TCM Schedule for Sunday February 22, 2026 - Oscar Goes to War

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(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM Captains of the Clouds (1942)
1h 53m | War | TV-G
A mail flyer joins the Canadian air force for fun but has to prove his worth when he goes to war.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall

8:30 AM Battleground (1949)
1h 58m | War | TV-PG
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge.
Director: William Wellman. Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban

10:30 AM Sergeant York (1941)
2h 14m | War | TV-G
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie

1:00 PM The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
1h 49m | War | TV-14
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele

3:00 PM Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
1h 49m | War | TV-PG
During World War II, a marine sergeant must turn his recruits into fighting men.
Director: Allan Dwan. Cast: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara

5:00 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
2h 41m | Epic | TV-PG
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Director: David Lean. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

8:00 PM Patton (1970)
2h 51m | War | TV-14
The legendary general's rebellious behavior almost costs him his command during World War II.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner. Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates

11:00 PM The Deer Hunter (1978)
3h 3m | War | TV-MA
Epic drama follows the lives of a group of Russian-American friends from a small Pennsylvannia industrial town as they prepare to leave for Vietnam, but when they return from the war, their lives are indelibly changed.
Director: Michael Cimino. Cast: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken

2:15 AM Das Boot (1981)
2h 30m | War | TV-MA
Wolfgang Petersen directed this riveting drama of a U-boat crew, and its fortunes and fate is a unique look at World War II through the hearts and minds of the other side.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen. Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann

5:00 AM They Were Expendable (1945)
2h 15m | War | TV-PG
Heroic PT boat captains fight Japanese ships in the World War II Philippines.
Director: John Ford. Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed

[BigmanPigman]

1. I enjoy watching Patton but The Deer Hunter

is still difficult for me to watch in one sitting. I have to watch it with self imposed breaks in order to deal with it.