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    • Casablanca. 1942. 887 votes. Set in World War II, this iconic film follows the romantic and political entanglements of an American expatriate named Rick, who runs a nightclub in the titular Moroccan city.
    • It's a Wonderful Life. 1946. 795 votes. A heartwarming tale of redemption and second chances, this film centers on George Bailey, a despondent man contemplating suicide on Christmas Eve.
    • Psycho. 1960. 719 votes. Directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, this chilling thriller follows Marion Crane, a secretary who embezzles money from her employer and checks into the remote Bates Motel.
    • It Happened One Night. 1934. 326 votes. A true screwball comedy classic, the film follows an heiress who runs away from her controlling father and meets a brash reporter eager to get a scoop on her story.
  1. Greatest Black and White Movies of all time. Before there was color, filmmakers learned their craft using black and white film stocks and gave us some of cinema's finest moments on celluloid.

  2. My 25 personal favorite black and white movies of all time. Honorable Mentions: Battleship Potemkin (1925) The General (1926) City Lights (1931) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Sullivan's Travels (1941) Brief Encounter (1945) The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) Bicycle Thieves (1948) Los Olvidados (1950) Ace In The Hole (1951) The Wages Of Fear (1953 ...

    • To Kill A Mockingbird. 1962 | 2 hours 9 minutes | Directed by Robert Mulligan. Starring Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton. Many have heard of this masterpiece by Robert Mulligan, yet very little know the actual story.
    • Psycho. 1960 | 1 hour 49 minutes | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who has stolen $40,000 from her company to flee with her boyfriend, is on the run and stops at the run-down Bates Motel for the night.
    • Schindler's List. 1993 | 3 hours 15 minutes | Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley. This film tells the story of Nazi officer Oskar Schindler, who secretly saved hundreds of Jewish people from concentration camps.
    • Citizen Kane. 1941 | 1 hour 59 minutes | Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore. The plot of Citizen Kane is surprisingly straightforward.
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    • The Elephant Man (1980) Action and adventure. It’s impossible to imagine ‘The Elephant Man’ in colour – it’d be grotesque, exploitative, unwatchable.
    • Raging Bull (1980) Drama. ‘Light and shadow... It had its own style. It had its own meaning.’ It was the ugliness of the gloves – too red, too striking – that inspired Martin Scorsese to shoot his boxing movie in black-and-white.
    • Roma (2018) Drama. Shot in digital colour and graded down to crisp monochrome in post-production, Alfonso Cuarón’s glorious evocation of his own Mexico City childhood is black-and-white for one simple reason: it’s how the director remembers it.
    • The Last Picture Show (1971) Drama. The place and the time – small-town Texas, 1951 – dictates the desolate, colourless tone of Peter Bogdanovich’s heartbreakingly nostalgic teen melodrama.
  3. Jun 13, 2017 · Want a bright red splatter of blood? Done. Or a yellow brick road? Sorted. That hasn't stopped filmmakers from choosing to lens their masterpieces in black and white, though.

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  5. Aug 11, 2021 · A list of 100 classic movies shot in black and white, spanning genres, decades, and nationalities. From film noir to neorealism, from Hollywood to international cinema, these films showcase the art and power of black and white cinematography.

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