Favourite black and white films?
 

Anybody else enjoy a black and white film ever now and then? Which are your favourites and do you have any hidden gems you would recommend?

Some of my b&w faves would have to include:

Arsenic and Old Lace
To Kill A Mockingbird
Third Man

and if we are allowed to go more modern then Clerks :)

I personally dont like b&w movies.

Well said. Clerks :)

Tautology.

Of course you don't. I bet you don't like films with subtitles either.

Some of my favourites:

Clerks
Harvey
Psycho
Manhattan
Night of the Living Dead
Raging Bull
Dr Strangelove
The Seventh Seal
Schindler's List
Metropolis
On The Waterfront

lethal weapon

Dr Strangelove
Whatever happened to Baby Jane?

Strangers on a Train
13 Tzameti

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Dr. Strangelove
Nosferatu (1922)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (awesome! 1920)
La Antena (2007)

damn I have to see Metropolis :)

Schindler's List

and It's a Beautiful Life :)

Casablanca
Key Largo
Metropolis
White Heat
Citizen Kane
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Maltese Falcon
High Sierra
(yes a lot of Bogart)
Psycho

most of my favorite movies are in black and white

I don't remember the last time I've watched B&W movie....

Young Frankenstein
Clerks

Naturally;)

also-
Island of Lost Souls
Bucket Of Blood (early roger corman starring Dick Miller)
Forbidden Zone
Man Bites Dog
In The Land Of The War Canoes (1913)
Night of the Living Dead
Metropolis

and all Marx Brothers movies.

I won't tell...

Raging bull is one of my favorites. And Schindler's List is not actually entirely black and white, the girl in red appears in the movie.

So this one isn't old but Christopher Nolan is my favorite writer/director and before he did Memento he did "Taken"... B&W film, gritty, twisted, and very fun. I highly recommend it :P

All movies are black and white to me, because I own a 1975 telly...

Maltese Falcon
Citizen Kane
Big Sleep
Psycho
Someone up there likes me
The Hustler

I could go on and on...

Haven't seen those you mentioned though yet

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Dead men don't wear plaid ;)

If you havnt seen "Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf" do yourself a favor and grab it. One of the most intense movies with some of the best performances of all time :) (won a few Oscars if Im not mistaken)

Alchoholism, insanity, amazing plot twist at the end. One of my favorites of all time!


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oh man, that's an awesome movie... good call

48 hours

Awesome list.

To that I'd add:

Roman Holiday
Mirage

Carey Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Raines in

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my favorite Hitchcock movie.

Whats your problem? Do we all have to like the same things?


Im not a content thief like yourself! I just do not like B&W films, is that ok? :2 cents:

I hear you, admitting I haven't seen that yet neither

I'm going for blacks on blondes part 2

Manhattan
Sunset Boulevard
Casablanca (I saw a new print of it at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood about 15 years ago)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
All Quiet on the Western Front
...just for starters.

Anything with Audrey Hepburn....I adore her!

I really should add in the Ealing Comedy films like Passport to Pimlico and Ladylillers.

:1orglaugh Like it :thumbsup

You are talking about "Following". Good movie.

Tetsuo the Iron Man
La haine
Anything by Maya Deren
Ivan's Childhood

I was going to mention La Haine but wasn't sure how many people would know it.

There is also a Luc Besson one I watched recently that is about ten years old but I can't remember the name.

Wait!!! You guys have missed one of the funniest films ever made!!!




He is a retired detective, she is an heress.... It's basically a comedy/murder mystery where they spend most of the movie drunk off of their asses.


Great great film IMHO.



OH.... and also "Best Years of Our Lives" is another totally awesome tearjerker of WWII vets returning home and trying to fit back into society.


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Angel-A?

yep, love William Powell and i had a crush on Myrna Loy as a wee lad in the 70's. She was hot, and the Thin Man series was one of the best.

When did I say there was anything wrong with not liking black and white films Gary? I just said it didn't surprise me.

Calm down.

Hell yes, how were they not on the list so far!

Good call.

Word! :pimp


My faves are "Horse Feathers" and "Duck Soup"... :thumbsup

quite a few that are already listed here, but I';m a huge horror fan, so
Spiderbaby
Frankenstein
Dracula
White Zombie
Plan 9 From Outer Space (fuck off that's the worst movie ever made, I love it and watch it least once a year)
Night Of The Living Dead
Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
Nosferatu
Freaks

so so so so many

their all pretty hysterical, one of my faves is animal crackers...hail fredonia!

total geniuses in comedy and music.

there was a story (70s or 80s) about a guy who was dying of cancer and he was severely depressed so he went to a hotel with his vhs player and most of the marx bros movies. He came out of his depression and beat the cancer, claiming the marx brothers saved his life.

no one has ever managed to repeat that kind of comedy ever imo.

Spider Baby rocks. Sid Haig!! was great to see him in House of a 1000 corpses, Rob Zombie did a great thing bringing him back to the screen.

12 angry men. Great acting great story. Takes place in one room.

Dead Man by Jarmusch

Some great ones so far.

What? Oh..

Yeah

Dead Man
Ed Wood
Down By Law
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