Top 10 Black and White Movies

Life, just like the movies I have seen, is in full7. From here to eternity - 1953
colour. When I hear about a black and white8. Some Like is Hot - 1959
movie, it seems boring and not appealing but in9. The best years of our lives - 1946
fact, some of the black and white movies were,10. Lenny - 1974
and still are some of the classics of all time.It is important to note that some of the movies
At first, when movies started, the movement inare not old, but were deliberately chosen to be
the movies was very exciting. When colourfilmed in black and white. The newest being "Good
appeared it seemed like black and white was out.Night and Good Luck".
No one ever expected that any director wouldThe best years of our lives also won the Oscar
ever choose black and white movies where infor the best movie and Alfred Hitchcock proved
fact directors have used the black and white toin his movie "Psycho" that quality can be delivered
create a period in time that colour could nevereven if it is in back and white.
represent.One step forward from the black and white
In spite of the younger generation's resistance tomovies was the combination black and white and
black and white movies, there has been somecolour films where there is a mix of black and
brave and successful attempts to film in black andwhite and colour in one film. One of the most
white. The opposition to black and white claimssuccessful of all times Steven Spielberg filmed
that black and white movies are not a good1993's Holocaust drama "Schindler's List" in black
representation of life, which is full of colour. Theand white with the single use of red color with the
supporters claim that in times where computerslittle girl sweater, representing the loss of the
can create a visual effect of anything possible,color in life.
there is no such thing as real colour.Another brave artistic attempt was Robert
Film makers found magic in back and white colourRodriguez in "Sin City" (2005) - a movie with a
and used it brilliantly in an artistic way to presentsurreal spin on comics. Without much color, it was
old times.a celebration of color and an amazing piece of art.
You w ill be surprised to know that some of theThe combination movies - Black and white and
top movies, in terms of worldwide box officecolor became an artistic way to present ideas and
income and not including earnings from videos andmessages. They have been used successfully to
DVDs, are in black and white.move people from the black and white mindset
Top 10 black and white moviesto the lively colorful mindset, like presented in
1. Young Frankenstein - 1974"Pleasantville" (1998).
2. Manhattan - 1979Like in any photograph or a painting, the real art is
3. Good Night and Good Luck - 2005in the successful manipulation of lights, the black
4. Psycho -1960and white movies are another artistic way to
5. Mom and Dad - 1944represent life, with all its colors.
6. Paper Moon - 1973