A Guide to This Weekend's Memorial Day Movie Marathons

Nick Schager

Lee Marvin in ‘The Dirty Dozen,’ one of the movies in TCM’s Memorial Day marathon (MGM)

Memorial Day weekend is a time to honor those men and women who gave their lives serving in America’s armed forces. For film fans, it’s also a four-day stretch to enjoy some of the many movie marathons playing on TV. This year, a host of networks are again programming lengthy series, both as a way to pay tribute to the military and to provide some entertainment for those interested in spending the holiday on the couch. See some of the details and links below to plan your binge-watch accordingly:

Friday, May 27

TCM: A war movie marathon, including Battle of the Bulge, The Longest Day and The Dirty Dozen – 8pm–4:30am

AMC: A Matrix movie marathon, including The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions – 6pm–3am

Saturday, May 28

TCM: A war movie marathon, including Men in War, Bombardier, Behind the Rising Sun, Marine Raiders, Flying Leathernecks, They Were Expendable, The Caine Mutiny, The Hill, The Bridge On the River Kwai and A Bridge Too Far – 4:30am–2:30am

AMC: A James Bond movie marathon, including Dr. No, For Your Eyes Only, GoldenEye, and Casino Royale – 1pm–3am

Freeform: A Harry Potter marathon, including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 7am–2am


Sunday, May 29

TCM: A war movie marathon, including From Here to Eternity, PT 109, The Horizontal Lieutenant, Imitation General, See Here, Private Hargrove, Pack Up Your Troubles, Buck Privates, Mister Roberts, No Time for Sergeants, Glory and The Best Years of Our Lives – 2:30am–1:30am

Freeform: A Harry Potter marathon rerun, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – 7am–12pm

FX: An X-Men movie marathon, including X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine and X-Men: First Class – 12pm–12am

Sundance: A war movie marathon, including MacArthur, Patton, The Green Berets, Midway and Heartbreak Ridge – 8am–12am

Monday, May 30

TCM: A war movie marathon, including M*A*S*H, The Big Parade, Battle Cry, 55 Days of Peking, The Great Escape, The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare and Kelly’s Heroes – 1:30am–1am

AMC: A war movie marathon, including Patton, The Green Berets, Midway and Heartbreak Ridge – 9am–10pm

IFC: Jaws marathon, including Jaws: The Revenge, Jaws: 3-D, Jaws 2 and Jaws – 12pm–12:30am