This week's highlights at TCM suggests that films don't have to be old to be considered classics.
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education.
A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child.

Star of the Month: Fred MacMurray - The Apartment (1960) Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 10:15 p.m. (ET)
An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress.
TCM Spotlight: William Cameron Menzies - Pride of the Yankees (1942) Thursday, Jan. 21 at 10:15 p.m. (ET)
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Starring Emma Thompson: Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Friday, Jan. 22 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
Friends plot to make sworn enemies fall in love.
Starring Charles Coburn: The More The Merrier (1943) Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance.
No Way Out (1950) Sunday, Jan. 24 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
A racist gangster forces a black doctor to tend to his injuries.