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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 113 films in this list available on Apple TV US.

  • La Jetée
  • Sherlock Jr.
  • Black Girl
  • Freaks
  • The Invisible Man
  • Pickpocket
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • The General
  • Winter Light
  • The ion of Joan of Arc
  • Ida
  • Pi
  • Persona
  • Vivre Sa Vie
  • Brief Encounter
  • City Lights
  • Modern Times
  • Hour of the Wolf
  • Paths of Glory
  • Laura
  • Eraserhead
  • The Big Heat
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • Breathless
  • Wild Strawberries
  • Umberto D.
  • Elevator to the Gallows
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour
  • His Girl Friday
  • Sawdust and Tinsel
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Scarface
  • In a Lonely Place
  • Ivan's Childhood
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Godzilla
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • 12 Angry Men
  • La Haine
  • Brute Force
  • The 400 Blows
  • The Shop Around the Corner
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • The Cremator
  • A Man Escaped
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Paper Moon
  • Bringing Up Baby
  • Casablanca
  • Onibaba
  • The Third Man
  • Repulsion
  • It Happened One Night
  • Jules and Jim
  • Double Indemnity
  • Seconds
  • On the Waterfront
  • The Children's Hour
  • The Lighthouse
  • Psycho
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • Yojimbo
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Gilda
  • Late Spring
  • M
  • Touch of Evil
  • Ace in the Hole
  • Sabrina
  • The Philadelphia Story
  • Gaslight
  • La Strada
  • Witness for the Prosecution
  • Diabolique
  • Now, Voyager
  • The Trial
  • The Last Picture Show
  • Roman Holiday
  • Citizen Kane
  • La Notte
  • Some Like It Hot
  • A Place in the Sun
  • The Girl with the Needle
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Embrace of the Serpent
  • The Great Dictator
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • The Apartment
  • L'Eclisse
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Ed Wood
  • Wings of Desire
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Raging Bull
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?