There are many fabulous B&W movies and one of the best things about them is they are virtually unknown by modern audiences. So, I hope that you will find some movies in this thread that you will truly enjoy.
I’ve thought of a few diff ways to organize this thread. I could ask people to each post the name of just one of their favorite B&W films. Or I could ask people to post as many as they feel like.
But if I did that, some lunatic (like myself for instance) would then post a list with a hundred titles and then everyone would just ignore that post and ignore the rest of the thread.
So, I’d like to ask you to post a maximum of three names of your most favorite B&W films. Then give someone else a chance to post theirs and then you can come back and post three more if you like.
I hope that will work out OK. I will start with my three most favorite B&W films of all time:
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The Treasure of Sierra Madre 1948 - IMO, Humphrey Bogart’s finest performance ever - directed by Walter Huston and IMO, this is also his finest film,
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White Heat 1949 - Gangster Film starring James Cagney - one of the best gangster films ever made.
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Sabrina 1954 - they can’t all be crime stories - this one’s a love story starring Bogart and Audrey Hepburn - an unlikely pair but IMO,
it’s the director (Billy Wilder) who made this such a great film - directed by Billy Wilder and IMO, it is his masterpiece.