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What To Know
- TCM’s “31 Days of Oscar” 2026 offers a special Valentine’s Day lineup celebrating films set in Paris, the “City of Light.”
- On February 14, viewers can enjoy over 24 hours of Oscar-winning and nominated dramas, musicals, and comedies centered around Parisian romance and adventure.
- The marathon features classics like Casablanca, An American in Paris, Moulin Rouge, and Amelie, highlighting the city’s enduring allure in cinema.
TCM has finally kicked off the 2026 edition of its highly anticipated annual “31 Days of Oscar” programming, and for Valentine’s Day, they’re transporting viewers to the most romantic city on earth — Paris, of course! Tune in on February 14, 2026, for over 24 solid hours of dramas, musicals, and comedies about life in the City of Light.
Saturday, February 14
Oscar Goes to Paris
6am Roberta (1935)
Fred Astair, Ginger Rogers, and Irene Dunne star in this musical comedy about a former football star (Randolph Scott) who travels to Paris with his best buddy (Astaire), where they both fall for women with hidden identities (Dunne and Rogers).
8am The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Charles Laughton stars as infamous lovestruck bell-ringer Quasimodo, while Maureen O’Hara plays the gypsy Esmeralda.
10am Ninotchka (1939)

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Ernst Lubitsch directed Greta Garbo as a Russian agent in pursuit of jewels and Melvyn Douglas as the French count who falls for her, in this Billy Wilder-penned comedy.
12pm Casablanca (1942)

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Here’s looking at you, kid! One of the greatest romantic films of all time, one of the greatest war films of all time, and just one of the plain-old greatest films of all time, Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart in a career-defining role as American expat ans cafe owner Rick Blaine, whose cynical world is rock when the love of his life (Ingrid Bergman) shows up, husband in tow.
2pm Midnight in Paris (2011)

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Have you ever fantasized about traveling back in time to hang out with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dali, and the other bright lights of Paris’s Lost Generation? Well, this charming Woody Allen-directed comedy about a man (Owen Wilson) who finds himself traveling back in time every night during a trip to Paris, is the closest you’ll ever get.
3:45pm Gigi (1958)
Leslie Caron charms the whole city of Paris as Gigi, as sassy and reluctant courtesan-in-training, in this Vincente Minnelli musical that took home Best Picture and Best Director Oscars.
6pm Charade (1963)
And speaking of charming: Audrey Hepburn stars in this screwball comedy about a young American expat who finds that her estranged husband has left her a whole lot of trouble when he dies and it is revealed that he is a thief who has hidden hundreds of thousands of dollars.
8pm An American in Paris (1951)

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Get a little Rhapsody in Blue going with this Gene Kelly musical known for its gorgeous dance numbers and iconic Gershwin soundtrack.
10pm Moulin Rouge (2001)
In the name of love! This jukebox musical adapts the songs of everyone from Elton John to Nirvana to tell the story of a young poet (Ewan MacGregor) who falls for a cabaret performer who is secretly dying (Nicole Kidman), in this Baz Luhrmann-directed update of La Vie Boheme.
12:15am Amelie (2001)

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Get ready to get whimsical with this 2000s cult favorite, which stars Audrey Tatou as a sweetly strange waitress who decides to secretly improve the lives of strangers in her neighborhood.
2:30am Irma La Douce (1963)
Shirley MacLaine stars as the charming titular call girl, and Jack Lemmon plays the down-on-his-luck ex-cop who falls for Irma, accidentally becomes her new pimp, and schemes about how to get her out of “the life.”
5am Camille (1937)
Greta Garbo is an 19th century courtesan secretly battling consumption; Robert Taylor is the broke young man who loves her. Will they figure out a way to make it work, when her health creates a ticking clock? In this George Cukor-directed drama, I wouldn’t count on a happy ending.
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