Classic BW films

[Dave 123]

@Markymark

Don't snitch on me 3BM, He was going to find it anyway, he always does!

 

[NorthernDave]

Sorry, forgot about Sin City - another great B&W film that I'm sure you'll both enjoy.

 

[biggs682]

The Thirty nine steps
Brief encounter
Anything by Rank

The original is black and white and is a quality film

 

[Poacher]

Neither soppy nor girly, but this thread reminded me that Marx Brothers films used to be shown reasonably frequently on the box, but I haven't seen one for years. Has some scoundrel bought up the rights? Might have to invest in DVDs.

 

[jefmcg]

Anything off this list

http://www.filmsite.org/afi100filmsA.html

eg

Citizen Kane (1941)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Third Man (1949)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Schindler's List (1993)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Stagecoach (1939)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
All About Eve (1950)
Psycho (1960)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Modern Times (1936)
High Noon (1952)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Duck Soup (1933)
Double Indemnity (1944)
King Kong (1933)
The Apartment (1960)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)

(I've only included movies that are b&w, haven't been mentioned in the thread, and I like)

 

[NorthernDave]

Went The Day Well, starring a young Thora Hird.

The Blue Lamp

 

[Tim Hall]

Went The Day Well, starring a young Thora Hird.

The Blue Lamp

Ooh, good call. Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde Dirk Bogarde does for Jack Warner with a shooter

 

[MartinQ]

Even if it's just for the title sequence, Walk on the Wild Side

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9Or8rE_Dc

 

[midlife]

Angels with dirty faces

White heat

Both Cagney films if memory serves?

Shaun

 

[swee'pea99]

Anything off this list

http://www.filmsite.org/afi100filmsA.html

eg

Citizen Kane (1941)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Third Man (1949)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Schindler's List (1993)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Stagecoach (1939)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
All About Eve (1950)
Psycho (1960)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Modern Times (1936)
High Noon (1952)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Duck Soup (1933)
Double Indemnity (1944)
King Kong (1933)
The Apartment (1960)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)

(I've only included movies that are b&w, haven't been mentioned in the thread, and I like)

Top list!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Sabrina
(link) B&W with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. Directed by Billy Wilder (best known for Some Like It Hot)

Avanti
(link) Not B&W but with Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. Also directed by Billy Wilder.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Brief Encounter
Quatermass & The Pit
NIght Of The Demon
The Day The Earth Stood Still
When Worlds Collide

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Here's a couple at opposite ends of the spectrum:

Young Frankenstein

Kagemusha

 

[Tim Hall]

Drifting away from the OP's requirement for "soppy", what about Whistle Down the Wind?

"It isn't Jesus. It's just a fella."

 

[threebikesmcginty]

So long as it's not a Charlie Chaplin film, gawd they're dull and unfunny.