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A PATCH OF BLUE 1965
Saturday, 1:45 p.m., TCM

MILK 2008
Saturday, 8 p.m., USA

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946
Monday, 5 p.m., TCM

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946

Monday, 5 p.m., TCM

William Wyler won his second Best Director Oscar for this four-hanky classic about World War II veterans returning home to resume their lives and how they do — or don’t — cope. An incredibly moving film that features an all-star cast including Fredric March (Best Actor, left), Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews and Harold Russell (Best Supporting Actor). Winner of 7 Oscars overall. With Teresa Wright.

MILLION DOLLAR BABY 2004

Tuesday, 5:45 p.m., HBOSGe

Hilary Swank won a second Best Actress Oscar in this gripping and and gritty tale of a jaded boxing trainer (Clint Eastwood) who takes a female fighter (Swank) under his wig. She blossoms, finds her dignity and then tragedy strikes. The film also won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman) and Best Director (Eastwood). Margo Martindale (“The Americans”) has a memorable cameo as Swank’s mom.

A PATCH OF BLUE 1965

Saturday, 1:45 p.m., TCM

This is the love story — sometimes hard to watch — of a white girl who falls in love with a compassionate black man and her bigoted mother who talks trash against him. The acting across the board is excellent. Sidney Poitier racks up one of his best performances as the boyfriend. Elizabeth Hartman was nominated as Best Actress as the blind girl. The Supporting Actress Oscar went to — who else? — Shelley Winters, as the mean old mama. It was Winters’ second Oscar.

MILK 2008

Saturday, 8 p.m., USA

Sean Penn won a well-deserved Best Actor Oscar (his second) for his humane and earthy portrayal of controversial gay activist Harvey Milk, who moved out to San Francisco from New York, opened up a camera shop and found his calling. The first openly gay person elected to public office, Milk was murdered at City Hall, but he ultimately changed the political landscape. Directed by Gus van Sant and c0-starring James Franco, Alison Pill and Emile Hirsch.