List of black-and-white films produced since 1970
Since the 1970s, fiction feature films have been filmed almost exclusively in color. Some films after the transition to color are occasionally presented in black-and-white for budgetary or stylistic reasons. This is a list of notable feature films whose majority of running time is in black-and-white or monochrome/sepia tone and made after the 1960s. Many modern black-and-white films are shot in color and converted in post-production.[1][2]
Note: This list does not include short films, documentary films, or films with black and white footage lasting less than 30 seconds.
1970s
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
| Evil Spirits of Japan (Nippon No Akuryo) | 1970 | Yes |
| Man Who Left His Will on Film, TheThe Man Who Left His Will on Film (Tokyo Senso Sengo Hiwa) | 1970 | Yes |
| This Transient Life | 1970 | Yes |
| Honeymoon Killers, TheThe Honeymoon Killers | 1970 | Yes |
| Heroic Purgatory | 1970 | Yes |
| Live Today, Die Tomorrow! | 1970 | Yes |
| Awakening of the Beast | 1970 | No |
| American Soldier, TheThe American Soldier | 1970 | Yes |
| Gods of the Plague | 1970 | Yes |
| Quiet Days in Clichy | 1970 | Yes |
| Wild Child, TheThe Wild Child | 1970 | Yes |
| Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową | 1970 | Yes |
| Summer in the City | 1970 | Yes |
| Ucho | 1970 | Yes |
| Even Dwarfs Started Small | 1970 | Yes |
| Multiple Maniacs | 1970 | Yes |
| Demons | 1971 | Yes |
| Emperor Tomato Ketchup | 1971 | Yes |
| Johnny Got His Gun | 1971 | No |
| Salamander, TheThe Salamander | 1971 | Yes |
| Love | 1971 | Yes |
| Hydrozagadka | 1971 | Yes |
| Last Picture Show, TheThe Last Picture Show | 1971 | Yes |
| Morning Schedule, TheThe Morning Schedule (Gozenchu no jikanwari) | 1972 | No |
| Nathalie Granger | 1972 | Yes |
| Solaris | 1972 | No |
| Goat Horn, TheThe Goat Horn | 1972 | Yes |
| Tomorrow | 1972 | Yes |
| Stone Wedding, TheThe Stone Wedding | 1972 | Yes |
| Mother and the Whore, TheThe Mother and the Whore | 1973 | Yes |
| Tu brûles... tu brûles... | 1973 | Yes |
| Coup d'Etat | 1973 | Yes |
| Paper Moon | 1973 | Yes |
| Vase de Noces | 1974 | Yes |
| Man Who Sleeps, TheThe Man Who Sleeps | 1974 | Yes |
| Duhul aurului | 1974 | Yes |
| Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Yes |
| Je, tu, il, elle | 1974 | Yes |
| Lenny | 1974 | Yes |
| Uttarayanam | 1974 | Yes |
| Effi Briest | 1974 | Yes |
| Traveller, TheThe Traveller | 1974 | Yes |
| Alice in the Cities | 1974 | Yes |
| Noah, TheThe Noah | 1975 | Yes |
| Thundercrack! | 1975 | Yes |
| C'eravamo tanto amati | 1975 | No |
| fille du garde-barrière, LaLa fille du garde-barrière | 1975 | Yes |
| Pastoral: To Die in the Country | 1975 | No |
| Hester Street | 1975 | Yes |
| Overlord | 1975 | Yes |
| Under the Pavement Lies the Strand | 1975 | Yes |
| Evrydiki BA 2O37 | 1975 | Yes |
| Mirror, TheThe Mirror | 1975 | No |
| Coup de Grâce | 1976 | Yes |
| Kings of the Road | 1976 | Yes |
| Agraharathil Kazhutai | 1977 | Yes |
| Ascent, TheThe Ascent | 1977 | Yes |
| Consequence, TheThe Consequence | 1977 | Yes |
| Hot Tomorrows | 1977 | Yes |
| Eraserhead | 1977 | Yes |
| Hitler: A Film from Germany | 1977 | No |
| Northern Lights | 1978 | Yes |
| Whole Shootin' Match, TheThe Whole Shootin' Match | 1978 | Yes |
| Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting, TheThe Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting | 1979 | Yes |
| Killer of Sheep | 1978 | Yes |
| Stalker | 1979 | No |
| Family Nest | 1979 | Yes |
| J-Men Forever | 1979 | Yes |
| Manhattan | 1979 | Yes |
| Radio On | 1979 | Yes |
1980s
