In Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 Hamlet (KTLA Sunday...

In Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 Hamlet (KTLA Sunday at 8 p.m., TBS Friday at 12:05 a.m.), Mel Gibson plays the Melancholy Dane as an Elizabethan Lethal Weapon whipped on by a vicious hatred of his licentious stepfather, giggly Claudius (Alan Bates) and flayed by ambiguous yearnings for his statuesque mother, ice-queen Gertrude (Glenn Close). Sometimes cold and spiritless but not at all bad. Although Gibson doesn’t bring anything extraordinary to the role, he’s not bad either--and Close is electrifying.

In Garry Marshall’s 1990 Pretty Woman (ABC Sunday at 9 p.m.), an Oscar-nominated Julia Roberts plays gorgeous hooker and Richard Gere is the tycoon who hires her during a stay at the Beverly Wilshire. They bring just enough reality to their roles to make this fairy tale a runaway hit; it works as long as you ask nothing more than to be diverted.

On Wings of Eagles (KCBS Sunday at 9:30 p.m., continuing Tuesday at 9 and concluding Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.) is a mostly pretty thrilling 1986 account of how Ross Perot (Richard Crenna) recruits an aging Vietnam veteran (Burt Lancaster) to lead some of his executives on a daring rescue mission to free their comrades, unjustly jailed in the early days of the Iranian Revolution.

Director Charles Shyer and writer-producer Nancy Meyers have lots of fun in their 1987 comedy Baby Boom (KTLA Monday at 8 p.m.) by sticking an adorable infant with an avowedly single workaholic (Diane Keaton). The filmmakers aren’t afraid to be sophisticated and screwballish, and their humor is sharp without being heartless.

Francis Coppola’s 1986 Peggy Sue Got Married (KTLA Tuesday at 8 p.m.) is one of his best, an irresistible nostalgic fantasy in which small-town girl Kathleen Turner, on the eve of her 25th high-school reunion, is propelled back in time a quarter of a century but with her contemporary awareness intact.

Something Wild (KTLA Wednesday at 8 p.m.) is one of Jonathan Demme’s best, a 1986 romantic comedy-adventure that shows off Demme’s eye for the dark cloud behind every silver lining. Jeff Daniels plays a nice yuppie lassoed by free-spirited Melanie Griffith while Ray Liotta supplies unforgettable menace.

The 1990 Narrow Margin (KTLA Thursday at 8 p.m.), despite Gene Hackman’s reliably strong presence and some good action sequences, is a textbook example of how not to remake a classic--in this case, Richard Fleischer’s 1952 film noir gem set aboard a train and starring Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor.