Favorite B&W movies.

[JaKaacH]

I read in a thread about other movies that some don't/can't watch Black and White movies..
List your favorites here, there are some great movies out there.

Some of my Fav's:

On the Waterfront

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Big Sleep

Psycho

The Postman Rings Twice

Young Frankenstein

Psycho

Our Man in Havana

[mosesbotbol]

Where does one even begin?

Nosferatu

Citizen Kane

Raging Bull

12 Agree Men

Casablanca

[T.G]

Bambi Meets Godzilla

[Darrell]

Dracula (1931, Lugosi)
Casablanca
Top Hat
Ed Wood
Frankenstein
Night of the Living Dead

[Subvet642]

Paper Moon

The Thin Man

Public Enemy

The Women

The Philidelphia Story

[JaKaacH]

Is "Sin City" considered B&W?
One of my fav's

[T.G]

Is "Sin City" considered B&W?
One of my fav's

I think that would be determined by how you define B&W.

It was shot in HD digital color and then the B&W was done by desaturation in post production, so if actual B&W film is the criteria, then no.

But, if the final visual appearance is how you determine it, and you can look past the color parts, then yes.

It's one of the grey area films, kind of like TRON. About 1/2 to 2/3 of TRON was actually shot on B&W film stock and then hand colored. *shrug*

[pnoon]

Some Like It Hot.
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[jonumberone]

Raging Bull
Clerks
Young Frankinstein

[Subvet642]

Some Like It Hot.

Good one!

The Apartment, also by Billy Wilder

[ActionAndy]

Seven Samurai

[Mugen910]

sunset boulevard
some like it hot
to kill a mocking bird

[Texan in Mexico]

Stagecoach
Spartacus
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Maltese Falcon
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[Darrell]

Seven Samurai

How could I forget that or Yojimbo?

[ucla695]

It's a Wonderful Life
Another vote for To Kill a Mocking bird

[timj219]

The Third Man

[SmokeyJoe]

It's A Wonderful Life

Casablanca

Two of my favs. :tu

[Lucky_Hippo]

Holiday Inn
Casablanca
12 Angry Men

All "classics" for a reason!!!!!

[SaltyMcGee]

The Manchurian Candidate (the original). Fantastic movie!

[Mr.Maduro]

aside from others mentioned above....

Arsenic and Old Lace

[landhoney]

aside from others mentioned above....

Arsenic and Old Lace

What a great movie. :tu

I'll add:

And Then There Were None (the one on the island)
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Animal Crackers


The Bank Dick
It's A Gift
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
International House

These last five are from my favorite comedian of all time. :D

[mosesbotbol]

Battleship Potemkin

Eraserhead

Birth of a Nation

[OLS]

Wow, anything with the Marx Brothers, that stuff was just so perfectly entertaining.
I like old Harold Lloyd films.
I thought In Cold Blood was just a terriffic film. To Kill a Mockingbird, goes without saying.
Bringing Up Baby....Some Like it Hot might be (IS) my actual favorite.

Haha, Subvet named a few I'd forgotten. All the Thin man films are cool as $hit.
And Paper Moon WAS cool.

[SaltyMcGee]

Good Night and Good Luck.

[smokin5]

aside from others mentioned above....

Arsenic and Old Lace

Great flick!
And, don't forget,
EVERY Marx Brothers movie
(Except maybe Go West).

[CigarNut]

In addition to all the good ones already listed:

- Stalag 17
- The Guns of Navarone
- Twelve O'Clock High
- Sergeant York
- High Noon
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Son of Flubber
- Double Indemnity
- North by Northwest

Just to name a few that come to mind...

[JaKaacH]

I'm pretty sure North by Northwest was filmed in color. Great movie though.

Marx brothers, how did I forget them, funny stuff.

[icehog3]

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock.

[Lucky_Hippo]

Who's afraid of Viginia Woolf

[MrPlatypus]

Surprised no one mentioned this one:
Dr. Strangelove

[kugie]

A tree Grows in Brooklyn

Fear Strikes Out

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

[Starscream]

Bambi Meets Godzilla

:r:r I loved it!

[Starscream]

Any Buster Keaton film.
Any Laurel and Hardy film.
Any Three Stooges film.

