Most of Antonioni's, Fellini's, Hitchcock's and Bergman's work would fall under this heading... dozens of great black and white films to choose from.
One of my favorites of all time is Dino Risi's 'Il Sorpasso', fron 1962.
Most of Antonioni's, Fellini's, Hitchcock's and Bergman's work would fall under this heading... dozens of great black and white films to choose from.
One of my favorites of all time is Dino Risi's 'Il Sorpasso', fron 1962.
Wim Wenders - Der Himmel über Berlin (aka Wings of Desire)
Granted, the last bit is in colour, but that's actually part of the story.
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Another one I like:
"Them!" (1954)
Oops, I think I forgot my real favorite:
King Kong (1933)
Right, I've given this a lot of thought, and here are my favourites. In no specific order.
The Belles of St. Trinians - 1954
The Day the Earth Stood Still - 1951
Odd Man Out - 1947 (James Mason - IRA)
The Informer - 1922 (Victor McLaglen - IRA)
Carry on Sergeant - 1958
Carry on Nurse - 1959
Oliver Twist - 1948
Passport to Pimlico - 1949
The Great Dictator - 1940
Nosferatu - 1922
Harvey -1950
Ed Wood - 1994
Kind Hearts and Coronets - 1949
Whisky Galore - 1949
The Lady Vanishes - 1938
Great Expectations - 1946
The 39 Steps - 1935 (although the 70s colour version with Robert Powell was much better)
Dead Man - 1995
Shadow of the Vampire - 2000
Strangers on a Train - 1951
The Bride of Frankenstein - 1935
Arsenic and Old Lace - 1944
Murders in the Rue Morgue - 1932
Dracula - 1931
All the 1940s Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes films
The Defiant Ones
There's my black and white movie. ......
What, no one mentions Witness for the Prosecution? Shame, shame, shame
And yeah, all of the other classics brought up here. Ye gods, Young Frankenstein, sheer genius. To Kill a Mockingbird is a film I can watch a hundred times. I love watching movies on TCM and I'm ashamed to admit that I often forget checking it out. There are some clunkers on that channel and of course, my dislike of old school musicals knows no bounds (now playing: Meet Me in St Louis or I Know I'm Not Gay Because I Can't Stand Judy Garland). The exaggerated acting of the 30s gets a little grating at times as well. But damn, so many good films out there in B&W and they work BETTER in black and white.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Oh crap, I forgot Gilda, with Rita Hayworth.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
That is one of those great terrible movies.
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
I think it's pretty good actually!
Agree on the Basil Rathbone Holmes movies, also the Lugosi Dracula.
Also a bunch of Hitchcock movies - the first Man Who Knew Too Much, Spellboubd, Notorious.
Too many!
There was a period of wonderful black and white cinematography in Czechoslovakia during 1960s (including 2 Oscars and 2 Oscar nominations). Some of my favorites
Black Peter (1964)
Diamonds of the Night (1964)
The shop on main street (1965)
Closely watched trains (1966)
Loves of a Blonde(1966)
The firemen' ball (1968)
and there is also a wonderful psychedelic music movie from 1968 called "The Road That Leads Nowhere"
Still, none of the remakes come close. Although, I did like it when Peter Jackson recreated the lost spiders scene.
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Any of the Bogart greats should do...!
Maltese Falcon
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
That's fukkin' great
Love is Colder Than Death - Werner Fassbinder
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Well, it’s my favourite David Lynch film, followed by The Straight Story. In general, I find his work pretentiously affected and trying too hard to be weird for weird’s sake.
Good call! Still one of my all time top comedies, and definitely Mel Brooks’ best film!
Not Now Voyager? Or is that too “girly”?Casablanca has got to be the ultimate date film.
Those are classic comedies, too. And I neglected to mention W. C. Fields’ It’s a Gift, which really needs to be better appreciated.
The original was great, but I thought Sorcerer stank, Tangerine Dream soundtrack notwithstanding.
I wouldn’t count this one as the colour is a key element of its plot (and I hope I’m not spoiler-ing it by mentioning that). Actually, I was just about to bail on this film until it got to the first colour scene, and it finally “clicked” and I suddenly fell in love with it!
Agreed. Saw it at a movie-viewing party as a double-feature with Empire of the Ants. Following it up with Bert I. Gordon’s typical ineptitude really makes you appreciate Them! (though at least EOTA was entertainingly bad, which is more than can be said for Food of the Gods.)
I have seen many Fassbinder films, but never this one. The only one of his that I’ve seen that’s in B&W is Veronika Voss, which is worth seeing, but I’d hesitate to call it his best, or even “great.”
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
Good call on Them! (and The Elephant Man). To add to my previous list, The Day the Earth Stood Still and the original Night of the Living Dead (which scared the living hell out of me as a kid).
And Dracula with Bela Lugosi has the single best line in a horror film --
Count Dracula: This is very old wine. I hope you will like it.
Renfield: Aren't you drinking?
Count Dracula: I never drink...wine.
"And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision."
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While we're on B&W monster flicks - this is one of the best ever, surpassed for me only by King Kong and The Day the Earth Stood Still...
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
I'm thinking of Coppola's Rumble Fish as terrible terrible of a movie
a total yawner from A to Z
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Some of my favorites listed. Here's a few more.
Judgement at Nuremberg
I'm All Right, Jack
Never Give a Sucker and Even Break
Cheating a bit, but...Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Kudos to those mentioning WC Fields, arguably the funniest man who ever lived.
"Now Voyager" is certainly not too girly for this list, IMO. A great movie. Another great one about a woman is "Mildred Pierce." I usually don't pass up movies with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford, except some of the B-movies from the later years.
Has anyone mentioned "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane"?
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I'd have to go with Citizen Kane, because of its innovations.
Compact Disk brought high fidelity to the masses and audiophiles will never forgive it for that
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