Best black and white films ever

[DaisyDukesAuntie]

I am trying to compile a list of black and white films to watch. I love black and white film - care to share recommendations?

My personal favourite is Brief Encounter.

So it is! Apparently Hitchcock's first colour film: Apologies OP.

So many great films already mentioned. I'll add The Night of the Hunter.

How did I forget Blithe Spirit! Absolutely love that film.

Rebecca
10 little Indians
The day Earth stood
The wicked Lady
Village of Dammed
High Noon
A Brief Encounter
An inspector calls
It's a Wonderful Life
A Night to Remember (titanic)
Dorian Grey
All about Eve
Loved all these - spent manny a happy sat with Granny watching these as a child.

Scrooge with Alistair Sim.

Came on to say Scrooge with Alistair Sim! Then watch Its a Wonderful Life, straight after. This is mine and DH Christmas Eve routine for 20÷ years.

Best version ever made.

schindler's list

Thank you so much for all of these suggestions! I am making note of them all and it's going to be an amazing list!

It's a post retirement, watch one a day plan. I can't wait to start 🤓

TV can be a good source. There are lots of old British films from the 40s and 50s that sometimes turn up on Film4 or London Live, if you have access to those. I believe Talking Pictures has old films too but we haven't investigated that yet.

I could watch John Mills in anything. He worked non-stop during those years and there are a couple of his more obscure films which I've seen more than once and would recommend:
The Long Memory
The October Man

Also, a Richard Attenborough film from the 60s: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
(directed by Bryan Forbes, Attenborough is the male lead)

Has somebody said the Seven Samurai?

I first went to see it at the cinema many years ago a bit apprehensive at the running time (despite the built in intermission!) and came out wondering why I'd bothered watching any other films when I could been watching this 😊

Ahhhhh, I love old films and especially noir. I can never remember the names of things to add anything here, but I'm posting so I can use this as a list to choose from this evening!

M is very good.

100% casablanca
The scene in the bar with the national anthems 😭
There's a really good Dirk Bogarde film called The Password is Courage which is fabulous.

The Bishop's Wife- cary grant and David niven at Christmas. Absolutely gorgeous and funny and touching

I came to say Rebecca!

Never seen The Lady Vanishes - but I will now.

I'll bung in Notorious. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman are so beautiful you have to wear sunglasses to watch it..

And Young Frankenstein. Deliberately black and white - Mel Brooks went to great lengths to match the sepia tinted B&W tones of the original films.

That one’s Spellbound, but Suspicion is great too!

Rope was Hitchcock's first colour film.

Night Train to Munich
Kipps
Cottage to Let
Green for Danger
The Lady Vanishes

Mildred Pierce
Shadow of a Doubt
The Dark Mirror
Double Indemnity
The Most Dangerous Game
I Want to Live
Angels With Dirty Faces

Shadow of a Doubt
The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Eve
The Palm Beach Story
The Awful Truth
Easy Living
The Little Foxes
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Queen of Spades

Whistle Down the Wind - my all time favourite film

Schindlers List
Harvey
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
It's a Wonderful Life
To Kill a Mockingbird
Casablanca
Dr Strangelove
A Streetcar Named Desire
Goodbye Mr Chips

If you're happy with subtitles, Tokyo Story is a beautiful film.

Has anyone mentioned Now, Voyager?