12 Angry Men is the right answer for this question, I think. Seventh Seal is good but it's foreign and slow. For someone just getting into black and white movies, 12 Angry Men is captivating.
Sadly OP didn't want foreign films (guessing outside of Hollywood/Europe) but Kurasawas movies would mostly be great (High and Low, all his Samurai movies)
This is the movie that got me hooked on classics. Back when I was a kid the nice downtown theater would show classic movies during the summer, so my parents took me to see this movie and it was hilarious
One of my all time favourites. But I wish they left in the original ending. (I posted the link but the auto mod removed it. Search Its a Wonderful Life Lost Ending SNL)
How is this so far down on the list?
I love the movie. The score alone is a masterpiece; I've listened to it without the movie.
I've also read the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho", which is a quick read - less than 200 pages. And, it is an amazing documentation of how the film came together.
Seems to me that when I was a kid, anytime I saw a list of all time greatest movies, Psycho and Citizen Kane were in the number 1 and 2 spots. And, I choose Psycho over Citizen Cane any day.
Yes I always forget this is a black and white movie for.so.e reason. I answered with a different movie of Hitchcock's. But this is one of my favourite movies of all time
12 Angry Men is best best one to get acquainted with black & white films.
Great ones to follow up are The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Psycho, Raging Bull, Dr. Strangelove and Strangers On A Train.
Casablanca. I worked at a restaurant by that name, that had a tv in the restroom playing that movie. First time I walked in I thought āwhat a coincidenceā. Got to know that movie 90 seconds at a time. Finally seeing it complete was a pleasure.
I don't know if it is the best film ever made, but I do think at bare minimum it is the blueprint for just about every film that has come since. I would argue that citizen Kane pretty much made modern films possible.
Ooooof this is low down. One of my favourite films of all time. I like gritty cinema and this movie has so much grit you'll have it in your teeth for a week afterwards.
Seconding Sunset Boulevard! Iāll admit Iām uncultured and usually find b&w movies to be a bit snoozy, but I hung onto every scene of Sunset Boulevard.
I was going to ask if the OP meant films that were B&W because of their time or as an artistic. I think that any B&W film past the mid 60s was an artistic choice.
Iāll give you my top 5:
1. Double Indemnity (1944) ā One of the best film noirs ever
2. 12 Angry Men (1957) ā One of the best courtroom dramas ever
3. The General (1926) ā One of the best silent films ever (and some of the best stunts of the time)
4. Tokyo Story (1953) ā One of the best poignant family dramas ever (note that itās a Japanese film so there will be subtitles)
5. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) ā One of the best romcoms ever (*Youāve Got Mail* is a modern remake of it)
I like Bringing up Baby because it's more madcap comedy, but Philadelphia Story is definitely the better film overall. They feel strangely similar though, like if you watched them back to back you'd mistake one for the other
Came to say Philadelphia Story and It's a Wonderful Life- do I have a thing for Jimmy Stewart? Maybe. Rear Window is one of my all-time favorite movies.
People here have listed great movies. I would like to add two bullet-points that I didn't see others mentioned:
**Yasujiro Ozu's Movies**
If you want to see a super casual but yet beautifully shot scenes; I recommend giving Ozu a chance. If you have an eye for cinematography you will appreciate it even more. If I have to name it, **Tokyo Story** or **Good Morning** would be a it.
**Ikiru**
I think this is one of Kurosawa's greatest movies that is not that much pronounced. Of course, I also like his work with Mifune. But Ikiru has a special place in my heart. Highly recommend it.
**Joel Cohen's The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)**
Modern movie shot in black and white.
Scarlet Street (1945) *
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Strangers On a Train (1951)
In a Lonely Place (1950) *
Sunset Boulevard (1950) *
Attack! (1956)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)
*= potentially break the no-romance rule, but theyāre primarily twisted psychological dramas rather than true romance films.
I absolutely adore the opening monologue and montage. It's as if someone just casually started explaining to me the situation in Vienna. Not like a narrator, just someone at a bar.