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
| Forbidden Zone | 1980 | Yes |
| Stardust Memories | 1980 | Yes |
| Elephant Man, TheThe Elephant Man | 1980 | Yes |
| Raging Bull | 1980 | No |
| You Are Not I | 1981 | Yes |
| Muddy River (film) | 1981 | Yes |
| State of Things, TheThe State of Things | 1982 | Yes |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | 1982 | Yes |
| Konopielka | 1982 | Yes |
| Veronika Voss | 1982 | Yes |
| Chassé-croisé | 1982 | Yes |
| Chan Is Missing | 1982 | Yes |
| Strasek, der Vampir | 1982 | Yes |
| Zelig | 1983 | No |
| Rumble Fish | 1983 | No |
| Confidentially Yours | 1983 | Yes |
| Gold Diggers, TheThe Gold Diggers | 1983 | Yes |
| Dernier Combat, LeLe Dernier Combat | 1983 | Yes |
| Stranger Than Paradise | 1984 | Yes |
| Klassenverhältnisse | 1984 | Yes |
| Calamari Union | 1984 | Yes |
| Boy Meets Girl | 1984 | Yes |
| Broadway Danny Rose | 1984 | Yes |
| Angelic Conversation, TheThe Angelic Conversation | 1985 | No |
| Mala Noche | 1985 | No |
| Noir et Blanc | 1986 | Yes |
| Tree Without Leaves | 1986 | Yes |
| Under the Cherry Moon | 1986 | Yes |
| She's Gotta Have It | 1986 | No |
| To Sleep So as to Dream (Yumemiru yôni nemuritai) | 1986 | Yes |
| Down by Law | 1986 | Yes |
| Wings of Desire | 1987 | No |
| Epidemic | 1987 | Yes |
| My Best Friend's Birthday | 1987 | Yes |
| Hungarian Fairy Tale, AA Hungarian Fairy Tale | 1987 | Yes |
| Border Radio | 1987 | Yes |
| Noisy Requiem, TheThe Noisy Requiem (Tsuitō no Zawameki) | 1988 | Yes |
| Damnation | 1988 | Yes |
| Heart of a Dog | 1988 | Yes |
| L'imperatore di Roma | 1988 | Yes |
| Tales from the Gimli Hospital | 1988 | Yes |
| Black Rain | 1989 | Yes |
| Roadkill | 1989 | Yes |
| Asthenic Syndrome, TheThe Asthenic Syndrome | 1989 | No |
| My 20th Century | 1989 | Yes |
| Circus Boys (Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon) | 1989 | Yes |
| Pregnant Laddie, TheThe Pregnant Laddie (A legényanya) | 1989 | Yes |
| Sidewalk Stories | 1989 | Yes |
| Tetsuo: The Iron Man | 1989 | Yes |
1990s
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
| Pervyy etazh | 1990 | Yes |
| Singapore Sling | 1990 | Yes |
| Freeze Die Come to Life (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) | 1990 | Yes |
| Archangel | 1990 | Yes |
| Korczak | 1990 | Yes |
| Begotten | 1991 | Yes |
| Hours and Times, TheThe Hours and Times | 1991 | Yes |
| Night of the Day of the Dawn Part 2 | 1991 | Yes |
| Dead Again | 1991 | No |
| Europa | 1991 | No |
| Kafka | 1991 | No |
| Little Stiff, AA Little Stiff | 1991 | Yes |
| Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful | 1991 | No |
| Swoon | 1992 | Yes |
| Vie de Bohème, LaLa Vie de Bohème | 1992 | Yes |
| In the Soup | 1992 | Yes |
| Life According to Agfa | 1992 | Yes |
| Shadows and Fog | 1992 | Yes |
| Man Bites Dog | 1992 | Yes |
| Days, TheThe Days | 1993 | Yes |
| Anchoress | 1993 | Yes |
| En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud | 1993 | Yes |
| Suture | 1993 | Yes |
| Schindler's List | 1993 | No |
| Go Fish | 1994 | Yes |
| Nadja | 1994 | Yes |
| Woyzeck | 1994 | Yes |
| Sátántangó | 1994 | Yes |
| Rhythm Thief | 1994 | Yes |
| Federal Hill | 1994 | Yes |
| Eclipse | 1994 | No |
| Ed Wood | 1994 | Yes |
| Natural Born Killers | 1994 | No |
| Clerks | 1994 | Yes |
| Corridor, TheThe Corridor | 1995 | Yes |
| Dead Man | 1995 | Yes |
| Institute Benjamenta | 1995 | Yes |
| Haine, LaLa Haine | 1995 | Yes |
| Addiction, TheThe Addiction | 1995 | Yes |
| Midwinter's Tale, AA Midwinter's Tale (aka In The Bleak Midwinter) | 1995 | Yes |
| Dream for an Insomniac | 1996 | No |
| Rubber's Lover | 1996 | Yes |
