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- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Steinbeck’s iconic 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel finds the perfect director to adapt it in the great John Ford. bringing the Joad clan to life during the Dust Bowl-era in a film of unforgettable passion and power.
- The Third Man (1949) Something of a compendium of film noir technique, Carol Reed’s The Third Man is, as New York Times movie critic Bosley Crowther wrote “a brilliantly packaged bag of cinematic tricks, [showing Reed’s] whole range of inventive genius for making the camera expound.
- Rashômon (1950) This lyrical and legendary masterpiece from Akira Kurosawa tells the judiciously straight-forward tale of Tajōmaru, a bandit (Toshiro Mifune) who’s charged with murdering a Samurai (Masayuki Mori) and then raped his wife (Machiko Kyo).
- Manhattan (1979) Filmed in beautiful black-and-white and 2.35:1 widescreen by Gordon Willis, writer-director Woody Allen’s valentine to New York City is a visual feast.
- To Kill A Mockingbird. 1962 | 2 hours 9 minutes | Directed by Robert Mulligan. Starring Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton. Many have heard of this masterpiece by Robert Mulligan, yet very little know the actual story.
- Psycho. 1960 | 1 hour 49 minutes | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who has stolen $40,000 from her company to flee with her boyfriend, is on the run and stops at the run-down Bates Motel for the night.
- Schindler's List. 1993 | 3 hours 15 minutes | Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley. This film tells the story of Nazi officer Oskar Schindler, who secretly saved hundreds of Jewish people from concentration camps.
- Citizen Kane. 1941 | 1 hour 59 minutes | Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore. The plot of Citizen Kane is surprisingly straightforward.
Greatest Black and White Movies of all time. Before there was color, filmmakers learned their craft using black and white film stocks and gave us some of cinema's finest moments on celluloid.
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- The Steerage (1907) by Alfred Stieglitz. Alfred Stieglitz (1864 – 1946) 1907. Photogravure. 32 x 26. In 1907, Alfred Stieglitz captured what many regard to be the very first modernist photo while on vacation in Europe.
- Cotton Mill Girl (1908) by Lewis Hine. Lewis Hine (1874 – 1940) 1908. Gelatin silver print. 26 x 34. A little girl of about 12 years old is positioned between a cotton loom and a window that appears to stretch into the horizon behind her.
- Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park (1927) by Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) 1927. Gelatin silver print.
- Lunch atop a Skyscraper (1932) by Charles C. Ebbets. Charles C. Ebbets (1905 – 1978) 1932. Black and white photograph.
- Casablanca. 1942. 887 votes. Set in World War II, this iconic film follows the romantic and political entanglements of an American expatriate named Rick, who runs a nightclub in the titular Moroccan city.
- It's a Wonderful Life. 1946. 795 votes. A heartwarming tale of redemption and second chances, this film centers on George Bailey, a despondent man contemplating suicide on Christmas Eve.
- Psycho. 1960. 719 votes. Directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, this chilling thriller follows Marion Crane, a secretary who embezzles money from her employer and checks into the remote Bates Motel.
- It Happened One Night. 1934. 326 votes. A true screwball comedy classic, the film follows an heiress who runs away from her controlling father and meets a brash reporter eager to get a scoop on her story.
May 20, 2023 · For all these reasons, 12 Angry Men stands out as the best classic black-and-white movie of all time. Related: The Best Courtroom Drama Movies of All Time, Ranked. 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Aug 11, 2021 · To determine the best black and white films of all time, Stacker dug into IMDb's broad database, which yielded a list spanning genres, decades, and nationalities. To qualify, each film had to be primarily in black and white, meaning color films with black and white sequences were not included.
