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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. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Citizen Kane.
- 13 The Night of The Hunter
- 12 on The Waterfront
- 11 Sunset Boulevard
- 10 Metropolis
- 9 12 Angry Men
- 8 Seven Samurai
- 7 The Maltese Falcon
- 6 It’S A Wonderful Life
- 5 Psycho
- 4 The Grapes of Wrath
Unsettling in its exploration of human wickedness, The Night of the Hunterfuses American film noir and German expressionism in a unique brew. This movie is a sinister tale of a pretending preacher ruthlessly pursuing two children who are privy to their deceased father's stolen treasure's location. The striking black-and-white aesthetics heighten th...
A searing critique of union corruption, On the Waterfrontis a masterful creation of Elia Kazan. This gritty story interweaves the struggle between personal conscience and societal unity, saturating it with profound socio-political commentary. Despite its mid-twentieth-century backdrop, its vivid illustration of societal maladies remains arresting a...
Delving deep into the Hollywood apparatus, Sunset Boulevardis Billy Wilder's creation. The narrative weaves the tales of a forgotten silent movie actress yearning for her lost stardom and an aspiring scriptwriter pursuing triumph. Sunset Boulevard's discourse on fame's transient nature, Hollywood's cut-throat landscape, and the tragedy of growing o...
Fritz Lang's Metropolis is a pioneering beacon in the cinematic world, with its visionary narrative and groundbreaking visuals. This futuristic urban dystopia features breathtaking architectural scenery, novel special effects, and enthralling characters, marking a considerable turning point in the science fiction genre's development. The long-stand...
An impressive display of character analysis and mounting tension, Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Menepitomizes courtroom drama. The movie dissects the human psyche as twelve jurors deliberate on a murder case, spotlighting the dynamics of uncertainty, conviction, and persuasion in the face of rising conflict. In the current socio-political landscape, 12 A...
Akira Kurosawa is still considered one of the all-time greatest and most influential film directors to this day. And more than 60 years since the release of one of Kurosawa’s most enduring cinematic masterpieces, Seven Samurai, filmmakers of today are still taking notes. The film essentially introduced the world to the commonplace “assembling a tea...
Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by author Dashiell Hammett, the 1941 film adaptation of The Maltese Falcon is a classic in that it was one of the first to embrace the crime noir genre. That means that the film, and director John Huston’s innovative blueprint for the genre, inspired countless films in the years and decades that followed – f...
For many families, it’s tradition to watch It’s a Wonderful Life around the holidays. It airs on countless TV channels during that time of year and, in a lot of places across the country, in theaters, too. The film follows George Bailey, a depressed and suicidal businessman played by Jimmy Stewart, as he is visited by Clarence, an angel trying to e...
As (arguably) Alfred Hitchcock’s best and most beloved film, Psycho (1960) is one of cinema’s greatest achievements of all time, often making it close to the top spot of “must see” films for any serious film buff. But it’s one scene in particular that almost everyone – even people who haven’t seen the film – have engrained in their brains. The infa...
John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath, is considered one of the many literary masterpieces worthy of contending for the title of the Great American Novel. So, when it came time to create a film version of the story, it had to be good. And thankfully, director John Fordpulled it off in his 1940 adaptation. The tale is quite grim – it deal...
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- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) The Coens returned to the noir world of their first picture Blood Simple (1984) with The Man Who Wasn’t There. 1949: reserved small town hairdresser Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is tempted by an offer to invest in an exciting new process called ‘Dry Cleaning’.
- The Artist (2011) Amazon Rent/Buy. Along with the Best Picture awards achieved by Driving Miss Daisy (1990) and Crash (2006), black and white mainly dialogue-free musical The Artist was a surprising Academy Award winner ten years ago.
- Sin City (2005) Amazon Rent/Buy. Co-directed by Frank Miller from his graphic novel with Robert Rodriguez (Once Upon a Time in Mexico), Sin City is a visually striking pulp anthology, predominately in black and white, but with splashes of colour during key moments.
- Dr Strangelove (1964) Amazon Rent/Buy. Stanley Kubrick’s classic nuclear war satire was the last film he shot in black and white. His decision not to go the more commercial route of technicolour was a wise one, as evidenced in the deep shadows of Ken Adam’s War Room and stark arctic landscapes beneath the sole unrecalled US B-52 Stratofortress as it heads towards its target in the Soviet Union.
- 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.
- Cold War (2018) Set against the backdrop of WWII-torn Poland, Cold War explores the intense love story of an upcoming singer Zula and music composer, Wiktor.
- Roma (2018) Roma is almost like a painting carved out of Alfonso Cuarón's memory. A vignette of his childhood told through breathtaking visuals, watching Roma is like peeping into the director’s past through a large black-and-white prism that acts as a teleportation device.
- The Turin Horse (2011) The Turin Horse is as raw of a film as ever could be. Béla Tarr’s last feature is aptly representative of the legendary director’s career, stripped from any sense of redemption and loaded with aesthetics.
- The Lighthouse (2019) Robert Eggers' film is a deep dive into the insanity of man’s mind. Fueled with alcohol and a lack of company, two lighthouse workers begin to spiral into madness as they're stranded on a remote island during the stormy season.
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 ...
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