Best Black & White Films by Rank
2860
1323
1943
Andrew L. Stone
Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe
Comedy
USA
English
2860
1323
1934
Yu Sun
Yan Jin, Yanyan Chen, Li-li Li, Ming Luo, Junili Zheng
Comedy / Musical / Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2860
1323
1938
Marcel Carné
Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty
Drama
France
French
2860
1323
1954
Fritz Lang
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime
USA
English
2860
1323
1968
Tai Kato
Chieko Baisho, Yuki Kawamura, Sanae Nakahara, Ran Fan O
Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1978
Guy Debord
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2860
1323
1963
Shohei Imamura
Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Nagato
Drama / Comedy
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1938
Abel Gance
Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou, Jean-Max
Drama / Horror / War
France
French
2860
1323
1980
Yvonne Rainer
Annette Michelson, Gabor Vernon, Vito Acconci, Yvonne Rainer
Drama / Experimental
USA / UK / West Germany
English
2860
1323
1936
Sadao Yamanaka
Chojuro Kawarasaki, Utaemon Nakamura, Shizue Yamagishi
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1961
Ritwik Ghatak
Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Anil Chatterjee
Drama / Romance
India
Bengali
2860
1323
1916
Yevgeni Bauer
Vera Kholodnaya, Lydia Koreneva, Ivane Perestiani, Vitold Polonsky
Drama / Romance
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2860
1323
1964
Mai Zetterling
Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré,
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2860
1323
1936
Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry, Gaston Dubosc, Serge Grave, Paul Bernard
Comedy
France
French
2860
1323
1913
D.W. Griffith
Walter Miller, Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce, Viola Barry, Charles West
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2860
1323
1975
Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa
Philippe Abia, Arlette Din Beli, Gisèle Dikongue-Pipa
Drama
Cameroon
French
2860
1323
1949
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1949
Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino
Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn, Dorothy Adams
Drama
USA
English
2860
1323
1912
D.W. Griffith
W. Chrystie Miller, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Edwin August
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2860
1323
1970
Manoj Kumar
Ashok Kumar, Saira Banu, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Bharti, Nirupa Roy
Drama / Musical / Romance
India
Hindi
2860
1323
1935
Sadao Yamanaka
Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kiyozo, Kunitaro Sawamura
Comedy
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1933
Phil Goldstone
Zita Johann, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Dinehart, Claire Du Brey
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2860
1323
1954
Mikio Naruse
Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1937
Kenji Mizoguchi
Ichiro Sugai, Haruo Tanaka, Kumeko Urabe, Masao Shimizu
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1956
Yuzo Kawashima
Michiyo Aratama, Yukiko Todoroki, Seizaburô Kawazu
Drama / Comedy
Japan
Japanese
2860
1323
1924
Lupu Pick
Edith Posca, Eugen Klöpfer, Frieda Richard, Karl Harbacher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2860
1323
1956
Douglas Sirk
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds
Drama
USA
English
2860
1323
1983
Raoul Ruiz
Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2860
1323
1965
Ken Loach
Geraldine Sherman, Carol White, Vickery Turner, Michael Standing
Drama / Documentary
UK
English
NR
-
1943
Edward Sedgwick
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Stephen McNally
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
1962
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Rosy Varte
Drama / Romance
France
French
NR
-
1939
Edward Buzzell
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice
Comedy / Family / Musical
USA
English
NR
-
1941
Charles Reisner
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey
Comedy / Musical / Family
USA
English
NR
-
2007
Brett Morgen
Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber
Documentary / Animation / History / Crime
USA
English
NR
-
1917
J. Gordon Edwards
Theda Bara, Fritz Leiber, Thurston Hall, Alan Roscoe, Herschel Mayall
Biography / Drama / History / Epic
USA
English (Silent)
NR
-
1940
Clarence Brown
Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
1940
Edward Buzzell
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis
Comedy / Musical / Western / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1959
Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas, Molly McCarthy
Crime / Drama / Caper
USA
English
NR
-
1979
Michael Crichton
Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris
Drama / Action / Comedy / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Caper / Period Film
UK
English
NR
-
2012
Genndy Tartakovsky
Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher
Animation / Comedy / Family / Horror
USA
English
NR
-
1926
Dick Smith
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Jobyna Ralston
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
NR
-
1934
Alfred E. Green, Phil Rosen
Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, Ricardo Cortez, Lyle Talbot, Phillip Reed
Drama / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
1953
Carol Reed
James Mason, Claire Bloom, Geoffrey Toone, Hildegard Knef, Aribert Wäscher
Drama / Thriller / Action / Spy
UK
English
NR
-
2017
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA / UK / Malta / Canada
English
NR
-
2012
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, Dida Maia
Drama / Thriller / Action
Brazil
Portuguese
NR
-
2018
Dante Lam
Yi Zhang, Johnny Huang, Hai-Qing, Jiang Du, Luxia Jiang, Sanâa Alaoui
Action / Drama / Thriller / War / Adventure / Spy
China / Morocco
Mandarin
NR
-
1943
Dave Fleischer, Dan Gordon, Isadore Sparber, Seymour Kneitel
Jack Mercer, Margie Hines, Dave Barry, William Pennell, Tedd Pierce, Gilbert Mack
Animation / Short / Musical / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Comic / Documentary / Serial
USA
English
NR
-
1947
Curtis Bernhardt
Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
1938
William A. Seiter
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson
Comedy / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1941
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
2012
Ben Wheatley
Alice Lowe, Eileen Davies, Steve Oram, Roger Michael, Tony Way, Seamus O'Neill
Comedy / Thriller
UK
English
NR
-
1985
Jack Haley Jr.
Liza Minnelli, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Travolta
Documentary / Musical
USA
English
NR
-
1960
Robert Day
Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Maurice Denham
Comedy / Crime / Caper
UK
English
