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How to fall in love with B&W movies

“They don’t want to see a black and white movie, but you gonna have to, and I promise, ten minutes into the picture, they don’t know whether it’s black and white or color, they are into the movie, and when it’s over, they are raving about it”

 — Steven Spielberg.

This is my first list in this style, I don't know if it's a good start but I hope it's somehow encouraging for some who want to start exploring more black and white or classic movies.

Many people end up not getting black and white movies a chance because they think it's too tedious or unrealistic because of the time, which is actually the complete opposite, when we talk about…

There are 34 films in this list released in the 1950s available on Apple TV US.

  • The Big Heat
  • Sawdust and Tinsel
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Wild Strawberries
  • Ikiru
  • Touch of Evil
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • The 400 Blows
  • Seven Samurai
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Witness for the Prosecution
  • Pickpocket
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • Paths of Glory
  • In a Lonely Place
  • Umberto D.
  • The Wages of Fear
  • The Seventh Seal
  • On the Waterfront
  • Diabolique
  • All About Eve
  • A Man Escaped
  • La Strada
  • Strangers on a Train
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Sabrina
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour
  • Elevator to the Gallows
  • Roman Holiday
  • Ace in the Hole
  • Godzilla
  • 12 Angry Men
  • A Place in the Sun