Best Black and White Movie ever...any ideas?

[Stuart G]

Oh here are a couple to start...

Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon.
If I had to choose, Falcon, cause Sydney Greenstreet is a gas.

[fishwax]

1. Raging Bull

:bounce:

[Xipe Totec]

2. Oh, sure, take the good ones, why don't cha!

The man who wasn't there.

To Kill a Mockingbird

[EastTennesseeDem]

3. It's a Wonderful Life

As far as best use of black and white, I'd say "Schindler's List" holds the title.

[Lex]

4. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)

is a beautiful black and white film. Silent.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. Yes, an absolutely riveting film

Forget everything you know about silent movies...

(But don't bother if you require a lot of action in your movies.)

[Stuart G]

5. Here is one that was played in "real time"..a western.

High Noon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/

not sure where I would rank it, but it is pure class.

[jobycom]

51. I'd rank it very, very high.

Great story, great performance by a veteran actor... Can't get much better.

[sarge43]

74. Yankee Doodle Dandy, Murder My Sweet, Oxbow Incident,

Frankenstein, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Lady Eve.

[cloudbase]

6. Dr. Strangelove

Double Indemnity
Casablanca
Young Frankenstein

[Tom Kitten]

7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Because it was like one of the first full length films and highly imaginative...

[Mike 03]

64. No, no, please. That is so over-rated. That is a film school classic that is torture to watch.

Like the Battleship Potemkin.

They are historic, but awful...

[Betty88]

8. Bringing up Baby nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Citizen Kane, of course.

[gmoney]

14. +1

Although there are tons on this thread that are right up there...

Pi is a very cool fairly recent B&W film, FWIW...

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Yes on Pi! That is a pretty cool movie.

Though if someone easily succumbs to motion sickness, one might prefer the far steadier images of Citizen Kane.

[Gabi Hayes]

10. The Terror of Tiny Town

[Lavender Brown]

11. Notorious, Rebecca, Brief Encounter

[Mike 03]

65. Yes, here we go, we're getting warming... NT

[Stuart G]

12. One of my favorites, maybe not the best..but Mr. Smith Goes to Washington never

really grows old. Sure the cars and stuff, but the honesty and idealism are just as important now as then

[lost-in-nj]

13. Rebecca

no questions....









I promise a movie experience like no other


lost

[hibbing]

15. Seconded on Casablanca

Hi,
I can't count how many times I have seen the movie. I always seem to catch something new. Plus saying the famous lines along with the movie is kind of fun, but I'm a dork.

Peace

[Forkboy]

16. Dr. Strangelove, Good Night and Good Luck, and Man Bites Dog.

King Kong is way up there, too.

[tekisui]

21. Man Bites Dog.

Helluva movie. Couldn't have been done in color.

[Forkboy]

39. I've watched it so many times and it still blows me away.

It's about as dark a comedy as you'll ever see, with some truly jarring and disturbing sequences. The rape scene was out of the fucking blue, and hits like a hammer blow to the sternum.

[Mike 03]

63. Excellent picks! Fuckin' excellent. NT

[OwnedByFerrets]

18. My personal fav....Young Frankenstein

[MrSlayer]

19. Young Frankenstein

[rockymountaindem]

20. Paths of Glory n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

22. Inherit the Wind

I just love that movie.

[mykpart]

70. Yes! Inherit the Wind!

I love it when Spencer Tracey asks where Cain's wife came from. "You figure somebody pulled another creation in the next county?"

[Skittles]

23. The Haunting (1963)

:thumbsup:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. Yes, do NOT confuse it with the hokey 1990s remake

It's a textbook case of how to make a scary movie without showing any gore or monsters (or without using a hand-held camera--take THAT, Blair Witch Project!)

[Stuart G]

27. Another scary Sci Fi without blood and gore...Invasion of the Body Snatchers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/

1956..very well done, quiet horror.
Some say a discussion of 1950s witch hunt by Joe Mc Carthy

[DemBones DemBones]

26. Hiroshima, Mon Amour

[JTG of the PRB]

28. Young Frankenstein, Dr. Strangelove, The Day the Earth Stood Still...

But that's just me.

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. 'Metropolis' and 'Things to Come'

[Forkboy]

37. Excellent choices.

:thumbsup:

[AllenVanAllen]

30. To Kill A Mockingbird n/t

[Common Sense Party]

52. That'd probably get my vote. n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

31. A Hard Day's Night

That was a classic, too, you know.

[MilesColtrane]

32. The Third Man

(Everybody's probably getting tired of me touting it's greatness by now.)

