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Frozen River, 2008

Tuesday, 1 a.m., Ch. 13

Two single mothers — a white convenience store worker (Melissa Leo) and a Mohawk woman (Misty Upham) living on the reservation — struggle with poverty as they raise their kids near the border between Canada and New York state. To make money, they smuggle illegal immigrants into the US over a little-known border crossing between the two countries. The only thing? They have to drive them over a treacherous frozen river which can give way at any time. Leo was nominated for Best Actress.

Taxi Driver, 1976

Wednesday, 2 a.m., AMC

Robert De Niro and little Jodie Foster were both nominated for Oscars in Martin Scorsese’s frightening slice of New York City life in the harsh 1970s. De Niro is a haunted Vietnam vet turned New York cabbie who spends his days watching porn in a 42nd Street theater and driving at night. As he descends into madness he becomes obsessed with a beautiful political campaign worker (Cybill Shepherd) and an underage streetwalker (Foster). It can’t end well. With Harvey Keitel.

Spider-Man, 2002

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., TNT

The one that started it all. Nerdy teen Peter Parker, (Tobey Maguire) is an orphan who has a crush on his neighbor, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). One day while on a trip to the science lab, he gets bitten by a spider and develops super-hero powers. All is well until the evil Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe) takes a drug that transforms him into the evil Green Goblin. It’s up to Peter/Spider-man to save the city and his favorite girl. Terrific fun.

The Ten Commandments 1956

Saturday, 7 p.m. ABC

Before there was “The Bible” miniseries, there was Charlton Heston as the one, the only Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s classic. Moses discovers that his real purpose in life is to free the Hebrew people and set in motion the greatest story ever told with the most extreme makeup ever filmed. With Yvonne De Carlo, Edward G. Robinson and Anne Baxter. OMG! Don’t miss it!