TCM Schedule for Monday March 9, 2026 - Oscar Goes Silent
Daytime features Oscar-nominated movies about young love.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Romeo and Juliet (1936)
2h 7m | Romance | TV-G
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore
8:15 AM Four Daughters (1938)
1h 30m | Romance | TV-G
A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield
10:00 AM Janie (1944)
1h 46m | Comedy | TV-G
A small-town girl defies her father by falling for a soldier.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding
11:45 AM Little Women (1933)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-G
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
1:45 PM Splendor in the Grass (1961)
2h 4m | Drama | TV-14
Set in the 1920s, two Midwest teenagers fall in love, are frightened by their physical desires and struggle to navigate their feelings of sexual repression.
Director: Elia Kazan. Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle
4:00 PM Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-PG
The landmark teen film that solidified Dean's image with the public, follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly, dangerous drag racing to win over women.
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
6:00 PM East of Eden (1955)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers who struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
Director: Elia Kazan. Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
10:00 PM The Artist (2011)
1h 40m | Silent | TV-PG
A silent screen swashbuckler faces career problems with the coming of sound.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius. Cast: Jean Dujardin, Btrtnice Btjo, John Goodman
12:00 AM Wings (1927)
2h 23m | Romance | TV-G
In this silent film, romantic rivals fly against the enemy in World War I.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Clara Bow, Charles [Buddy] Rogers, Richard Arlen
2:30 AM The Racket (1928)
1h 25m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, a renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
Director: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim
4:00 AM The Crowd (1928)
1h 33m | Drama | TV-G
In this silent film, an office worker deals with the simple joys and tragedies of married life.
Director: King Vidor. Cast: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach
5:45 AM The Circus (1928)
1h 11m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, the Little Tramp joins a circus to hide from the police.
Director: Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Betty Morrissey