Starz Encore Classic
United States
Starz Encore Classic is a cable channel in the United States that draws its programming from a library of films primarily released between the 1960s and the 1990s. The schedule tends to focus on dramatic features, westerns, and crime thrillers from those decades, with occasional classic comedies and adventure titles. Commercial breaks are limited, as the channel operates without traditional advertising interruptions. The presentation style is straightforward, with no original production content or hosted segments; the films are shown in their original aspect ratios when possible.
Viewers can find the channel in most standard cable and satellite packages across the country. A live feed of the channel is also accessible through the Starz streaming platform for subscribers who authenticate their cable or satellite account. The on-screen guide typically lists the films by their original release year and title, with no curated introductions or thematic marathons outside of occasional holiday-related programming in December.
Schedule
01:28 - 03:00
The Scorpion King
Movie, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Inspired by the legendary Egyptian warrior, "The Scorpion King" is set 5000 years ago in the notorious city of Gomorrah, where an evil ruler is determined to lay waste to all the nomadic peoples of the desert. The few remaining tribes, never natural allies, have to unite or...
03:00 - 04:46
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Movie, Action, Thriller
CIA recruit Jack Ryan is caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and espionage spun between a shadowy government agent, his unsuspecting fiancée and a fearless Russian power broker. To stop a devastating terrorist plot against the United States, Jack must quickly evolve from...
04:46 - 06:27
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Movie, Action, Comedy
After hitting a wall in his case against drug kingpin Ernesto Mendoza (Andrew Divoff), private eye Andre Shame (Keenen Ivory Wayans) quits the police department in disgrace. The wisecracking investigator thinks he's left his old life behind him, but now everything changes when...
06:27 - 08:28
Scream 2
Movie, Horror, Comedy
Sydney (Neve Campbell) and tabloid reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) survived the events of the first Scream, but their nightmare isn't over. When two college students are murdered at a sneak preview of Stab, a movie based on the events from the first film, it's clear a...
08:28 - 10:13
City Island
Movie, Comedy
Prison guard Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) wants to quit his job to become an actor, but he also needs to make up for lost time with Tony (Steven Strait), a long-lost son who's an inmate where Vince works. When Tony is freed, Vince suggests the ex-convict move in with his wife,...
10:13 - 11:53
Youth in Oregon
Movie, Comedy drama
When 79-year-old curmudgeon Raymond (Frank Langella) makes arrangements to be euthanized in Oregon, his family refuses to accept his decision. But when another family emergency arises, Raymond's daughter Kate (Christina Applegate) turns to her husband, Brian (Billy Crudup), for...
11:53 - 14:08
Hostiles
Movie, Western, Historical drama
In 1892, legendary Army Capt. Joseph Blocker reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their tribal land. Embarking on a harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, N.M., to the grasslands of Montana, they soon encounter a young widow...
14:08 - 15:59
The Rules of Attraction
Movie, Dark comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, "Rules" centers around Patrick Bateman's younger brother and his college friends' bizarre mating rituals that mix sex, drugs, music and mayhem in a kaleidoscopic story about three students entangled in a curiously surreal romantic...
15:59 - 17:59
Looper
Movie, Science fiction, Action, Thriller
In a future society, time-travel exists, but it's only available to those with the means to pay for it on the black market. When the mob wants to eliminate someone, it sends the target into the past, where a hit man known as a looper lies in wait to finish the job. Joe (Joseph...
17:59 - 19:25
Eulogy
Movie, Comedy, LGBTQ
After the death of her cranky grandfather (Rip Torn), Kate (Zooey Deschanel) arrives in Rhode Island to deliver the eulogy at his funeral. While she struggles to think of something nice to say, her family begins fighting. Kate's father, Daniel (Hank Azaria), secretly works in...
19:25 - 21:10
City Island
Movie, Comedy
Prison guard Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) wants to quit his job to become an actor, but he also needs to make up for lost time with Tony (Steven Strait), a long-lost son who's an inmate where Vince works. When Tony is freed, Vince suggests the ex-convict move in with his wife,...
21:10 - 22:50
Youth in Oregon
Movie, Comedy drama
When 79-year-old curmudgeon Raymond (Frank Langella) makes arrangements to be euthanized in Oregon, his family refuses to accept his decision. But when another family emergency arises, Raymond's daughter Kate (Christina Applegate) turns to her husband, Brian (Billy Crudup), for...
22:50 - 00:41
The Rules of Attraction
Movie, Dark comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, "Rules" centers around Patrick Bateman's younger brother and his college friends' bizarre mating rituals that mix sex, drugs, music and mayhem in a kaleidoscopic story about three students entangled in a curiously surreal romantic...