TCM Schedule for Fri, Feb 20, 2026: 31 Days of Oscar
DOCTORS, SCIENTISTS, AND INVENTORS (real and fictional)
6:45 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart
8:30 AM Dr. Cyclops (1940)
A brilliant physicist in the Peruvian jungle discovers how to shrink his enemies.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan
10:00 AM The Time Machine (1960)
A scientist in 1880s Victorian England builds a vehicle to transport himself through time.
Dir: George Pal Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
12:00 PM Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
True story of the German scientist who devoted his life to curing syphilis.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger
2:00 PM The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
True story of the French scientist's battle to establish modern medical methods.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise
3:45 PM Madame Curie (1943)
A scientist fights to keep her marriage together while conducting experiments with radioactivity.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers
6:00 PM Edison, the Man (1940)
Thomas Edison fights to turn his dreams into reality.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman
DRIVING, ROAD TRIPS, CHASES, AND RACING
8:00 PM Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
An old woman and her chauffeur form a relationship that grows over the years.
Dir: Bruce Beresford Cast: Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
10:00 PM Rain Man (1988)
1988 Best Picture Oscar-winner: an autistic man is taken on an impromptu road trip by his brother.
Dir: Barry Levinson Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
12:30 AM Bullitt (1968)
A nonconformist San Francisco cop investigates the murder of a witness under his protection.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
2:30 AM Grand Prix (1966)
The loves and lives of auto racers on the European racing circuit.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
5:45 AM Wild Strawberries (1957)
An aging professor confronts the emptiness of his existence on a long road trip.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Victor Seastrom, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson