The Best TV & Movie Marathons for Memorial Day Weekend 2026

The most solemn holiday of the year is here: Memorial Day 2026 is upon us, and with it comes a collective remembrance for those who fought and died to protect the freedom of all Americans.

There are many ways to honor the occasion, and if you’re interested in spending this extended weekend watching television shows or movies that are most fitting for this Memorial Day weekend, we’re here to help. Here’s a look at TV and movie marathons, along with some streaming options, running from Friday, May 22, through Monday, May 25. (All times Eastern.)

The Best Memorial Day Specials

National Memorial Day Concert 2026 — PBS (5/24, 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.)

Why We Dream — CNN (5/25, 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.)

The Best Memorial Day-Related TV Show Marathons

Against the Odds — American Heroes Channel (5/23, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.)

Air Aces — American Heroes Channel (5/24, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

Apocalypse: The Second World War (5/24, 6 a.m. – 12 p.m.)

Band of Brothers — A&E (5/25, 11 a.m. – 1:19 a.m. Tuesday); HBO (5/25, 8 a.m. – 6:33 p.m.)

Bullet Points — American Heroes Channel (5/23, 8 p.m. – 4 a.m. Sunday)

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin — Smithsonian Channel (5/24, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.)

Memorial May — Smithsonian Channel (5/25, 6 a.m. – 1 a.m. Tuesday)

Navy SEALs: America’s Secret Warriors — History Channel (5/23, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.)

Vietnam in HD — History Channel (5/25 – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

The Pacific War in Color — Smithsonian Channel (5/23, 4 p.m. – 12 a.m.)

What History Forgot — American Heroes Channel (5/23, 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

World War II in Color — American Heroes Channel (5/24, 2 p.m. – 6 a.m. Monday)

World War II with Tom Hanks — History Channel (5/25, 8 p.m. – 4 a.m. Tuesday)

The World Wars — History Channel (5/24, 6 p.m. – 4 a.m. Monday)

WWII Battles in Color — Smithsonian Channel (5/24, 9 p.m. – 3 a.m. Monday)

WWII in HD — History Channel (5/24, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

WWII’s Most Daring Raids — Smithsonian Channel (5/23, 6 a.m. – 12 p.m.)

The Best Memorial Day Movies on TV

American Sniper — A&E (5/22, 11 p.m; 5/23 8:30 a.m.)

Cold Mountain — Flix (5/25, 8 p.m.)

Darby’s Rangers — Turner Classic Movies (5/23, 3:45 p.m.)

The Dirty Dozen — Turner Classic Movies (5/25, 6:15 a.m.)

Flags of Our Fathers — Showtime (5/25, 2:55 p.m.)

Fury — A&E (5/25, 8 a.m.)

The Guns of Navarone — Turner Classic Movies (5/22, 10:30 p.m.)

The Great Escape — Turner Classic Movies (5/25, 8:30 p.m._

The Hunt for Red October — Flix (5/24, 4 p.m.)

John Ford Goes to War — IndiePlex (5/25, 7 a.m., 2:21 p.m., 8 p.m.)

Kelly’s Heroes — FETV (5/24, 3 p.m.); Turner Classic Movies (5/25, 9 a.m.)

Midway — Turner Classic Movies (5/23, 8:30 p.m.)

Pearl Harbor — FX (5/25, 9 a.m.)

Pork Chop Hill — Turner Classic Movies (5/23, 1:15 a.m.)

The Red Badge of Courage — Turner Classic Movies (5/23, 10:45 a.m.)

Red Tails — Bounce TV (5/25, 6 p.m.); FX (5/25, 6:30 a.m.)

Rules of Engagement — Flix (5/24, 10:30 p.m.); The Movie Channel (5/23, 8:55 a.m., 5:50 p.m.)

Saving Private Ryan — Showtime (5/25, 5:10 p.m.)

A Soldier’s Story — Bounce TV (5/25, 4 p.m.)

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo — Turner Classic Movies (5/23, 11 p.m.)

We Were Soldiers — Flix (5/24, 8 p.m.)

Zero Dark Thirty — A&E (5/23, 5 a.m.)