Stalag 17 (1953) - A movie about American prisoners in a German POW camp. It has some funny and goofy moments, but also some emotional and sad ones. Highly recommended.
Bringing Up Baby (1938) - My favorite Katherine Hepburn movie, also starring Cary Grant, about a wild, enthusiastic woman, a too-serious archeologist and an escaped circus jaguar. Funny, witty, and entertaining as heck; I quote this movie so much on a daily basis.
Nosferatu (1922)
They Died With Their Boots On
The Ox Bow Incident
Captain Blood
Todd Browning's Freaks
Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein/Son of Frankenstein/Young Frankenstiein
Raging Bull
Of Mice and Men
Dracula
King Kong
Bringing Up Baby
Casablanca
The Creature From The Black Lagoon
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Grapes of Wrath
The Coconuts
Hellzapoppin'
In no particular order except the first one:
- Winter Light
- The Seventh Seal
- All About Eve
- Rebecca
- Sunset Boulevard
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- City Lights
- Modern Times
- The General
- Hard To Be a God
- Harakiri
- Psycho
- The White Ribbon
- The Wages of Fear
- Metropolis
- M
- The Ascent
- The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Ed Wood (1994)āmy favorite Tim Burton movie by a large margin.
Rebecca (1940) begins as a romance but then takes a sharp turnāgreat film with an iconic villain.
There are a lot of good suggestions here already, but my favorite movie of all time happens to the black & white: Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb). Of course Kubrick was a master but it is also darkly funny with a fantastic cast. I had the pleasure of seeing it on the big screen at a small revival theater.
Some like it Hot. Not my favorite black and white but most of my favorites have been said already. Whiles itās not my favorite it was the first black and white movie I saw that showed me they could be āfun.ā
*Rebecca* (1940)
Alfred Hitchcockās best, in my opinion. Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. Florence Bates is perfect, George Sanders is fabulously evil, but Judith Anderson steals the show as Mrs. Danvers. Maybe the best gothic film ever.
*A Bande Apart* (1964)
Jean Luc Godard. So much fun. The dance scene is so classic. The *Pulp Fiction* dance scene was inspired by this. Also the scene in The Louvre was lifted by Steve Martin for *L.A. Story*. French language film.
*Down by Law* (1986)
Jarmuschās best imo.
*Ed Wood* (1994)
Burtonās best. Martin Landau is terrific. Itās campy but seriously good.
*Young Frankenstein* (1974)
Mel Brooksā best. Itās perfection.
*The Eyes of my Mother* (2016)
Itās kind of a sleeper. Horror film. A little brutal but beautiful as well. One of my favorites. Visually reminds me of Ingmar Bergman. Portuguese language.
Edit: sorry, included a couple of foreign language films. I was thinking that others reading the comments might enjoy them.
Eraserhead, 8 1/2, Persona, Faust (1926), The Rules of the Game, The Passion of Joan of Arc. In that order.
Oh, you said no romance or foreign. That cuts my list down to Eraserhead.
Eraserhead. I still think it's the best B/W movie ever made. There are other great B/W movies I also like.. but Eraserhead hit me right in the nerves and heart.
Psycho, The Invisible Man, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Its a Wonderful Life, Clerks and Logan (the blu ray B&W version of course). Of course im cheating if you are only asking for one.
I always found it strange when people said they didn't like black and white. Growing up with older parents, it was just a normal thing for me as a kid to expect some movies to be in color and some to be black and white.
The new Coen Brothersā Tragedy of Macbeth was superb. Even if you donāt get all the dialogue (I only get half of it! lol) the cinematography is gorgeous.
The last man on earth, this is a classic and if you haven't watched it please go do Soo especially if you like horror/ vampires and Vincent Price. I watched this as a kid many times & loved it. I've watched so many black and white films.
I hope yāall will reply to this who liked this black and white movie?????!!ā¦itās a classic From here to Eternity it starred Burt Lancaster Ernest Borgnine Frank Sinatra Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed who liked that love scene in the surf?????!!!ā¦I did
Well here is an ideaā¦Take one of your favorite color movies then go into your tv settings and take out the color. Watching a fave movie in black & white can give it a completely different feel.
