Classic BW films

[welsh dragon]

The haunting. 1963 a classic British horror.
Murder at the gallop starring the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. Another 1963 British classic.
Anything starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. I have the complete box set.

 

[stephec]

The thirties version of Wuthering Heights, she's bound to like that.

 

[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."

And starring the leading lady's father, Great Expectations.

Ob. Cycling: I went on a ride led by @User10571 where we visited the church at Cooling which inspired Dickens in writing the beginning bit of Great Expectations.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The Night of the Hunter.
Hobsons Choice.

 

[Roadrider48]

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)

On the waterfront. One of my favourites!

 

[Roadrider48]

Mickey Rooney-Angels with dirty faces.

 

[ColinJ]

The eponymous demon is very cheesy when it finally appears in Night of the Demon, but otherwise that film is a bit unsettling.

I discovered that Dr Strangelove is available on Netflix and will be watching that again some time soon.

I have watched the original Psycho too many times now, but that was worth watching.

For a romantic foreign b&w film, try Un homme et une femme?

I enjoyed The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Mickey Rooney-Angels with dirty faces.

That was Jimmy Cagney, Rooney wasn't in it.

 

[John the Monkey]

White Heat
Frances Ha
Sunset Boulevard
The League of Gentlemen

 

[Roadrider48]

That was Jimmy Cagney, Rooney wasn't in it.

Yes! My mistake, thanks.
"You dirty rat"

 

[cyberknight]

Build my gallows high or out of the past.

 

[NorthernDave]

This Sporting Life

 

[smutchin]

For a love story with a touch of Gallic panache, how about Jules et Jim?

 

[Tim Hall]

Bicycle Thieves, obvs.

(available on Iplayer until 0155 Tuesday)

 

[TrishE]

Black and white films I've watched over and over are,

Carry on Cabby
Murder she said
Murder most foul
Murder ahoy
Murder at the gallop
Hobson's choice
Trouble in store
Hue and Cry
Lavender hill mob

There's one I like called The long arm with Jack Hawkins but not been able to find it on dvd so not seen that since I taped it off the telly years ago.

Genevieve is fab but colour, so is the ladykillers and the titfield thunderbolt