| Toilers and the Wayfarers, TheThe Toilers and the Wayfarers | 1996 | Yes |
| Bitter Sugar | 1996 | Yes |
| Foreign Land | 1996 | Yes |
| Growing Artichokes in Mimongo | 1996 | Yes |
| Drawing Flies | 1996 | Yes |
| Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day | 1996 | Yes |
| Labyrinth of Dreams (Yume no ginga) | 1997 | Yes |
| Tango Lesson, TheThe Tango Lesson | 1997 | No |
| Desert Sky (To athoo soma) | 1997 | Yes |
| Leather Jacket Love Story | 1997 | Yes |
| Kasaba | 1997 | Yes |
| How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate | 1997 | Yes |
| 24 7: Twenty Four Seven | 1997 | Yes |
| Pleasantville | 1998 | No |
| American History X | 1998 | No |
| Pi | 1998 | Yes |
| Bullet Ballet | 1998 | Yes |
| Red Dwarf, TheThe Red Dwarf | 1998 | Yes |
| Samurai Fiction | 1998 | Yes |
| General, TheThe General | 1998 | Yes |
| City, TheThe City | 1998 | Yes |
| Celebrity | 1998 | Yes |
| Capuccino | 1998 | Yes |
| Following | 1998 | Yes |
| Of Freaks and Men | 1998 | No |
| Okraina | 1998 | Yes |
| Man of the Century | 1999 | Yes |
| Juha | 1999 | Yes |
| Wisconsin Death Trip | 1999 | No |
| Chi Girl | 1999 | Yes |
| Tuvalu | 1999 | No |
| Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras | 1999 | Yes |
| Girl on the Bridge | 1999 | Yes |
2000s
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
| Mysterious Object at Noon | 2000 | Yes |
| Devils on the Doorstep | 2000 | Yes |
| Eureka | 2000 | No |
| Commune (Paris, 1871), LaLa Commune (Paris, 1871) | 2000 | Yes |
| Snake of June, AA Snake of June | 2000 | Yes |
| Werckmeister Harmonies | 2000 | Yes |
| Acne | 2000 | Yes |
| Judy Berlin | 2000 | Yes |
| Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, TheThe Lost Skeleton of Cadavra | 2001 | Yes |
| 25 Watts | 2001 | Yes |
| Makibefo | 2001 | Yes |
| Electric Dragon 80.000 V | 2001 | Yes |
| Return to Innocence | 2001 | No |
| Bolivia | 2001 | Yes |
| American Astronaut, TheThe American Astronaut | 2001 | Yes |
| Don's Plum | 2001 | Yes |
| In Praise of Love | 2001 | No |
| Man Who Wasn't There, TheThe Man Who Wasn't There | 2001 | Yes |
| Mongoland | 2001 | No |
| Box Head Revolution | 2002 | Yes |
| Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary | 2002 | No |
| Back Against the Wall | 2002 | Yes |
| Don't Ask Don't Tell | 2002 | Yes |
| Sin Destino | 2002 | No |
| Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino | 2002 | No |
| Woodenhead | 2003 | Yes |
| Saddest Music in the World, TheThe Saddest Music in the World | 2003 | No |
| Cowards Bend the Knee | 2003 | Yes |
| Thousand Clouds of Peace, AA Thousand Clouds of Peace | 2003 | Yes |
| Coffee and Cigarettes | 2003 | Yes |
| Temporada de patos | 2004 | Yes |
| Late Bloomer | 2004 | Yes |
| Evolution of a Filipino Family | 2004 | Yes |
| After the Apocalypse | 2004 | Yes |
| , À tout de suiteÀ tout de suite | 2004 | Yes |
| Aaltra | 2004 | Yes |
| Sin City | 2005 | No |
| Regular Lovers | 2005 | Yes |
| Notorious Bettie Page, TheThe Notorious Bettie Page | 2005 | No |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | Yes |
| Dark Horse | 2005 | No |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | 2005 | Yes |
| Ashes and Snow | 2005 | Yes |
| Angel-A | 2005 | Yes |
| Call of Cthulhu, TheThe Call of Cthulhu | 2005 | Yes |
| Night of the Day of the Dawn Part 3 | 2005 | Yes |
| Mutual Appreciation | 2005 | Yes |
| , Äideistä parhainÄideistä parhain | 2005 | Yes |
| Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove | 2005 | Yes |
| 13 Tzameti | 2005 | Yes |
| A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (or The Prolonged Sorrow of Filipinos) | 2005 | Yes |
| Renaissance | 2006 | No |