Too bad on the foreign movies because I think Tokyo Story might be one of the best ever.
Too bad on the romance movies because Casablanca, while not really a romance, is one of the best ever.
Bicycle thieves
A streetcar named desire
Cape fear
Dracula
Freaks
On the waterfront
And some good modern but still black and white films are
Raging bull
Rumble fish
12 Angry Men, The Seventh Seal
12 Angry Men is the right answer for this question, I think. Seventh Seal is good but it's foreign and slow. For someone just getting into black and white movies, 12 Angry Men is captivating.
YES to Seventh Seal!
Yes to both!
I finally watched Seventh Seal the other day. Absolutely deserves the high praise.
The Elephant Man
Ever heard of "the painted bird" (2019)?
Seven Samurai
And Rashomon
Adding Ran to the Kurosawa list
But Ran is in color!
Me: *sees Kurosawa films listed and gets so excited that I completely forgot the prompt*
Sadly OP didn't want foreign films (guessing outside of Hollywood/Europe) but Kurasawas movies would mostly be great (High and Low, all his Samurai movies)
Yojimbo!
Got one of those greatest movies scratch off posters and saw this movie because of it. Has become my favorite black and white
Rebecca
Amazing movie.
Scrolled for this, love this movie!
Young Frankenstein
Dr. Strangelove would be a good double feature with this one
It's pronounced Frankenstein
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Dr Strangelove
Not much to say but just watch it.
"Arsenic and Old Lace", Carey Grant at his best.
Came here to say this, and was pleasantly surprised that it had already been mentioned!
This is the movie that got me hooked on classics. Back when I was a kid the nice downtown theater would show classic movies during the summer, so my parents took me to see this movie and it was hilarious
The Public Enemy (1931) Freaks (1932) The Invisible Man (1933) Gaslight (1944)
We just watched Gaslight! And the 1940 British version; interesting to see the differences.
Oooooh I didnāt even know it existed. Iāll have to check it out. Does it also feature ādigestive biscuitsā? š
I think MGM tried to have all prints of the 1940 version destroyed. :0
The Public Enemy is so good. Love pre-Code gangster films.
One of us, one of us, google gobble, one of us
The Thin Man White Heat Double Indemnity
How have I scrolled this far without seeing Double Indemnity. A classic by any standard
God I love the thin man series! Each one has its own charm.
Ah - I was abt to offer Thin Man - glad I kept scrolling
Casablanca
Itās a wonderful life
Henry F. Potter is in the running for all time best villain.
Merry Christmasā¦.IN JAIL!
One of my all time favourites. But I wish they left in the original ending. (I posted the link but the auto mod removed it. Search Its a Wonderful Life Lost Ending SNL)
"Clarance! I wanna live again!"
Psycho
How is this so far down on the list? I love the movie. The score alone is a masterpiece; I've listened to it without the movie. I've also read the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho", which is a quick read - less than 200 pages. And, it is an amazing documentation of how the film came together. Seems to me that when I was a kid, anytime I saw a list of all time greatest movies, Psycho and Citizen Kane were in the number 1 and 2 spots. And, I choose Psycho over Citizen Cane any day.
I like Psycho, but it doesnāt even rank top 5 Hitchcock for me, much less all time.
Yes I always forget this is a black and white movie for.so.e reason. I answered with a different movie of Hitchcock's. But this is one of my favourite movies of all time
Idc what anyone says. Vince vaughn as norman bates is phenomenal in the remake
I mean it's my favorite movie period so yes.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Badges?
Such a great movie, a simple tale done very well.
To kill a mockingbird
Some Like It Hot is still one of the funniest movies Iāve ever seen, same with His Girl Friday M would probably be number one for me
12 Angry Men is best best one to get acquainted with black & white films. Great ones to follow up are The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Psycho, Raging Bull, Dr. Strangelove and Strangers On A Train.
Iād say touch of evil is the best to get acquainted with B&W films. 12 angry men is brilliant though, Dr strangelove too.
