Your All-Time Favorite Black & White Movies

Dammit! Been a while. Okay, I’ll go with Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte, because it actually scared me when I saw it.

Saw this at a sleepover at the,age of eight…on tv…with the lights on…and it still disturbed the hell out of me. As an aside, what an amazing cast.

Now watching ***Pygmalion ***with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. :slight_smile:

Some I haven’t seen mentioned:

Les Diaboliques (French noir) - good twist(s) - creepy!
Christmas in July - very funny!
Bringing up Baby - may have been mentioned already - funny, and the stars were still young and hot!

I like many of the films mentioned so far, i.e. Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane, etc.

I add:

Metropolis (1927)
Clerks (1994)
Freaks (1932)

Woops. Sorry I missed your question.

Well, that paper mache ham was weird, for one.
Mostly, though, I found the sudden introduction of Boo at the very end rather jarring.
Robert Duval hiding behind the bedroom door and watching the kid sleep actually seemed super creepy to me.

I also didn’t understand how the ending fit into the rest of the movie thematically, although I’d be happy to have it explained to me. It might even help me to enjoy the movie more in retrospect.
I guess the mockingbird just flew right over my head.

I liked just about everything else about the movie.

12 Angry Men
The Oxbow Incident
LA Confidential
Paths of Glory

3 out of 4 qualify. Do you want to replace LA Confidential with another film?

No, it’s a great movie, and yes I know which one you’re referring to.

Born Yesterday was on, well, yesterday. I’d forgotten how terrific Judy Holliday was in that movie (she won the Oscar that year over some very stiff competition).

Safety Last!
The Awful Truth
Dr. Strangelove

How about ‘The Nanny’ with Bette Davis as the psycho-biddy? Haven’t seen it since I was a kid, but to this day I don’t like to have the shower curtain closed.

Westward the Women (1951) Westward the Women (1951) - IMDb

I’ve seen this several times but never realized it was written by Frank Capra.

I always knew this picture had a huge amount of heart but I could never figure out why. Then, I watched it again yesterday and saw it was written by Frank Capra. Mystery solved.

The ending of this film carries a real big emotional payoff. A truly excellent film.

I don’t think so.

hmmm.
damn.
what if I have, like, a 712-way tie for my top three?
ok I’ll roulette this, then -

Freaks
The Hidden Fortress
Night of the Hunter

So, I can rattle off, oh, another 48 posts, then?

just this one more for now, I spose…

Eraserhead
Citizen Kane
Testament of Dr. Mabuse (damn, that opening track shot)

Three pages and I don’t see The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance mentioned.

James Stewart and John Wayne. Supported by Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Strother Martin, and Lee Van Cleef.

Great cast, great movie, even if you don’t like westerns.

This B&W L.A. Confidential?

lol last batch for the day, then -

Down By Law
Lady From Shanghai
Man Bites Dog

Sunrise
Knife in the Water
State of Things