FXM

FXM is one of the few US cable channels that still believes a movie should run uninterrupted. The commercial breaks exist only between films, not during them, a rare luxury in 2024. Programming dips deep into the 20th Century Fox vault, which means you'll see Alien before you see Alien: Covenant, and you'll probably catch The Sound of Music more than once a year. Recent additions include some direct-to-streaming releases that actually got theatrical windows overseas, which feels like a treat. The channel doesn't have a fixed schedule like TCM or AMC; it rotates broadly through decades and genres. Some days you get a noir triple-feature; others it's all 2000s comedies. The lack of curation can feel random on a lazy afternoon, but that freedom from gimmick, no theme nights, no host segments, just movies, makes FXM a reliable fallback. For US television viewers who want a film to play without someone telling you how to feel about it, FXM is the purest movie channel around. And you can watch FXM online on Tvivu.