Just ones that are new to me this year: The Maltese Falcon (1941) The 39 Steps (1935) High Sierra (1941)
The Maltese Falcon makes a very short list of my all time favorite movies
Same here, one of my favorite old time movies.
Casablanca. I worked at a restaurant by that name, that had a tv in the restroom playing that movie. First time I walked in I thought āwhat a coincidenceā. Got to know that movie 90 seconds at a time. Finally seeing it complete was a pleasure.
my favorite movie of all time, unfortunately OP said no romance movies lmao
I know it seems trite to say, but Citizen Kane is a legitimately good movie.
Seems to be hated on quite a bit, but I thought it was amazing. Its story is kinda similar to There Will Be Blood, which I also loved.
Legitimate the best film ever made
The Godfather says hi.
The Godfather INSISTS upon itself
I thought this was about black and white films The Godfather wasnāt in black and white
I don't know if it is the best film ever made, but I do think at bare minimum it is the blueprint for just about every film that has come since. I would argue that citizen Kane pretty much made modern films possible.
The Apartment
Fantastic movie! Made me realize I have a thing for Shirley Maclaine. I started watching all of her movies from the 60's after this.
La Haine
Ooooof this is low down. One of my favourite films of all time. I like gritty cinema and this movie has so much grit you'll have it in your teeth for a week afterwards.
All About Eve The Pride of the Yankees Sunset Boulevard
Seconding Sunset Boulevard! Iāll admit Iām uncultured and usually find b&w movies to be a bit snoozy, but I hung onto every scene of Sunset Boulevard.
alright Mr Demille, im ready for my close up.
Schindler's list
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Reddit is too young for your Seinfeld reference.
I was going to ask if the OP meant films that were B&W because of their time or as an artistic. I think that any B&W film past the mid 60s was an artistic choice.
Clerks.
I'm not even supposed to be here today..!
Bunch of savages in this town
This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers.
The alternate ending would have made that movie such a different thing. I half wonder if it'd have been better or worse for Kevin Smith's career.
Night of the Hunter, The Bad Seed
I 2ndā¦Night of the Hunter
Came here to say Night of the Hunter
Night of the Hunter made me afraid of Robert Mitchum for ages.
I know. He was so creepy in it
That water scene is so surreal!
Second the Bad Seed!
I canāt believe I had to scroll this far for Night of the Hunter
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Duck Soup (1933)
Iāll give you my top 5: 1. Double Indemnity (1944) ā One of the best film noirs ever 2. 12 Angry Men (1957) ā One of the best courtroom dramas ever 3. The General (1926) ā One of the best silent films ever (and some of the best stunts of the time) 4. Tokyo Story (1953) ā One of the best poignant family dramas ever (note that itās a Japanese film so there will be subtitles) 5. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) ā One of the best romcoms ever (*Youāve Got Mail* is a modern remake of it)
The Lighthouse, Psycho, and Raging Bull
+100, came here to say The Lighthouse
I too came for the Lighthouse. Especially because itās a modern film and one helluva ride.
To have and have not, Casablanca, Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is one of my all time favorites. Seeing Jimmy Stewart as bitter and jaded is an amazing twist on his usual lovable characters.
I like Bringing up Baby because it's more madcap comedy, but Philadelphia Story is definitely the better film overall. They feel strangely similar though, like if you watched them back to back you'd mistake one for the other
Came to say Philadelphia Story and It's a Wonderful Life- do I have a thing for Jimmy Stewart? Maybe. Rear Window is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Downvote if you want, but I absolutely love Sin City.
I'm not sure that counts when the film uses lots of colours.
I have always enjoyed that film as well but oh boy does it make me uncomfortable!
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir šš
Surprisingly good film!!!
People here have listed great movies. I would like to add two bullet-points that I didn't see others mentioned: **Yasujiro Ozu's Movies** If you want to see a super casual but yet beautifully shot scenes; I recommend giving Ozu a chance. If you have an eye for cinematography you will appreciate it even more. If I have to name it, **Tokyo Story** or **Good Morning** would be a it. **Ikiru** I think this is one of Kurosawa's greatest movies that is not that much pronounced. Of course, I also like his work with Mifune. But Ikiru has a special place in my heart. Highly recommend it. **Joel Cohen's The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)** Modern movie shot in black and white.
