Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

Shooting in Black & White is a dying art, but there are still some movies out there not afraid to use it and make it look brilliant, or give an Indie film that artistic grunge look. So here is a list of movies from 1970 and beyond that have benefitted from being shot in B&W.

Black and White in Modern Day Movies and Series

As far as I can remember, this is the complete list of films I have watched in my life.

Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)

Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Jack Black, Melissa Cobb, Mark Osborne, John Powell, and John Stevenson in Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Igor Ilyinsky and Mikhail Kheifits in Carnival Night (1956)

Haluk Bilginer and Cansu Dere in Persona (2018)

Unfortunately, there are PLENTY of movies which are trully great (or, at least, very good), but their grades on IMDb are disrespectfully low... For example, I noticed that some remakes, which are pretty good, have reputation which is not adequate to their quality: 13, Assault on Precinct 13, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Funny Games, The Invisible & Planet of the Apes.

There are also independent ''pearls'' which deserved to make this list: All the Days Before Tomorrow, Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, Bug, Cafe, The Caller, A Dark Place (Steel Country), Exam, Fly Away, Gardens of the Night, Hounddog... I think almost every real film lover likes independent cinema!

I'm a huge fan of beautiful Korean cinema, so there's more than 40 movies from South Korea on this list, too. Besides USA and Spain, they have the best thrillers in the world, so some of them are listed here: Antarctic Journal, Blood Rain, The Devil's Game, Moss, Open City etc.

I'll update my list when I check some of other quality movies with lower grades than they deserve to have. I need to investigate some more film noirs and animated movies with grade below 7...

Movies are listed in alphabetical order, except Triangle, which is (in my opinion) the MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE EVER on IMDb! Reason? Who knows, it's a huge mystery...

My other lists:

100+ Best Mind-Twisting Movies Ever Made (http://www.imdb.com/list/nR2IXsEac3M/) 

Best Teenage/High School Drama Movies Ever Made (http://www.imdb.com/list/Y0MZcARmxmE/)  

Melissa George's Movies - from Best to Worst (http://www.imdb.com/list/y2K7RUq9rwE/)  

Movies with Best Child Performances (http://www.imdb.com/list/5d0enVAw-JE/) 

Movies That I Own on Original DVD's (http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070103092/)  

My Favorite Directors (http://www.imdb.com/list/AeAY-xbUBPQ/) 

[last update: March 27, 2025]

This is my film odyssey. Feel welcome to this lifetime journey through some of my personal favourite movies, other films I liked plus a handful I think deserve a viewing. Enjoy this cinephile travel as much as I do!

✔ OUTSTANDING* Movies I ranked with 10: 1-178 ✔ EXCELLENT* Movies I ranked with 9: 179-584 ✔ GREAT* Movies I ranked with 8: from 585-1551 ✔ VERY GOOD* Movies I ranked with 7: 1552-2666 ✔ Other Movies* I ranked with 6 or less: 2667 to end

*(all films arranged chronologically according to my ranking score)

Thanks in advance to everyone who visit this list.

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