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    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.

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    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)

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    Oops, I think I forgot my real favorite:

    King Kong (1933)

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    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

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    The Defiant Ones

    There's my black and white movie. ......

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    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.
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    Oh crap, I forgot Gilda, with Rita Hayworth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Another one I like:

    "Them!" (1954)
    That is one of those great terrible movies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    That is one of those great terrible movies.
    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!

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    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"

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Oops, I think I forgot my real favorite:

    King Kong (1933)
    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...!

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    Maltese Falcon
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    That's fukkin' great

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    Worth mentioning but... Elephant man?

    Maybe someones favorite. Not mine.
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by notallwhowander View Post
    Young Frankenstein
    Good call! Still one of my all time top comedies, and definitely Mel Brooks’ best film!

    Casablanca has got to be the ultimate date film.
    Not Now Voyager? Or is that too “girly”?

    Quote Originally Posted by Johnkil View Post
    Wow! Some really great ones are listed here. For favorites, I have to go with the Marx Bros. These still make me laugh out loud.
    Duck Soup
    Horse Feathers
    Those are classic comedies, too. And I neglected to mention W. C. Fields’ It’s a Gift, which really needs to be better appreciated.

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Ears View Post
    The Wages of Fear (France 1953) by Henri-Georges Clouzot has various little photographic tricks for those who seek them. The remake, as a straight action film, Ice Cold in Alex (GB 1958), by the brilliant J. Lee Thompson, is not at all inferior. I also like Friedkin's The Sorcerer, with Roy Scheider - colour and bad reviews or not.
    The original was great, but I thought Sorcerer stank, Tangerine Dream soundtrack notwithstanding.

    Quote Originally Posted by helicase View Post
    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.
    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!

    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    I think it's pretty good actually!
    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.)

    Quote Originally Posted by mogrooves View Post
    Love is Colder Than Death - Werner Fassbinder
    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.”
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Another one I like:

    "Them!" (1954)
    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...

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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    That is one of those great terrible movies.
    I'm thinking of Coppola's Rumble Fish as terrible terrible of a movie
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    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

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    Cheating a bit, but...Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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    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.
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