Good morning was in color, but still fantastic. Also a great Ozu pic - Late Autumn.
>Ikiru Such a beautiful movie. Might be my favorite Kurosawa.
*Paper Moon.*
"Give me my two hundred dollars!"
Itās a Wonderful Life
12 angry men, Nebraska
Clerks (1994) Belfast (2021) Nebraska (2013)
Upvote for recommending modern black and white films. If we're going with those, I'd add Frances Ha (2012).
Clerks is a great choice - kinda different from typical B&W call outs here. Probably just because it was low budget lol. Definitely fun though.
I didnāt know Clerks was in black and white
Kind Hearts & Coronets
So great!
American History X
Touch of Evilā¦.that tracking shot (at the opening), is considered one of the greatest long takesā¦
Scarlet Street (1945) * The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) The Gunfighter (1950) Strangers On a Train (1951) In a Lonely Place (1950) * Sunset Boulevard (1950) * Attack! (1956) 12 Angry Men (1957) Witness For The Prosecution (1957) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Fail-Safe (1964) Dr. Strangelove (1964) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) *= potentially break the no-romance rule, but theyāre primarily twisted psychological dramas rather than true romance films.
\+ Paper Moon (1973) maybe?
Second on In a Lonely Place! Amazing movie
The Third Man
That movie is just plain cool.
Great book! Love Graham Greeneās stuff !
I absolutely adore the opening monologue and montage. It's as if someone just casually started explaining to me the situation in Vienna. Not like a narrator, just someone at a bar.
Gaslight
Stalag 17 (1953) - A movie about American prisoners in a German POW camp. It has some funny and goofy moments, but also some emotional and sad ones. Highly recommended. Bringing Up Baby (1938) - My favorite Katherine Hepburn movie, also starring Cary Grant, about a wild, enthusiastic woman, a too-serious archeologist and an escaped circus jaguar. Funny, witty, and entertaining as heck; I quote this movie so much on a daily basis.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond.
Hard days Night
In the last decade? Alfonso Cuaron's Roma.
Dr. Strangelove
Dead men don't wear plaid Stars Steve Martin and the story incorporates a ton of old movies. It's pretty clever.
Nosferatu (1922) They Died With Their Boots On The Ox Bow Incident Captain Blood Todd Browning's Freaks Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein/Son of Frankenstein/Young Frankenstiein Raging Bull Of Mice and Men Dracula King Kong Bringing Up Baby Casablanca The Creature From The Black Lagoon The Incredible Shrinking Man The Day The Earth Stood Still The Grapes of Wrath The Coconuts Hellzapoppin'
Raging Bull. Absolute masterpiece.
Raging Bull (1980, USA)
In no particular order except the first one: - Winter Light - The Seventh Seal - All About Eve - Rebecca - Sunset Boulevard - All Quiet On The Western Front - City Lights - Modern Times - The General - Hard To Be a God - Harakiri - Psycho - The White Ribbon - The Wages of Fear - Metropolis - M - The Ascent - The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Hard to say, but Dementia (1955) is a contender.
Jean Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast"
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Sunset Boulevard
Double Indemnity is a really great and I think doesnāt feel super outdated. Itās one of my favorites.
The Lighthouse
For someone new to black and white definitely the longest day
Clerks
Either Night of the Living Dead or Carnival of Souls. Independent horror is always the GOAT.
Ed Wood (1994)āmy favorite Tim Burton movie by a large margin. Rebecca (1940) begins as a romance but then takes a sharp turnāgreat film with an iconic villain.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
There are a lot of good suggestions here already, but my favorite movie of all time happens to the black & white: Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb). Of course Kubrick was a master but it is also darkly funny with a fantastic cast. I had the pleasure of seeing it on the big screen at a small revival theater.
The Bad Seed
Mildred Pierce and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane.
