Turner Classic Movies TCM TV Guide

Browse the full Turner Classic Movies TCM TV guide for Thursday, 21 May 2026. 12 programmes listed , including 2 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

01:45 2h 30m

Gable and Lombard

Drama, Romance Film ★ 5.0

Relationship of famous on-screen duo evolves from teasing verbal exchange into infamous love affair with many obstacles, including Gable's marriage.

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04:15 2h

W.C. Fields and Me

Drama Film ★ 8.2

W.C. Fields moves to California after a failed romance and becomes a movie star, hiring a live-in secretary while conniving to stifle her film career.

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Morning

06:15 2h

The Story of Will Rogers

Comedy, Drama Film ★ 6.0

A young boy born in Olaga, Oklahoma grows up to be a sensation of vaudeville theatre, then goes on to be cowboy and movie star.

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08:15 1h 30m

One Million B.C.

Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Film ★ 5.8

A tribe that rules by violence and power is tamed and gentled by the daughter of a peaceful and gentle tribe when she returns with their exiled son.

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09:45 1h 15m

Two Heads on a Pillow

Comedy, Romance Film ★ 7.0

An attorney ends her stormy marriage and divorces her lawyer husband, and seven years later, the two attorneys represent opposite sides in a divorce case.

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11:00 2h

Three Came Home

War, Drama Film ★ 6.8

Living in Borneo, an author and her family are taken prisoner and sent to camps after the Japanese invade the island during the Second World War.

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Daytime

13:00 2h

The Four Feathers

Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, History Film ★ 7.1

A British officer who resigns his commission just before his unit is sent to Egypt is labeled a coward by his fellow officers, and his fiancée turns away.

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15:00 1h 30m

Five and Ten

Drama, Romance Film ★ 7.4

When the family of a successful businessman is moved from Kansas City to New York, their grand life begins to fall apart due to his busy work schedule.

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16:30 1h 15m

6 Day Bike Rider

Comedy Film ★ 5.5

After his girlfriend leaves him for a tough biker, a young man devises a plan to win her back by entering a racing event with his friend and a coworker.

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17:45 2h

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Comedy, Drama, Western Film ★ 7.2

After a mountain man takes a wife, his brothers feel the need to follow suit, but their courtship methods are somewhat unconventional.

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Evening

19:45 1h 15m

Millionaire Playboy

Comedy Film ★ 4.5

A young millionaire who has always been shy around women and erupts into hiccups after kissing one is sent to therapy by his father to find a "cure."

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21:00 3h

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Drama, History, War Film ★ 7.8

During the Second World War, a British commander arrives at a Japanese prison camp, where he battles with a newly arrived colonel over a plan to build a bridge.

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