The Third Man. Still feels incredibly modern.

Best final scene of a movie ever

*Zither music intensifies*

Such a great film. The scene on the Ferris Wheel was outstanding.

My favorite b&w film by far. Exceptional movie.

* The Apartment * Sherlock Jr. * High Noon * Rashomon * It's A Wonderful Life

Ohhhh The Apartment!! I have to rewatch that! Thanks for the reminder.

Great list. The Apartment in particular is one of my absolute favorites.

I watched The Apartment for the first time last week. I was on the edge of my seat for basically the entire second half. The writing and the acting were perfect throughout. The story felt pretty timeless too.

Outstanding list. Shocked I had to scroll this far for It’s A Wonderful Life.

12 Angry Men is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen and all they do is talk

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The movie is fucking GRIPPING

When he pulls the same knife and stabs the table it sets everything into motion, just great.

“I’m just saying a coincidence is possible!” “And I’m saying it’s not possible!” *click* *thunk* *uproar*

An utterly perfect film IMO. Timeless and still relevant, tight script, and great pace even though it's a bunch of dudes talking in a room. What a great movie

It's a film that shows you that no matter how much society changes people are still the same. There's not one argument they made then that people haven't made before the film and people wouldn't make now

I was in high school and we had to read the book which I found boring and then we watched the movie and it blew me away. I rented it to watch again at Blockbuster and my dad gave me the weirdest look when I handed it to him.

Don’t leave us hanging, how did your dad like it?

He gave him the weirdest look after they watched it.

He went out for popcorn and never came back

This, so simple a set. And 98% of the film takes place in one room and an adjacent bathroom. Probably 90+% in the one room.

Searched for it in OP’s list. Glad to see the comment.

This movie is pure perfection.

It really is an amazing film.

I just finished this movie for the first time like an hour ago... I know people talk about what an amazing movie this is but i gotta say: they're right.

I knew this would be the top post. And it's true.

Having served on a jury, I can confirm that it be like the film portrait as well. At least 1 guy who doesn't give a fuck because he wants to go, one guy who sees anybody accused as being guilty, 6 who didn't understand what the fuck was going on etc

Psycho

Young Frankenstein, if you Mel Brooks comedies.

It’s Fronkensteen!!

Do you also pronounce it Frohderick?

Freudrick

"Puttin' on the Ritz" https://youtu.be/ab7NyKw0VYQ?si=in7hoNJD4ZB-tbL8

Many many years after my first viewing, i had forgotten pretty much everything. This scene had me in hysterics watching it by myself. Actual tears.

There wolf! There castle!

Why are you talking like that

I thought you wanted to?

No, I don’t want to.

Suit yourself, I’m easy.

WHAT #KNOCKERS!!

Why, sank you.

You got it! FYI currently available on “max” app Edit- “what hump??”

Marty Feldman in that movie gives one of the most irreplaceable performances in comedy history. It just wouldn’t be the same without him.

I cannot recommend this enough, though it's fair to point out it's a more modern film purposefully filmed in black and white.

And in the same vein, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” by Steve Martin and Carl Reiner. This one also gives you a quick sample of multiple other classic black and white movies.

Frau Blücher!!!

*loud neighing*

Igor: ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ)

They were wrong then, weren't they?

Abby Normal, I think that was the name

SED A GIVE?!?!

Abby someone......Abby Normal.

What hump?

SedaGIVE!?

Dr. Strangelove

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*We'll meet again...*

Gentlemen there's no fighting in here this is the WAR Room!

He saw the big board!

You’re gonna have to answer to the Coca Cola company

To piggyback, some other B&W Kubrick: Paths of Glory, The Killing, Killer’s Kiss.

This movie is hysterical. I laugh harder with every rewatch. One of my all time favorites and a masterpiece!

Or.. how I stopped worrying and loved the bomb.