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The Best Memorial Day-Related Movies and TV Shows on Streaming

American Sniper – Netflix

Band of Brothers – HBO Max, Netflix

Born on the Fourth of July – Amazon Prime Video

Fury – Amazon Prime Video, Tubi

Generation Kill – HBO Max

Glory – MGM+

Hacksaw Ridge – AMC+, Hulu

Hamburger Hill – PlutoTV

Jarhead – Amazon Prime Video

Lone Survivor – Amazon Prime Video

M*A*S*H – Hulu

Midway – Netflix

The Monuments Men – Netflix

The Outpost – Amazon Prime Video

The Pacific – HBO Max

The Pacific War in Color – Paramount+

Pearl Harbor – Hulu

Platoon – Amazon Prime Video

Saving Private Ryan – Peacock

The Six Triple Eight – Netflix

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Thank You for Your Service – Amazon Prime Video, Netflix

The Thin Red Line – Amazon Prime Video, Hulu

The Tuskegee Airmen – HBO Max

Unbroken – Netflix

War Dog: A Soldier’s Best Friend – HBO Max

War Horse – Hulu

We Were Soldiers – Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+

When Trumpets Fade – HBO Max

TV and Movie Marathons to Tune Out With

If you’d rather potato it on the couch with something completely unrelated, you’re free to do so thanks to these sacrifices. And there are plenty of options for that as well.

Friday, May 22

Below Deck — Bravo, 6 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives — Food Network, 12 p.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday

Fugitives Caught on Tape — A&E, 12:30 p.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday

Island Life — Destination America, 7 p.m. – 4 a.m. Sunday

Law & Order — PopTV, 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.

My Lottery Dream Home — HGTV, 3 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

NCIS — Lifetime, 12 p.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday

Star Wars movies — FX, 7:30 a.m. – 2 a.m. Saturday

Storage Wars — FYI, 4 p.m. – 5 a.m. Saturday

S.W.A.T. — Ion, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Tales From the Crypt — IFC, 6:15 a.m. – 10 a.m. Sunday)

Treehouse Masters — Animal Planet, 3 p.m. – 6 a.m. Saturday

The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd — History Channel, 1 p.m. – 4 a.m. Saturday

Yellowstone — Paramount Network, 10:06 p.m. – 5:06 a.m. Sunday

Saturday, May 23

Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation, Magnolia Network — 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The Bernie Mac Show — Bounce TV, 3 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Expedition Unknown — Discovery Channel, 4 p.m. – 4 a.m. Sunday

Schitt’s Creek — Pop TV, 11 a.m. – 12 a.m.

Star Wars movies — FX, 8 a.m. – 5 a.m. Sunday

Storage Wars — A&E, 4 p.m. – 4 a.m. Sunday

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Sunday, May 24

Alaska State Troopers — A&E, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Chi — Showtime, 10:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Counting Cars — FYI, 10 a.m. – 5 a.m. Monday

Euphoria — HBO, 2:49 p.m. – 3:30 a.m. Monday

Harry Potter movies — E!, 7 a.m. – 4:50 a.m. Tuesday

Hell on Wheels — Grit, 6 a.m. – 4 a.m. Monday

Mission Impossible movies — MGM+, 1:50 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Monday

NCIS — Ion, 10 a.m. – 3 a.m. Monday

Predator movies — FX Movie Channel, 5:10 p.m. – 1:45 a.m. Monday

Rambo movies — BBC America, 3 p.m. – 4 a.m. Monday

Schitt’s Creek — PopTV, 11 a.m. – 12 a.m.

Star Wars movies — FX, 8 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Monday

Toy Story movies — Freeform, 2:45 p.m. – 2 a.m. Monday

Yellowstone — Paramount Network, 10 a.m. – 5:09 a.m. Monday

Yellowstone Wardens — Animal Planet, 3 p.m. – 6 a.m. Monday

Monday, May 25

Beat Bobby Flay — Food Network, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m

Below Deck: Mediterranean — Bravo, 6 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Cars movies — Freeform, 1 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Chicago P.D. — Ion, 11 a.m. – 3 a.m. Monday

Columbo — Great American Family, 6 a.m. – 6 a.m. Tuesday

Hell on Wheels — Grit, 6 a.m. – 3 a.m. Tuesday

Indiana Jones movies — Flix, 12 p.m. – 6:10 p.m.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO, 9 p.m. – 12:33 a.m. Tuesday

Maine Cabin Masters — Magnolia Network, 1 p.m. – 4 a.m. Tuesday

Ozark Law — A&E, 7 a.m. – 4 a.m. Tuesday

Power Book III: Raising Kanan — Starz, 2 p.m. – 11:42 p.m.

Schitt’s Creek — PopTV, 11 a.m. – 1 a.m. Tuesday

Spider-Noir — MGM+, 2:30 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.

Two and a Half Men — BBC America, 1 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Yellowstone — Paramount Network, 10 a.m. – 5 a.m. Tuesday

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