The Public Television Feature Film Collection

Explore the work of legendary actors and actresses in some of their greatest cinema classics with the Public Television Feature Film Collection. These films, presented without interruption on CPTV, feature an array of noteworthy performances.

Films airing in April 2026 include:

The Greatest Story Ever Told

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ (Max von Sydow) is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod (Claude Rains); Christ's baptism by John the Baptist (Charlton Heston); and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.

Saturday, April 4 at 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m.

Gorillas In The Mist

Lured to deepest Africa by the chance to study rare mountain gorillas, anthropologist Dian Fossey learns to communicate with her subjects, but the breakthrough turns her academic interest into an all-consuming obsession.

Saturday, April 11 at 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m.

Eight Men Out

This 1988 film dramatization explores the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. Starring John Cusack and Charlie Sheen.

Saturday, April 18 at 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m.

Ben Hur (1959)

The story of an aristocratic Jew living in Judaea who incurs the wrath of a childhood friend, now a Roman tribune, is told. Although forced into slavery on a galley and compelled to witness the cruel persecution of his family, he survives, harboring dreams of vengeance. Revered as an epic drama, the film used 300 sets at Rome's Cinecitta Studios and won a record 11 Oscars.

Saturday, April 25 at 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 26 at 1:58 p.m.