| Bridge, TheThe Bridge | 2006 | No |
| Slow Days | 2006 | Yes |
| Automatons | 2006 | Yes |
| Brand Upon the Brain! | 2006 | No |
| Asudem | 2006 | Yes |
| Good German, TheThe Good German | 2006 | Yes |
| Destination Mars | 2006 | Yes |
| Ten Canoes | 2006 | No |
| Factory Girl | 2006 | No |
| Persepolis | 2007 | No |
| Mist, TheThe Mist (alternate video version) | 2007 | No |
| Man from London, TheThe Man from London | 2007 | Yes |
| León, LaLa León | 2007 | Yes |
| Antena, LaLa Antena | 2007 | Yes |
| Dreamscape | 2007 | Yes |
| J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster | 2007 | Yes |
| In Search of a Midnight Kiss | 2007 | Yes |
| Dr. Plonk | 2007 | Yes |
| Control | 2007 | Yes |
| Zift | 2008 | Yes |
| Aegri Somnia | 2008 | No |
| Somers Town | 2008 | No |
| Frontier of the Dawn | 2008 | Yes |
| Fear(s) of the Dark | 2008 | No |
| House of the Damned | 2008 | Yes |
| Melancholia | 2008 | Yes |
| White Ribbon, TheThe White Ribbon | 2009 | Yes |
| Tetro | 2009 | No |
| Stingray Sam | 2009 | Yes |
| Rewers | 2009 | No |
| Polytechnique | 2009 | Yes |
| City of Life and Death | 2009 | Yes |
| Antichrist | 2009 | No |
| Lost Skeleton Returns Again, TheThe Lost Skeleton Returns Again | 2009 | No |
2010s
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | 2010 | Yes |
| Dharma Guns (La succession Starkov) | 2010 | No |
| Dark and Stormy Night | 2010 | Yes |
| Bunny Game, TheThe Bunny Game | 2010 | Yes |
| Turin Horse, TheThe Turin Horse | 2011 | Yes |
| Keyhole | 2011 | Yes |
| Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), TheThe Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | 2011 | No |
| Whisperer in Darkness, TheThe Whisperer in Darkness | 2011 | Yes |
| Heleno | 2011 | Yes |
| Day He Arrives, TheThe Day He Arrives | 2011 | Yes |
| Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story | 2011 | Yes |
| Century of Birthing | 2011 | Yes |
| Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same | 2011 | Yes |
| Color Wheel, TheThe Color Wheel | 2011 | Yes |
| Artist, TheThe Artist | 2011 | Yes |
| Alois Nebel | 2011 | Yes |
| Tabu | 2012 | Yes |
| Oh Boy! | 2012 | Yes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 2012 | Yes |
| Frankenweenie | 2012 | Yes |
| Frances Ha | 2012 | Yes |
| Caesar Must Die | 2012 | No |
| Blancanieves | 2012 | Yes |
| Florentina Hubaldo, CTE | 2012 | Yes |
| Quod Erat Demonstrandum | 2013 | Yes |
| Nebraska | 2013 | Yes |
| Field in England, AA Field in England | 2013 | Yes |
| Ida | 2013 | Yes |
| Escape from Tomorrow | 2013 | Yes |
| Computer Chess | 2013 | No |
| Hard to Be a God | 2013 | Yes |
| L'arbitro | 2013 | Yes |
| Village of Hope (Wang Pikul) | 2013 | Yes |
| Jealousy | 2013 | Yes |
| Thou Gild'st the Even | 2013 | No |
| From What Is Before | 2014 | Yes |
| Better Angels, TheThe Better Angels | 2014 | Yes |
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | 2014 | No |
| Tu dors Nicole | 2014 | Yes |
| A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | 2014 | Yes |
| Embrace of the Serpent | 2015 | No |
| Chorus | 2015 | Yes |
| Bleak Street | 2015 | Yes |
| Aferim! | 2015 | Yes |
| Assassin, TheThe Assassin | 2015 | No |
| In the Shadow of Women | 2015 | Yes |
| A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery | 2016 | Yes |
| Frantz | 2016 | Yes |
| Mad Max: Black & Chrome[3] | 2016 | Yes |
References
- ↑ "Indie movie directors delve into black and white filmmaking". Variety.com. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ Killian Fox. "How black-and-white movies made a comeback". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ Black-and-white version of color movie