[enigmatic]

33. Ikiru (1952)

[Forkboy]

36. Oh, excellent choice.

One of Kurosawa's overlooked films. I haven't seen it in a long time and I'm glad you reminded me of it. You can pick any of Kurosawa's films.

The guy on the cover, Takashi Shimura, was also in the original Godzilla (another damn fine b&w movie). Kurosawa and Godzilla director Ishiro Honda were very close friends, and Honda even directed a couple segments of Kurosawa's movie Dreams (Mount Fuji In Red and The Tunnel).

Shimura and fellow actor Toshiro Mifune were both great at their craft, and Mifune was awesome in Kurosawa's Red Beard.

[enigmatic]

68. Takashi Shimura was brilliant in this

My favorite of Kurosawa's films. Beautifully shot, too.

[Tabasco_Dave]

34. King Kong

Kong is just more evil in B&W.

[Heidi]

35. To Kill A Mockingbird.

Best contemporary black and white film: Down By Law.

[underpants]

44. I agree

great movie

[RFKHumphreyObama]

76. I agree with To Kill a Mockingbird

:thumbsup:

[Richardo]

38. Not saying it's the best, but "Manhattan" deserves a mention.

Great movie. :thumbsup:

[Symarip]

40. Young Frankenstein

[LibertyLover]

41. Captain Blood with Errol Flynn comes to mind

along with The Private Lives of Henry VIII with Charles Lawton.

[Patiod]

55. I love Errol flynn films

Robin Hood!

[TZ]

42. Of the modern Black and White: Schindler's List..

Ootherwise I would go with someone else's choice of To Kill A Mockingbird.

[AngryAmish]

43. Disorderlies

[Bennyboy]

45. Schindler's List!

Can't believe it has not been mentioned yet..

[Stuart G]

46. Another very good one, "12 Angry Men, Question..I wonder

if the memorable scene in the jury room, with the heat and trickles of sweat running down, would have been better in color. There is something about that black and white scene that stays in my mind. Perhaps it is the image in my mind, trying to feel it, as opposed to looking at the colors of the room. I recall a fan blowing in the room too. It just seems more stark in B and W.

[flvegan]

47. Clerks.

[TZ]

57. Nice post, Beach Baby...

I was wondering if someone was going to mention that...

[tigereye]

48. Chinatown - well I seem to remember that it was.

The Third Man and various Chaplin Films as well.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

53. Nope, "Chinatown" was in color

:-)

[Mike 03]

66. Chinatown is a true masterpiece, but it's in color, unfortunately. But I share your

high regard for this incredible film. It is definitely a masterpiece.

[bikebloke]

49. La Dolce Vita

Brilliant photography in widescreen.

[keroro gunsou]

50. dead men don't wear plaid

just because.

[ashling]

54. The Grapes of Wrath

[backtoblue]

56. It's a Wonderful Life and Grapes of Wrath

[rurallib]

58. Miracle on 34th Street?

[yellowdogintexas]

59. Two that have not been mentioned: "Paper Moon" and "The Last Picture Show"

both directed by Peter Bogdanovich IIRC

oh and don't forget 'Arsenic and Old Lace'

[RagAss]

60. Stranger Than Paradise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY9zWNrkoZw

[Pharlo]

61. Harvey,

His Girl Friday
Twelve Angry Men
The Defiant Ones
Some Like it Hot

But, I think 'Harvey' was my favorite. By the end of that movie, I actually believed that rabbit existed.

[Mike 03]

62. Dr. Strangelove by Kubrick, Manhattan by Woody Allen, or Psycho by Hitch, or other of his films.

Citizen Kane is the expected answer, but I had to watch that film a dozen times at film school and I don't think it's that great. It's very, very good, but I'm not as thrilled with it as many others.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

67. "The Defiant Ones"

[Zorro]

69. The Seventh Seal

Made a big impression on me when I was a college freshman.

[pepperbear]

71. private life of henry 8, how green was my valley, sunset blvd, advice and consent, double indemnity.

to name a few, but really, any film made my curtiz, wilder, welles, or ford is a de facto classic.

[LostInAnomie]

72. Modern Times

You have to like Chaplin to really appreciate it, but it really was quite an achievement. It also showcases what an amazing talent Chaplin truly was.

[fujiyama]

73. Seven Samurai

Over three hours long, black and white, with subtitles.

One of the greatest ever. Akira Kurusawa at his best.

[Bucky]

75. That episide of the Dick Van Dyke show when his wacky brother kept sleep walking

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Lordy, that one kills me every time! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: