Fans of brooding foreign-language films long on atmosphere are in luck. Two movies from foreign locales debut tonight.

The 2022 Danish historical epic “Against the Ice” streams on Netflix. It recalls a 1909 Danish expedition across the vast frozen wastelands of Greenland to settle a geographical question at the heart of an American claim on parts of Greenland. The trek takes a small team to a white wasteland, where they must cope with dangerous animals, even more perilous temperatures and the effects of whiteout conditions on the human mind.

• Streaming today on HBO Max, the 2021 Japanese drama “Drive My Car” has been nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and best international feature film.

“Car” is the first Japanese film to be nominated for best picture.

Hidetoshi Nishijima stars as Yusuke Kafuku, an acclaimed stage director who has traveled to Hiroshima to mount a multilingual production of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” He also is mourning the death of his wife and gripped by mixed feelings. He had witnessed her infidelity shortly before her sudden death from a brain hemorrhage, and he’s haunted he might have saved her had he not been so consumed with anger.

As part of his arrangement with the local theater, he’s assigned a chauffeur. Expecting an austere and reticent older man, he’s shocked to be assigned a young woman. But she proves proficient behind the wheel. Amidst the scenery and long silences, they share anecdotes, and he learns his young driver also is gripped by grief and mixed feelings, mourning an estranged and abusive mother.

This transpires as the play’s production suffers from serious backstage drama best not divulged here, resulting in an emotional and theatrical breakthrough for the troubled director.

You simply can’t get more “art house” than a Japanese-language film about a production of a 19th-century Russian play. “Car” won the Golden Globe for best foreign language film and has received near universal praise. But is it Oscar-worthy? That’s an argument people have been having for about 100 years.

Along those lines, TCM spends 24 hours with Oscar winners from the 1950s, when widescreen spectacles such as “The King and I” (9:15 p.m., TV-PG) and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (2 a.m. early Thursday, TV-G) were seen as competition for viewers hooked on TV’s small screen.

TONIGHT’S SEASON FINALES

• “The Amazing Race” (7 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) concludes its seven-country, 17-city season, its 33rd.

• Gary’s story horrifies Gideon on the season finale of “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (7 p.m., CW, TV-PG).

• Contestants stand three dishes and 90 minutes from stardom on the season finale of “Next Level Chef” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Marquis’ scheme escalates on the season finale of “Batwoman” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

— A patient’s lingering COVID offers a teachable moment on “Chicago Med” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

— “Nature” (7 p.m., PBS, r, TV-PG, check local listings) follows eight different species of bear in habitats all over the globe.

— Hawkins mentors on “Chicago Fire” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

— “NOVA” (8 p.m., PBS, r, TV-G, check local listings) spends an hour with something all of us need and many are deprived of: sleep. New research studies the brain at rest and the role of dreams in working through emotional trauma and the retention of memories.

— A shooting complicates daddy issues on “Good Sam” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

— A killer has a memorable pattern on “Chicago P.D.” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

— Maggie frets about her 30th birthday on “A Million Little Things” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

— “Beyond a Year in Space” (9 p.m., PBS, r, TV-PG, check local listings) studies the effects of prolonged space flight on astronaut Scott Kelly, using his twin brother, Mark (also an astronaut and now a U.S. senator) as a point of comparison.

CULT CHOICE

Decades before “Dallas,” the 1956 melodrama “Written on the Wind” (11 a.m., TCM, TV-PG) followed the dysfunctions and scandals of a Texas family made insanely rich by the oil business. A game cast includes Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone, who took home the Oscar for best supporting actress. Directed by Douglas Sirk, a master of Technicolor splendor.

SERIES NOTES

“I Can See Your Voice” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) ... Wedding woes on “The Goldbergs” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) ... A notable substitute on “The Wonder Years” (7:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) ... Gunplay sends the neighborhood into lockdown on “The Conners” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) ... Sowing seeds on “Home Economics” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

LATE NIGHT

Jimmy Fallon welcomes Zoe Kravitz, Al Franken and Sebastian Yatra on “The Tonight Show” (10:34 p.m., NBC) ... Courteney Cox, Connor Ratliff, Benson Boone and Carter McLean visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (11:37 p.m., NBC).

