TCM Spotlight: Mythology Movies on Wednesdays in July

The skeleton fight from Jason and the Argonauts

As long-time readers already know, the first movie I can remember watching all the way through was the classic Jason and the Argonauts (1963). I have loved mythology and movies based on mythology ever since. It's for that reason I am excited for this month's TCM Spotlight, which is on Mythology Movies. Every Wednesday in July 2025 Turner Classic Movies will be showing movies based on mythology.

Some of these movies, such as the aforementioned Jason and the Argonauts and its fellow Ray Harryhausen film Clash of the Titans (1981), are fairly straightforward adaptations of the myths, with some poetic licence. Others are movies set in later eras, but based on myth nonetheless, such as Pygmalion (1939). Below is a schedule of the films being shown on TCM Spotlight: Mythology Movies. All times are Central.

Wednesday, July 9:
7:00 PM Clash of the Titans (1981)
9:15 PM Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
11:15 PM My Son the Hero (1963)

Thursday, July 10:
1:30 AM The Minotaur (1961)
3:!5 AM: Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)

Wednesday, July 16:
7:00 PM Helen of Troy (1956)
9:15 PM Ulysses (1955)
11:00 PM Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1960)

Thursday, July 17:
12:45 AM: Hercules (1983)
2:30 AM The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

Wednesday, July 23:
7:00 PM Oedipus Rex (1967)
9:00 PM: Medea (1969)
11:15 PM Electra (1962)

Thursday, July 24:
1:15 AM: Iphigenia (1977)
3:30 AM Damon and Pythias (1962)

Wednesday, July 30:
7:00 PM Down to Earth (1947)
9:00 PM Black Orpheus (1959)
11:00 PM: Phaedra (1962)

Thursday, July 31:
1:15 AM: Pygmalion (1939)