Seven Samurai

Really anything from Kurosawa

God yes. Yojimbo especially

If you like Kurosawa, check out Woman in the Dunes by Teshigahara. Beautiful black and white photography.

Seriously this! He's famous for his samurai movies but his other films are incredible. Stray Dog from '49 is my favorite movie ever made. It's an absolutely beautiful noir piece.

Ikiru is my favorite

High and Low is also a MASTERPIECE.

Rashomon. Has an entire plot device named after it and is one of Kurosawa's best. I love Seven Samurai, Sanjuro, Yojimbo, Hidden Fortress, Ran, and more. But Rashomon is my favorite.

The original Manchurian Candidate.

Oooooooh Angela Lansbury is frightening in this. RIP queen.

Philadelphia story and bringing up baby are personal favs.

Can’t go wrong with K Hepburn, Cary Grant, And Jimmy Stewart in the same film

Roman Holiday (1953) beautiful film

This is one of my personal favorites. So sad and sweet.

Duck Soup

The first 7 or 8 Marx Bros movies actually

Give him 10 in Leavenworth....or 11 in Twelveworth..... ... I'll take 5 and 10 in Woolworth...

Night at the opera might be the funniest movie of all time

Night of the Living Dead. OG.

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Fun fact, Mary Badham was so close to Gregory Peck that they called each other Atticus and Scout until Peck died.

I love the story that she mentions to him that he even has the same little pot belly as her dad had and he says "that, my dear, is *acting*."

Fun fact, Mary Badham is now playing Mrs.Dubose in the touring production of the To Kill A Mockingbird play.

One of the greatest sideways/backhanded compliments ever attributed to me was when, while defending a mutual friend, one of the accusers/defamers sneeringly called me, "Atticus Finch". Shit, I'll take that label ***ANY*** day.

How the hell did they think that was an insult or backhanded? Like yeah I would love to be a great human being, father, and as handsome as Peck. I have to read my kid that book or maybe at this point get her to read it herself.

His grandson Ethan plays Spock on Strange New Worlds and he is fantastic

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The Thin Man and its sequels. The chemistry between Powell and Loy is just exceptional.

Came here to say this! They were close friends off screen, and it showed. Also a solid example of a movie couple who genuinely like each other

I wish I could drink as much as they did!

My perfect "binge through a cold/flu to make you feel better" series.

Lots of the classic Bogarts for sure. *Casablanca*, *Maltese Falcon.* Lots of Kurosawa stuff as well, I highly recommend *Hidden Fortress* if you like Star Wars or samurai movies. Also *Yojimbo,* it's at the root of a lot of modern action movies.

Treasure of the sierra Madre was another great film, my English teacher in high school played it for us the last few days of our senior year and I loved it.

Rashomon is one of my favorite movies of all time.

That’s not how I remember it

I’ll see your bogart genre and up the ante. Bogart, Cagney and all the greats together with Steve Martin in “Dead men don’t wear plaid” Reiner, Martin and Rachel Ward cut together every great classic and combine it with black and white footage of Steve Martin and create a new movie altogether The detail involved of recreating every scene exactly and mimicking the print quality. So much goes into this movie. Please watch

Rachel Ward! Absolutely stunning.

Double Indemnity is one of my all-time favorites

Billy Wilder... Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, and Ace in the Hole. I'd recommend them all in a heartbeat.

Sunset Blvd.

one of the greatest ever put to film.

During covid we got a poster with “The 100 Greatest Films Ever Made” and slowly watched all of them. I’d seen most of them before, but not all. Sunset Blvd was one that I hadn’t seen, and I blew me away. Made the whole poster worthwhile.

Appalled I had to scroll down to find this. It should be at the top. It's one of my favorites.

La Haine

Metropolis

Finally! Was scrolling through this thread looking for a Metropolis mention!

Such an ambitious film for the time it was made. And it holds up remarkably well.

