Recommend me a good black and white film:

[Boris Godunov]

A Night to Remember (1958 - Refreshing antitode to Cameron's bloated "Titanic")
Les Miserables (1935, with Charles Laughton/Frederic March)
Psycho
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Private Life of Henry VIII (Charles Laughton in his best role)
Alexander Nevsky
Battleship Potemkin
The Haunting (1963, with Julie Harris. Again, far better than the recent Hollywood remake)
Metropolis (a silent classic)
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
Orson Welles's Macbeth
The Manchurian Candidate
Casablanca

Jeez, too many to list...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by GePap
Orson wells' a Touch of Evil (50 something) and The Third Man (49) are both excellent films.M was by lang, and it was Peter Lorre's first film. Very good.

Touch of Evil should ONLY be seen in the recent re-edit. The original theatrical release is terrible, which was a result of bad editing done by the studio after they fired Welles for going over budget and time.

Welles saw a preview of the studio's version and, appalled, wrote a 50-page manifesto begging them to incorporate some changes. They ignored him, and the movie bombed. A few years ago, however, someone took Welles's manifesto and re-edited the film to his specifications. The result is far, far superior.

M is chilling, yes. Lorre's voice when describing how he has to kill the children still gives me the absolute creeps.

[Japher]

Yup, lots of great older movies... Back in the days when people actually acted instead of relying on FX to take care of that for them...

I am a big Jimmy Stuart fan, I also really like John Wayne so anything with either of them in it, or get the double wammy with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"... Another good JS film is "The Glen Miller Story"... Made my wife cry when I showed it to her, rather long though...

[Zopperoni]

The man who wasn't there [2001] - Film noir with Billy Bob Thornton
Some like it hot [1959] - Comedy with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis
Strangers on a train [1951] - Hitchcock film

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Japher
Back in the days when people actually acted

...

I also really like John Wayne

Is that what acting is supposed to be like?

Actually, I think acting has improved considerably since the earlier days of film, with few exceptions. Go watch a major film like Quo Vadis and see just how excruciatingly bad most of the lead actors were, and in those days people lauded them! I'd say the average film actor today is far better than the average film actor of 50-60 years ago, just because standards of what constitutes good acting have improved considerably (Marlon Brando should get a lot of credit for this).

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp

[q]"The African Queen"[q]

Wasn't that in colour?

You are quite right Laz. Sorry, must have watched it on a black and white set (DOH).

[DanS]

All About Eve.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Is that what acting is supposed to be like?

Actually, I think acting has improved considerably since the earlier days of film, with few exceptions. Go watch a major film like Quo Vadis and see just how excruciatingly bad most of the lead actors were, and in those days people lauded them! I'd say the average film actor today is far better than the average film actor of 50-60 years ago, just because standards of what constitutes good acting have improved considerably (Marlon Brando should get a lot of credit for this).

i agree

[Richelieu]

The first 20 minutes of "The Wizard of Oz".

[chequita guevara]

Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn is one of my all time favorites. Another Cary Grant movie that is a must see is Arsenic and Old Lace. Grant's facial expressions in both movies are great.

Several Bogie movies: Key Largo, To Have and Have Not, The Maltese Falcon, and Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries by Inmar Bergman.

[SlowwHand]

To Have and Have Not.
To Kill A Mockingbird

A good John Wayne movie, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; also has Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
A good John Wayne movie, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; also has Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin.

That is a GREAT movie.

*chegitz is huge Westerns fan.

Another great B&W Western is High Noon. Can't go wrong with Stagecoach either, the original or the remake (both have John Wayne).

[Jamski]

Seventh Seal Possible the best movie ever

Knight : I hear that you play Chess
Death : Where did you hear that?
Knight : I have seen it in picture and heard it told in songs
Death : I am quite good
Knight : But you can't be as good as me...

But in Swedish

-Jam

[Japher]

Jungle Fever

[BeBMan]

I liked especially "Judgment at Nuremberg", "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Apartment". I also like those old movies about stuff from E.A. Poe with Vincent Price.