Pride of the Yankees
Dracula
Frankenstein
Citizen Kane
King Kong
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Night of the Living Dead
High Noon
Ed Wood
Metropolis
Psycho
Young Frankenstein
Inherit the Wind
White Christmas

[Starscream]

Raging Bull
Clerks
Young Frankinstein
How could I forget Clerks?
Stagecoach
Spartacus
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Maltese Falcon
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Spartacus, one of my all time favorite films, is not a black and white film (the Kirk Douglas one anyways). It is an awesome film though.:tu

[Eleven]

I am trying real hard to even think of a B&W movie I have seen that isn't listed here already!

But a couple of my favs:

Casablanca, Stalag 17.

Even some of my all time favorites, Danny Kaye's early flicks, were in color. Or at least colorized :)

[jmsremax]

Casablanca
Clerks

:tu

[JaKaacH]

Just remembered another one..Or two.

Hud
Paul Newman and Patricia Neal. She the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for this film.

The Day The Earth Stood Still
Another Patricia Neal film and B&W Classic.
She passed away last Sunday..
RIP Patricia Neal

[SaltyMcGee]

A Streetcar Named Desire

[kugie]

Schindlers List
Does it qualify since there is some color in the movie. The girl with red coat and the flame.

[blugill]

Most of my favorites are black and white.
Nearly everything directed by Kurosawa is one of my favorites including: Seven Samurai (as stated above) Ikiru, Red Beard, Throne of Blood, Sanjuro, and Yojimbo.
Casablanca
It's A Wonderful Life (and nearly every Capra movie as well)
There's really too many to list once I get rolling but many stated above qualify for me as well, especially Mockingbird.

[kugie]

The Seven Samari

[4WheelVFR]

Rear Window with James Stewart
To Hell and Back with Audie Murphy

[kugie]

Rear Window with James Stewart
To Hell and Back with Audie Murphy:tu great movie

[nozero]

The Hustler.

[Superbad]

Surprised no one mentioned this one:
Dr. Strangelove

:tpd:

[Texan in Mexico]

Thanks Andy - I didnt realize Spartacus was in color!

Just to redeem myself I will add:

The Charlie Chan series

The Great Gildersleeve

Blondie (yes the Dagwood ones!)
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[MrPlatypus]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I found the movie a bit odd even by today's standards, and I can only imagine how far out people thought it was when it was originally released in 1962.

[MajorCaptSilly]

Couple of my faves:

Cool Hand Luke
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


MCS

[hotreds]

The great comedies from the 1930s.

[SaltyMcGee]

Rear Window with James Stewart

Cool Hand Luke


Sorry guys,

Both of these are color movies.

[hotreds]

But they watched them on B&W TVs!

[JaKaacH]

Rear Window with James Stewart
I was wondering about that one too. I think maybe the original was B&W, then Ted had it colorized and that is the version most likely to be aired on the movie channels.

Couple of my faves:

Cool Hand Luke
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


MCS
I too think Cool Hand Luke was color. But one of the best scenes in movie history. Two words: Car wash.

Liberty Valance.:tu Good one Scott, one of my fav's for both John Wayne and James Stewart.

Sorry guys,

Both of these are color movies.

[SaltyMcGee]

I think maybe the original was B&W, then Ted had it colorized and that is the version most likely to be aired on the movie channels.

Nope, Hitchcock shot it in color.

However, I would add Hitchcock's Psycho to this list (if it hasn't been mentioned already).

EDIT: Seems it was mentioned in the first post!

[4WheelVFR]

Sorry guys,

Both of these are color movies.

Whoops! but if they were in B & W they'd still be awsome.

[Starscream]

But they watched them on B&W TVs!

:r:r
My father-in-law still believes that the Wizard of Oz was originally in black and white b/c he first saw it on a b&w tv.:r:r

[SaltyMcGee]

:r:r
My father-in-law still believes that the Wizard of Oz was originally in black and white b/c he first saw it on a b&w tv.:r:r

Well he's half right. :D

[Jbailey]

Lots of good movies listed here. I loved the Kurosawa films and stuff by The Marx Brothers.

I would add a few:
Maltese Falcon
The Wild One
The Great Dictator
Modern Times
Raging Bull
Rumble Fish

[ActionAndy]

Schindler's List is mostly B&W right?

[sikk50]

Some Like It Hot.
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Hands down my favorite movie of all time!

It's A Wonderful Life

[Tripp]

Is "Sin City" considered B&W?
One of my fav's

:tpd:

[kugie]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Harvey

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