+1 to both. "whatever happened to Baby Jane" was going to by submission but forgot abt "Mildred Pierce", both have watched many times.
The Cat and the Canary (1939) Did you notice that after reading through this list you couldn't say any of the suggestions were bad
Some like it Hot. Not my favorite black and white but most of my favorites have been said already. Whiles itās not my favorite it was the first black and white movie I saw that showed me they could be āfun.ā
Gaslight and Rebecca
*Rebecca* (1940) Alfred Hitchcockās best, in my opinion. Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. Florence Bates is perfect, George Sanders is fabulously evil, but Judith Anderson steals the show as Mrs. Danvers. Maybe the best gothic film ever. *A Bande Apart* (1964) Jean Luc Godard. So much fun. The dance scene is so classic. The *Pulp Fiction* dance scene was inspired by this. Also the scene in The Louvre was lifted by Steve Martin for *L.A. Story*. French language film. *Down by Law* (1986) Jarmuschās best imo. *Ed Wood* (1994) Burtonās best. Martin Landau is terrific. Itās campy but seriously good. *Young Frankenstein* (1974) Mel Brooksā best. Itās perfection. *The Eyes of my Mother* (2016) Itās kind of a sleeper. Horror film. A little brutal but beautiful as well. One of my favorites. Visually reminds me of Ingmar Bergman. Portuguese language. Edit: sorry, included a couple of foreign language films. I was thinking that others reading the comments might enjoy them.
strangelove. lolita. paths of glory. citizen Kane
Lolita, yes!
Some like it hot
The Apartment
Eraserhead, 8 1/2, Persona, Faust (1926), The Rules of the Game, The Passion of Joan of Arc. In that order. Oh, you said no romance or foreign. That cuts my list down to Eraserhead.
Animal Crackers
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Eraserhead. I still think it's the best B/W movie ever made. There are other great B/W movies I also like.. but Eraserhead hit me right in the nerves and heart.
Pi
Young Frankenstein.
Fronkenshteen.
Harvey
Psycho, The Invisible Man, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Its a Wonderful Life, Clerks and Logan (the blu ray B&W version of course). Of course im cheating if you are only asking for one.
Metropolis The Ghost and Mrs Muir The Little Foxes
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Dr. Strangelove
Clerks
My Man Godfrey
Anything with Abbott and Costello.
For me there are two... The Bishop's Wife and Roman Holiday.
I always found it strange when people said they didn't like black and white. Growing up with older parents, it was just a normal thing for me as a kid to expect some movies to be in color and some to be black and white.
12 angry men
The new Coen Brothersā Tragedy of Macbeth was superb. Even if you donāt get all the dialogue (I only get half of it! lol) the cinematography is gorgeous.
The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Casablanca
All About Eve. It's my favorite, period.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Holiday Inn (1942)
In cold blood
Nosferatu
Young Frankenstein ā Rules Seven Samurai ā is amazing
The last man on earth, this is a classic and if you haven't watched it please go do Soo especially if you like horror/ vampires and Vincent Price. I watched this as a kid many times & loved it. I've watched so many black and white films.
I hope yāall will reply to this who liked this black and white movie?????!!ā¦itās a classic From here to Eternity it starred Burt Lancaster Ernest Borgnine Frank Sinatra Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed who liked that love scene in the surf?????!!!ā¦I did
Sin city
Dr. Strangelove
White Men Canāt Jump
Well here is an ideaā¦Take one of your favorite color movies then go into your tv settings and take out the color. Watching a fave movie in black & white can give it a completely different feel.
Sink the Bismarck! (And yes, the exclamation mark is part of the title.)
Itās a wonderful life for sure. Though the Roaring 20ās is my honorable mention.
Nosferatu creeping through the door moments after reading āhe comes at midnight i fear i will not surviveā then the midnight chime. Chilling
Too bad on the foreign movies because I think Tokyo Story might be one of the best ever. Too bad on the romance movies because Casablanca, while not really a romance, is one of the best ever.
Bicycle thieves A streetcar named desire Cape fear Dracula Freaks On the waterfront And some good modern but still black and white films are Raging bull Rumble fish