29 Black And White Movies Worth Watching

You might’ve seen most modern movies — but how many classics have you seen? There are some fantastic movies made in black and white that still hold up today. Here are some that are definitely worth watching:

‘What Happened To Baby Jane. Fantastic and entertaining horror film. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford worked so well together, even though they didn’t like each other.” — GengarIsLife

“Psycho. We watched that recently for the first time and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it and how well it held up. I knew the twist already, but I could still see how well it was set up and how it would have blown some minds.” — evilpotato1121

“Young Frankenstein. Maybe the funniest movie I have ever seen. PUT DE CANDLE BECK.” — Infinite_Duck

“I’m surprised that I haven’t seen Arsenic and Old Lace mentioned yet. The film nominally focuses on a young man with two crazy aunts. Said aunts have a habit of inviting down-and-out travelers to their bed-and-breakfast inn, then poisoning them and burying them in the basement. The protagonist’s brother, on the other hand, believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt, and… you know what? Just give it a watch. It’s hilarious. I’d recommend viewing the film while enjoying a glass of elderberry wine.” — RamsesThePigeon·

“Casablanca. Great film! Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman were amazing in it.” — GengarIsLife

“12 Angry Men. Phenomenal film. Absolutely still holds up in fact I would say it’s more important that people see this film today.” — ChipmunkBackground46

“Dr. Strangelove, such a great film that rarely gets mentioned. Every time I watch it I find a new joke! ‘I think the auto-destruct button got hit and blew itself up.’ Every line is gold.” — Easy_Art2662

“The Japanese cut of the original Godzilla is a genuinely harrowing movie. It’s also just unsettling as hell. I it really gets undercut by the 30+ sequels of WWE wrestling in monster suits that followed (which is what Godzilla is mostly known for).” — KingPizza1

“It Happened One Night. Glorious screwball comedy with Clark Gable.” — spoonfingler

“The Thin Man and its entire series. Made in the 1930’s, it holds up as a detective story. It is as good as any modern detective movie. It is a fun detective movie, not grimdark.” — AgentElman

“Schindlers List. I watched it once, it was a great movie. But I’ve never been able to bring myself to watch it again. You definitely need to be in the right mindset to watch it.” — LaHawks

“His Girl Friday. It is a comedy from 1941. It pretty much invented the concept of ‘machine gun dialogue.’ The themes are still relevant.” — WrongWayCorrigan-361

“To Kill A Mockingbird. I still get really nostalgic watching this and I was an 80’s kid. The book is as amazing as the film.” — greiman23

“Duck Soup. Classic Marx Brothers movie.” — Zjoee

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari! So amazing what they did with black and white and no sound. The whole film is a nightmarish masterpiece.” — Coriander_Heffalump

“It’s A Wonderful Life. A Christmas movie that I’d watch year round.” — ktswift12

“Night of the Living Dead, one of the first actual horror movies I ever watched. My dad saw it back in the day when he was young and he calls it one of the scariest movies he’s ever seen.” — napoleonblewnapart·

“Citizen Kane. Love that one. Because of its reputation I expected it to be some stuffy, pretentious Art-with-a-capital-A but it’s really a genuinely entertaining movie that happens to have been incredibly technically advanced for its time.” — everylastlight

“Paths of Glory. It’s a war film about the French during the First World War. It’s Kubrick’s most emotional film and I love it, especially the tear jerking moments. Great movie, and is elevated the more you know about the history.” — andrewads2001

“Roma. You could frame every shot and hang it on your wall.” — NoOneShallPassHassan

“Ed Wood. Amazing film, and funny too. Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi was magnificent! I’m so glad he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.” — GengarIsLife

“Seven Samurai. ‘Yes it’s 3 hours long, in black and white, 3:4, has subtitles, and is a period piece. But it’s also the best god damn movie ever made.'” — makecowsnotwar

“I love the Philadelphia Story! Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart.” — Womanwarriorlight

“The Man Who Wasn’t There. A 2001 film noir by the Coen Brothers. It features Billy Bob Thornton, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tony Shalhoub and more!” — shaggy–

“The Haunting (1963 Dir. Robert Wise) is a bit of a masterclass in horror. Based on the Shirley Jackson book The Haunting of Hill House which inspired a remake in 1999 and a Netflix series in 2018. Scared the shit out of me as a kid.” — Tungsten83

“Some Like It Hot is so full of life that I forget that it’s in black and white! Shoot, this should been on my list of movies that I can watch again and again.” — Womanwarriorlight

“La Haine is one of my all time favorites, very intense.” — GakyaliMabaga·

“Pi. It’s strange and a little hard to watch at first but damn I love it.” — jessieblonde

“The Lighthouse. Robert Pattinson is such a good actor and I feel like everyone sleeps on him because of the Twilight movies. The Lighthouse was so delightfully weird and unsettling.” — rainbowgoose88