<i> Noteworthy films, with mini-reviews by Times critics.</i>

Rashomon

TNT Sunday at 7 p.m.

The 1951 Akira Kurosawa classic opened up the Japanese cinema to the West and contributed an expression to our language. It’s the dazzling period story of an alleged rape told from conflicting points of view, suggesting the relativity of truth.

Tin Men

NBC Monday at 9 p.m.

Barry Levinson’s 1987 comedy takes its title from a group of wheeling-dealing aluminum-siding salesmen in Baltimore in 1963. Hilarious, original and gritty, it stars Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito as fierce rivals. Not surprisingly, DeVito’s wife (Barbara Hershey) proves to be the pivotal character.

Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Channel 13 Friday at 8 p.m.

John Huston and John Milius joined forces as director and writer, respectively, of this whimsical, highly sophisticated mock-heroic Western starring Paul Newman in the title role as the tough hombre who brought law and order to the Texas Badlands and became part of the folklore of the Old West. Like Arthur Penn’s “Little Big Man,” this fine and undeservedly overlooked 1972 film plays upon our traditional love of the tall tale to confront us with what the cherished myths of the frontier reveal about ourselves and our heritage.