and Esai Morales.

Ghostbusters, 1984

Sat. 11:30 a.m., VH1

Be prepared to laugh till your sides ache as Bill

Murray, Harold Ramis, and Dan Aykroyd become ghost exterminators. Rick Moranis, as Sigourney Weaver’s possessed neighbor who crashes into Tavern on the Green is one of the funniest scenes ever filmed in NYC.