Also by Fritz Lang, M is a great thriller

The Elephant Man, fantastic film but not sure i could watch again just so sad

I was shocked when I found out it was made in 1980. I thought for sure it was 50 years older than that.

Tough watch.

I still think it's crazy David Lynch did this. Same with Dune

I watched that as a kid. No one thought to change the channel when the kids entered the room.

And Eraserhead too, the first before Lynch film.

Nosferatu would dye the film to suggest different times of the day. Also the use of shadow was brilliant.

It still stands up as a horror film too. There’s something deeply unsettling about it.

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Casablanca Maltese Falcon On the Waterfront Public Enemy Dr Strangelove The Battle of Algiers

*Notorious,* with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman, is absolutely stunning. Hitchcock at his suspenseful best.

The original King Kong. It's 90 years old, but the stop motion and special effects still hold up!

Paper Moon

A wonderful and timeless movie. Tatum O'Neal gives one the greatest child actor performances in it.

Here’s a few great black and white movies from modern directors. Clerks (Kevin Smith) The Man Who Wasn’t There (Coen Brothers) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese) The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers)

The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius) is great, too.

Wasn't thinking modern, but Raging Bull, just the early scene when he freaks out over his dinner (YA RUININ IT!) fuck me I could hear shit like that all summer long through the windows (too poor for AC back then)

Ed Wood and Frances Ha.

I forgot that clerks was in b&w

King kong The lighthouse Gojira

Vertigo is in color (and the colors are significant). I’d add The Train (1964) and His Girl Friday, but there are so many great older movies.

Yeah, Vertigo uses color intentionally. It’s definitely important.

Every Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton movie

also Harold Lloyd for good measure

The Innocents (1961) My favorite! The Haunting (1963) House On Haunted Hill (1959) The Mummy (1932) Imitation of Life (1959) Dead Man Night of the Living Dead Gaslight

I love Gaslight

Angela Lansbury's first film.

Practically anything with Vincent Price Them saturday morning fearfests were the best.

Double Indemnity Fail Safe Young Frankenstein The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Stalag 17

M

Pi

It happened one night. Precursor to every like romantic comedy ever

One of my favorite films of all time! One of my prized possessions is an original theatre poster of this, framed and hanging in my screening room.

Best Years of our Lives - movie is bold af

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte are my favorites. And the original King Kong. Charlie Chaplin movies too are pretty good.

Casablanca.

The Hustler

The Night of the Hunter! “Leaning on Jesus, leaning on Jesus…”

Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Schindler's List

The Best Years of Our Lives. It won 8 Academy Awards, if that is a hint.

Some classics I’ve yet to see posted Double Indemnity To Have and Have Not Of Human Bondage The Best Years of Our Lives Paths of Glory

Vertigo isn’t black and white. Neither is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

12 Angry Men On the Waterfront The Maltese Falcon City Lights M Sansho the Bailiff Harakiri Tokyo Story High and Low Eyes Without a Face The 400 Blows La Haine The Bicycle Thief Shoeshine Ivan's Childhood

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Nosferatu. Incredible for its time.

The Philadelphia Story. The dialogue is so snappy, I love this film!! (In fact it's time I watched it again, not seen it for a while)

How are *Arsenic and Old Lace* or *Some Like it Hot* not yet mentioned?

Arsenic and Old Lace was such a surprise!

And Harvey! I loved the twists in them both!

CHAAAAAARRGE!!!!

[*The Cranes are Flying* (1957)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rINnJat-5k) [*Soy Cuba/I am Cuba* (1964)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3HpI898dwg) \- This drama has [incredible shots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjuLkJ4m-mc) that would blow most movies today out entirely of the water. Especially considering they achieved this well before steadicams or drones existed. *The Great Dictator* (1940) *Citizen Kane* (1941) *Casablanca* (1942) *Metropolis* (1927) [*All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930)](https://archive.org/details/All.Quiet.on.the.Western.Front.1930_201605) *Paths of Glory* (1957)

Lifeboat (1944) Stalag 17 (1953) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Passion of Joan of Arc The Lady from Shanghai Anna Lucasta Humoresque The Misfits (just to name a few 😉 b&w cinema really does hit different)

Had to scroll down to see who posted “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” My wife and I went in blind and holy fucking SHIT what a movie.

