My DVR is about to get a workout. Every Oscar season, Turner Classic Movies airs 31 straight days of movies which were nominated for or won an Academy Award. 31 days and nights of pure movie greatness. Academy Award season is my favorite time of year, and the 31 Days of Oscar are a big reason why.
You can see the full schedule of 31 Days of Oscar over on the TCM website. Each day features the films of a particular studio and the movies cover all decades, with films from the 1920′s through 1990. The festival of films runs from February 1-March 3.
While I won’t bombard you with every movie set to record on my DVR, I figured I’d share my top choice for each day. Get your DVRs fired up, the popcorn ready and enjoy 31 Days of Oscar!
February:
1. 6:15pm The Adventures of Robin Hood (’38)
2. 8:00pm Casablanca (’42)
3. 6:30am A Streetcar Named Desire (’51) (bonus picks of My Fair Lady and The Music Man)
4. 8:00pm Bonnie and Clyde (’67)
5. 10:15pm Cabaret (’72)
6. 12:30am Bride of Frankenstein (’35)
7. 1:00am The Deer Hunter (’78)
8. 11:00pm The Grapes of Wrath (’40)
9. 12:30am Three Coins in a Fountain (’54)
10. 5:45pm Cocoon (’85)
11. 8:00pm Little Women (’33)
12. 12:15am My Favorite Wife (’40)
13. 12:00pm The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (’47)
14. 8:00pm Gone With the Wind (’39)
15. 2:30am Woman of the Year (’42) (bonus pick of Boys Town)
16. 4:00pm Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (’54) (bonus picks of Singin’ in the Rain and On the Town)
17. 2:15pm Father of the Bride (’50)
18. 11:45am Mutiny on the Bounty (’62)
19. 4:00am A Farewell to Arms (’32)
20. 2:30pm How the West Was Won (’62)
21. 1:45pm Stagecoach (’39)
22. 3:30pm Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (’39)
23. 6:00pm Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (’67)
24. 12:20pm Lawrence of Arabia (’62)
25. 8:00pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit (’88) (bonus pick of Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
26. 10:00pm The Best Years of Our Lives (’46)
27. 1:45pm The Jungle Book (’42)
28. 11:45pm The Lion in Winter (’68)
March
1. 6:00am The Circus (’28)
2. 11:15pm West Side Story (’61)
3. 5:00pm Fiddler on the Roof (’71)
Did any of your favorites make the list?
This is my favorite time of year, too! Every year we attend an Oscar Best Picture marathon at AMC. It is always such a fun day – long, but fun.
Definitely a great line-up. I LOVE Casablanca and so does my hubby!
I think I would be in front of the tv for hours. Awesome movies!
I love Turner Classic Movie channel. Thanks for the info so I can either watch or set my DVR. I love a lot of the movies listed, especially Casablanca and Fiddler on the Roof.
What a great list! I will have to check that out. I have yet to ever watch Casablanca. Can you believe it?