TCM's 31 Days of Oscar 2020

I must confess that I have always had mixed feelings about the 31 Days of Oscar on Turner Classic Movies each year. It always makes me a bit sad that the 31 Days of Oscar pre-empts TCM's regularly scheduled programming, meaning no Noir Alley, no TCM Imports, and no Silent Sunday Nights. This is made worse for me in that some years (this being one of them) the movies I want to see the most are scheduled at awkward times during the 31 Days of Oscar. This year there are only ten movies that I absolutely must see airing in primetime out of the whole 31 days. That having been said, during the 31 Days of Oscar Turner Classic Movies does air a whole lot of truly great films. In fact, I have trouble deciding if TCM shows more great films during 31 Days of Oscar or Summer Under the Stars.

Below are my picks for this year's 31 Days of Oscar. I have to warn you that you might want to DVR some of them, unless you stay up all night or don't work during the day!

Sunday, February 2
6:30 AM Eastern/5:30 AM Central Ninotchka (1939)
12:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Central The Maltese Falcon (1941)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Monday, February 3
4:45 AM Eastern/3:45 AM Central 42nd Street (1933)
12:00 AM Eastern/11:00 PM The Great Race (1965)

Tuesday, February 4
10:15 PM Eastern/9:15 Central Road to Morocco (1942)

Wednesday, February 5
2:00 AM Eastern/1:00 AM Central White Heat (1949)
11:45 AM Eastern/10:45 AM Central North by Northwest (1959)
5:45 PM Eastern/4:45 PM Central The Caine Mutiny (1954)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central The Apartment (1960)
12:30 AM Eastern/11:30 PM Central Cat Ballou (1965)

Thursday, Feburary 6
2:15 AM Eastern/1:15 AM Central The Dirty Dozen (1967)
5:00 AM Eastern/4:00 AM Central The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Friday, February 7
1:30 PM Eastern/12:30 PM Central Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Sunday, February 9
6:45 AM Eastern/5:45 AM Central Mystery Street (1950)

Monday, February 10
12:45 PM Eastern/11:45 AM Central The Front Page (1931)
12:00 AM Eastern/11:00 PM Central Network (1976)

Wednesday, February 12
3:30 AM Eastern/2:30 AM Central The Great Escape (1963)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central To Be or Not To Be (1942)
10:00 PM Eastern/9:00 PM Central My Man Godfrey (1936)

Thursday, February 13
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central When Worlds Collide (1951)

Saturday, February 15
3:00 AM Eastern/2:00 AM Central Cool Hand Luke (1967)
6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 AM Central Gaslight (1944)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central Casablanca (1942)

Monday, February 17
3:00 AM Eastern/2:00 AM Central Young Frankenstein (1974)

Wednesday, February 19
6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Friday, February 21
12:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Central It Happened One Night (1934)

Saturday, February 22
6:15 AM Eastern/5:15 AM Central Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Sunday, February 23
3:00 AM Eastern/2:00 AM Central Planet of the Apes (1968)
10:00 PM Eastern/9:00 PM Central Gone with the Wind (1939)

Monday, February 24
10:00 AM Eastern/9:00 AM Central The Red Shoes (1948)
12:00 AM Eastern/11:00 PM Central 8 1/2 (1963)

Thursday, February 27
10:00 PM Eastern/9:00 PM Central Kiss of Death (1947)

Friday, February 28
9:00 AM Eastern/8:00 AM Central Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1:15 PM Eastern/12:15 AM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Saturday, Februrary 29
6:15 AM Eastern/5:15 AM Central Brewster's Millions (1945)
6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central The Graduate (1967)

Sunday, March 1
6:15 AM.Eastern/5:15 AM Central The Thin Man (1934)
1:30 PM Eastern/12:30 PM Central 12 Angry Men (1957)

Monday, March 2
4:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Central Strangers on a Train (1951)
8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central Laura (1944)
9:45 PM Eastern/8:45 PM Central The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
11:45 PM Eastern/10:45 PM Central My Fair Lady (1964)