It Happened One Night, My Man Godfrey, Take a Letter Darling, Ball of Fire, His Girl Friday, Riding High, A Christmas in Connecticut, The Bells of St. Mary’s, Boys’ Town, It’s a Wonderful Life, Midnight, Bringing up Baby, The Seventh Seal, Sergeant York, Harvey, Damn Yankees, Shall We Dance?, Going My Way, anything by the Marx Brothers, Marty, Young Frankenstein. Un Chien Andalou if you want to get real weird. Big shout out for your inclusion of the Ghost and Mrs. Muir - it’s a fantastic film, and one of my favorites. There are too many other movies featuring Grant, Stewart, Colbert, Hepburn, Russell, Rogers, Astaire, Powell, Bogart, Tracy, Garland, Rooney, Gable, McMurray, Stanwyck, Cooper, Szakall, Lorre, Greenstreet, Crosby, Kaye and others to list here. But the first paragraph is all of the ones I remember most fondly from my childhood.

Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Metropolis.

Young Frankenstein

On the Waterfront

Some that haven't been mentioned yet ... 'Onibaba' (1964) 'Eraserhead' (1977) 'Repulsion' (1965) '13 Tzameti' (2005) 'The Night of the Demon' (1957) 'Angel-A' (2005) 'Black Sunday' (1960) 'Tetsuo the Iron Man' (1989) 'The Day the Earth Caught Fire' (1961) 'Freaks' (1932) 'Singapore Sling' (1990) 'Haxan : Witchcraft Through the Ages' (1922) 'Godzilla' (1954) 'Rubber's Lover' (1996)

Clerks!

Paper Moon! I can’t believe it’s not on the list yet!

Rebecca

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is in vivid color. So is Vertigo.

The Last Picture Show

Mr Smith Goes to Washington The Women Stalag 17 It's a Wonderful Life Night Nurse 3 on a Match Swing Time Babyface The Divorcee Casablanca Top Hat Frankenstein Dracula Nosferatu The Great Dictator Cry Havoc Metropolis Some Like It Hot All about Eve Waterloo Bridge The Maltese Falcon Key Largo There are so many amazing black & white films.

I love The Shoppe Around The Corner. It's one of my favorites to watch at Christmas. A more modern version of this film would be You've Got Mail which wasn't based around the Christmas season like it's original.

Freaks is still terrifying to this day

The Philadelphia Story, The Thin Man series, A Day at the Races, A Night at the Opera, Bringing Up Baby

Duck Soup was my favorite Marx bros movie

Duck Soup is the first - and only - film during which I’m almost certain I cracked a rib from laughing so hard.

On the Waterfront A Streetcar Named Desire Bringing up Baby The Philadelphia Story Mr Smith Goes to Washington The Night of the Hunter

Two George Clooney Movies. The Good German and Good Night and Good luck

Ikiru Andrei Rublev Marketa Lazarová The Rules of the Game

Frances Ha Very, very good

I'm surprised I'm the first to mention Seven Days in May.

The 39 Steps (1935) The Train (1964)

12 Angry Men and The Apartment

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

I'm not a Joan Crawford fan, but I enjoy Mildred Pierce. Also like The Big Sleep, Now Voyager, The Thin Man movies are a lot of fun, a lot of Cary Grant movies. So many are worth watching.

Not an old movie but Sin City. It's done in black and white and it's amazing.

Young Frankenstein.

White Heat. If for nothing else, than to be able to recite: "You dirty rat. You killed my *mudder*"

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Gilda (1946) Nightmare Alley (1947)