The best black and white movies...in the modern age

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I found -from the few of it- that modern b/w very likeable, so far. i like the vibe for young filmakers at the time to creatively push their artistic vision with that format, often against the limitation of budget. I like following, pi, tetsuo, clerks. But the best and criminally underseen must be Muddy River (1981)
Still lot want to see the like modern classic werkmeister harmonies, satantango, white ribon, ida, jarmusch's dead men and coffe and cigarette

Also despite the use of sephia tone for most of parts, shinji aoyama's Eureka (2000) deserve mention imo



Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995)

Such a hypnotizing movie.




"Clerks". It has to be "Clerks". LOL! Also, "Young Frankenstein".

Just for fun, don't forget about "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid".



movies can be okay...
From what I've seen, the most noteworthy ones consist of "The White Ribbon", "Embrace of the Serpent", "The Artist" and "Ida". To a lesser extent, we could include "Frances Ha" and "Polytechnique" as well.
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The Artist is the first that comes to mind. Watched it again recently, holds up pretty well (better than I would have thought, at least).





Definitely comes to mind when you think of a movie replicating the aesthetics of true black and white cinema. Even the actors looked the part.

But the one I enjoyed the most is Sin City.
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Of those not mentioned -

Werckmeister Harmonies
My Twentieth Century
The Girl on the Bridge
The Call of Cthulhu
My Winnipeg
Aferim!
Tabu
City of Life and Death
Singapore Sling
The Nasty Girl
Brand Upon the Brain!
Swoon
Suture
Colossal Youth
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Europa
Alois Nebel
Korczak
Foreign Land
Federal Hill
Man of the Century
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Frances Ha.

From 1986: Down by Law.

From 1987: Wings of Desire (which I may prefer to Paris, Texas)

La Haine is also good.

Pi is a fascinating first foray for a now fan-favorite filmmaker. A Field in England is arguably Ben Wheatley’s most... Ben Wheatley work yet. Good Night, and Good Luck is an underrated gem.

Ed Wood, the peak of Burton’s career.
I forgot about Pi! I love that movie. Thanks for the reminder, Saunch.



And now for a Bob Hoskins movie: TwentyFourSeven (1997)




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Oh...somebody already mentioned Clerks.



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Yeah, I liked it actually although its been a while since I last watched it. Good if you like Joy Division.
I liked it either Im not huge fan of JD, but the story is quite interesting.