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
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
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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