Black and white films made since 1970

April 13, 2006 5:20 PM

Please help me find black and white (or predominantly black and white) films MADE SINCE 1970 for an ongoing art project.

Please help me find black and white (or predominantly black and white) films MADE SINCE 1970 for an ongoing art project.

I've already found the obvious ones like Schindler's List, Raging Bull and directors like Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch and Guy Maddin who have a considerable body of work.

Thanks!

posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup to Media & Arts (39 answers total)

La Haine.
posted by helios at 5:24 PM on April 13, 2006

clerks
good night and good luck
posted by jessica at 5:26 PM on April 13, 2006

The Last Picture Show

Or is that an obvious one?
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 5:28 PM on April 13, 2006

The Elephant Man

Under the Cherry Moon
posted by frogan at 5:29 PM on April 13, 2006

Pi
posted by onhazier at 5:30 PM on April 13, 2006

You could do a power search at IMDB and specify the year range and color=black and white and exclude tv series here.

also
Blair Witch Project and The Man Who Wasn't There.
posted by FreezBoy at 5:31 PM on April 13, 2006

The Addiction.
posted by Gator at 5:31 PM on April 13, 2006

Sin city
posted by grex at 5:31 PM on April 13, 2006

Suture
Following
The Cruise (documentary)
posted by dobbs at 5:35 PM on April 13, 2006

Schindler's List
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
posted by dilettante at 5:40 PM on April 13, 2006

I hate it when people don't read the questions very well. I really hate it when I don't read the questions well enough. Sorry about that.
posted by dilettante at 5:42 PM on April 13, 2006

Wings of Desire, by Wim Wenders. And man, if you want art, this is art. This is some serious art. Visually, intellectually, spiritually. Art art art.
posted by kookoobirdz at 5:45 PM on April 13, 2006

Young Frankenstein
posted by headspace at 6:06 PM on April 13, 2006

Probably pretty obvious, but:
Young Frankenstein
½ of Pleasantville
posted by rob511 at 6:06 PM on April 13, 2006

*sigh*
posted by rob511 at 6:07 PM on April 13, 2006

Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City" was produced entirely in black and white, and then hand colored, as I understand it. (Lots of red, in particular.)
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 6:14 PM on April 13, 2006

Broadway Danny Rose
posted by The Deej at 6:34 PM on April 13, 2006

Stardust Memories
Shadows and Fog
(uh o, I am sounding like a Woody Allen geek)
posted by The Deej at 6:43 PM on April 13, 2006

Oops missed the "obvious" part. (blush)
posted by The Deej at 6:43 PM on April 13, 2006

Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It"
Phil Joanou's "U2: Rattle & Hum"
Shinya Tsukamoto's "Tetsuo"
David Lynch's "Eraserhead"
Stephen Soderbergh's "Kafka"
Alek Keshishian's "Madonna: Truth or Dare"
Alexandre Rockwell's "In The Soup"
Tim Burton's "Ed Wood"
Rose Troche's "Go Fish"
Jean Bach's "A Great Day in Harlem"
Abel Ferrara's "The Addiction"
Mathieu Kassovitz' "La Haine"
Tom DiCillo's "Living in Oblivion"
Mark Borchardt's "Coven"
Adam Lamas' "Cry Havoc"
Scott McGehee's "Suture"
posted by macadamiaranch at 7:01 PM on April 13, 2006

Nadja
Begotten
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:04 PM on April 13, 2006

Paper Moon
posted by SashaPT at 7:26 PM on April 13, 2006

The Saddest Music In The World (2003)
posted by hendrixson at 7:40 PM on April 13, 2006

Response by poster: Thank you, thank you, thank you, I appreciate it. Some of these I already knew about, but some great, overlooked ones as well. Please keep them coming....
posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup at 3:48 AM on April 14, 2006

La Fille sur le pont, aka The Girl On the Bridge
posted by Prince Nez at 4:43 AM on April 14, 2006

Zentropa
posted by smich at 4:45 AM on April 14, 2006

Electric Dragon 80,000 V by Sogo Ishii
Samurai Fiction by Hiroyuki Nakano (sort of)
A Snake in June by Shinya Tsukamoto (sort of)
Eureka by Shinji Aoyama (sort of)

reviews here.
posted by misozaki at 4:45 AM on April 14, 2006

I can't believe no one has mentioned Rumble Fish yet.
posted by Decani at 5:29 AM on April 14, 2006

Or Darren Aronovski's "Pi"....
posted by hermitosis at 7:08 AM on April 14, 2006

And no one mentioned Jarmusch's Dead Man?
posted by Seamus at 7:50 AM on April 14, 2006

IMDB listing of 150,000 titles. Maybe somebody can figure out how to add a date search.
posted by joeclark at 7:55 AM on April 14, 2006

Clerks
Pleasantville (sort of)
posted by mkultra at 8:07 AM on April 14, 2006

Pi is up near the top. Jarmusch, Maddin, and Woody Allen are called out in the question.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:23 AM on April 14, 2006

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie.
(If you can get a hold of the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, it's a special feature in there.)
posted by itchie at 9:05 AM on April 14, 2006

Chan is Missing.
posted by Rash at 9:15 AM on April 14, 2006

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the recent Oscar-nominated Good Night, and Good Luck.
posted by mrhaydel at 11:08 AM on April 14, 2006

Coffee and Cigarrettes.
posted by idiotfactory at 12:46 PM on April 14, 2006

Radio On
posted by aisforal at 2:36 PM on April 14, 2006

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the recent Oscar-nominated Good Night, and Good Luck.

Somebody did
posted by Decani at 5:59 PM on April 16, 2006