— OK, that was weird. The least expected story of the week was the scandal involving Felicity Huffman (“Desperate Housewives”) and Lori Loughlin, star of “When Calls the Heart” (7 p.m. Sunday, Hallmark, TV-G), in a bribery/cheating plot to get their respective daughters into elite universities.

This is obviously an ongoing case, and all sides must have their say, or day, in court. But the motivation at the center of this story is worth discussing. It involves some overwhelming need to do anything to get children into elite schools. As if anything “lesser” were unthinkable.

Television plays no small role in this insecurity. I can’t remember how many times I’ve had to describe an ABC legal drama where every single character hails from only the most exclusive Ivy and spends most of the pilot bragging about it.

There was a time, not that long ago, when John Grisham wrote best-selling books about young, barely accredited lawyers from no-name institutions who took on impossible cases against massive corporations and eventually won. And got the girl, to boot.

So, our current era’s neurotic obsession with elitism and inequality is hardly hard-wired.

If anything comes of this sordid affair, it’s an appreciation that shoddy efforts at snobbery are always essentially pathetic. Or on classic TV, comedic. Watching “Gilligan’s Island,” we identified with Mary Ann and the Skipper, and pitied the millionaire and his wife.

— CNN launches the four-hour documentary “Tricky Dick” (8 p.m., Sunday), profiling the life and times of Richard Nixon’s public career, which spanned the decades from the dawn of the Cold War to the Clinton years.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

— An anxious new mother joins a group for solidarity and support, only to discover that it has darker plans on its agenda in the 2019 shocker “Mommy Group Murder” (7 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).

— The Thunder and Warriors meet in NBA action (7:30 p.m., ABC).

— An old kidnapper returns to form on “Ransom” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

— Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): Embassy workers in China and Cuba complain of mysterious ailments; AOL founder Steve Case and his plans to invest in the future of overlooked American small towns and cities; a visit to Monaco.

— The duels begin on “World of Dance” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

— Auditions continue on “American Idol” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

— Lex Luthor is on the loose on “Supergirl” (7 p.m., CW, TV-PG).

— Mr. Wednesday prepares for battle on “American Gods” (7 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

— After learning about her royal lineage, an adopted 10-year-old becomes a little tyrant in the 2019 shocker “Mommy’s Little Princess” (7 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).

— A secret room holds dangers on “Charmed” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14).

— Hidden secrets revealed on “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m., AMC, TV-MA).

— A new trial is pursued on “The Case Against Adnan Syed” (8 p.m., HBO, TV-14).

— Axe is determined to destroy Taylor on the fourth season premiere of “Billions” (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

— Ulysses pursues a conspiracy theory on “Now Apocalypse” (8 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

— “Unsung” (8 p.m., TVONE) profiles the Jets.

— Pacific overtures on “Madam Secretary” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

— Tensions rise on “Good Girls” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

— Mo’s past is revealed on “Black Monday” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE

— St. Patrick’s Day inspires many traditions. Syfy offers a marathon of “Leprechaun” movies, from “Leprechaun 5: In the Hood” (4 p.m. Saturday, TV-14) to “Leprechaun 2” (8 p.m.). TCM takes the traditional approach, ladling out the Technicolor blarney of director John Ford’s 1952 romance “The Quiet Man” (7 p.m. Sunday, TV-PG).

SATURDAY SERIES

“Dateline” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) ... “NBA Countdown” (7 p.m., ABC) ... The kids are all right on “MasterChef” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) ... “48 Hours” (9 p.m., CBS) ... A vintage helping of “Saturday Night Live” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

SUNDAY SERIES

A visit from an old friend inspires Miles on “God Friended Me” (7 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) ... Homer can’t leave Bart’s virtual realm on “The Simpsons” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14) ... Empathy for all things on “Bob’s Burgers” (7:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

A walk down the aisle on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) ... On two episodes of “Family Guy” (Fox, TV-14), Meg’s winter Olympics (8 p.m.), fighting over a dowager (8:30 p.m., r) ... Aches and pains on “Shark Tank” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).