List of black-and-white films produced since 1970

Since the 1970s, fiction feature films have been filmed almost exclusively in color. Some films from the last few decades are occasionally presented in black-and-white, sometimes due to budget constraints. 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.


2010s

FilmYearExclusively B/W
In the Shadow of Women 2015 Yes
The Assassin 2015 No
Aferim! 2015 Yes
Bleak Street 2015 Yes
Chorus 2015 Yes
Embrace of the Serpent 2015 Yes
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 2014 Yes
Tu dors Nicole 2014 Yes
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 2014 No
The Better Angels 2014 Yes
From What Is Before 2014 Yes
Thou Gild'st the Even 2013 No
Jealousy 2013 Yes
Village of Hope (Wang Pikul) 2013 Yes
L'arbitro 2013 Yes
Hard to Be a God 2013Yes
Computer Chess 2013 No
Escape from Tomorrow 2013 Yes
Ida 2013 Yes
Field in England, AA Field in England 2013 Yes
Nebraska 2013 Yes
Quod Erat Demonstrandum 2013 Yes
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE2012Yes
Blancanieves2012Yes
Caesar Must Die2012No
Frances Ha2012Yes
Frankenweenie 2012 Yes
Much Ado About Nothing 2012 Yes
Oh Boy! 2012 Yes
Tabu 2012 Yes
Alois Nebel2011Yes
Artist, TheThe Artist2011Yes
Color Wheel, TheThe Color Wheel2011Yes
Century of Birthing 2011 Yes
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story 2011 Yes
Day He Arrives, TheThe Day He Arrives2011Yes
Heleno2011Yes
The Whisperer in Darkness2011Yes
Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), TheThe Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)2011No
Keyhole2011Yes
Turin Horse, TheThe Turin Horse2011Yes
Bunny Game, TheThe Bunny Game2010Yes
Dark and Stormy Night2010Yes
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench2010Yes

2000s

FilmYearExclusively B/W
Lost Skeleton Returns Again, TheThe Lost Skeleton Returns Again2009No
Antichrist2009No
City of Life and Death2009Yes
Polytechnique2009Yes
Rewers2009No
Stingray Sam2009Yes
Tetro2009No
White Ribbon, TheThe White Ribbon2009Yes
Melancholia2008Yes
House of the Damned2008Yes
Fear(s) of the Dark2008No
Frontier of the Dawn2008Yes
Somers Town2008No
Aegri Somnia2008No
Zift 2008Yes
Control 2007Yes
Dr. Plonk2007Yes
In Search of a Midnight Kiss2007Yes
J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster2007Yes
Dreamscape2007Yes
Antena, LaLa Antena2007Yes
León, LaLa León2007Yes
Man from London, TheThe Man from London 2007Yes
Mist, TheThe Mist (alternate video version)2007No
Persepolis 2007No
Factory Girl 2006No
Ten Canoes 2006No
Destination Mars2006Yes
Good German, TheThe Good German 2006Yes
Asudem 2006Yes
Brand Upon the Brain!2006No
Automatons2006Yes
Slow Days2006Yes
Bridge, TheThe Bridge 2006No
Renaissance 2006No
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (or The Prolonged Sorrow of Filipinos) 2005Yes
13 Tzameti 2005Yes
Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove2005Yes
, Äideistä parhainÄideistä parhain 2005Yes
Mutual Appreciation2005Yes
Night of the Day of the Dawn Part 32005Yes
Call of Cthulhu, TheThe Call of Cthulhu2005Yes
Angel-A 2005Yes
Ashes and Snow 2005Yes
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 2005Yes
Dark Horse 2005No
Good Night, and Good Luck 2005Yes
Notorious Bettie Page, TheThe Notorious Bettie Page 2005No
Regular Lovers2005Yes
Sin City 2005No
Aaltra2004Yes
, À tout de suiteÀ tout de suite 2004Yes
After the Apocalypse2004Yes
Evolution of a Filipino Family2004Yes
Late Bloomer2004Yes
Temporada de patos2004Yes
Coffee and Cigarettes 2003Yes
Thousand Clouds of Peace, AA Thousand Clouds of Peace2003Yes
Cowards Bend the Knee 2003Yes
Saddest Music in the World, TheThe Saddest Music in the World 2003No
Woodenhead 2003Yes
Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino2002No
Sin Destino2002No
Don't Ask Don't Tell 2002Yes
Back Against the Wall2002Yes
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary 2002No
The Box Head Revolution2002Yes
Mongoland 2001No
Man Who Wasn't There, TheThe Man Who Wasn't There 2001Yes
In Praise of Love 2001No
Don's Plum 2001Yes
American Astronaut, TheThe American Astronaut 2001Yes
Bolivia2001Yes
Return to Innocence2001No
Electric Dragon 80.000 V2001Yes
25 Watts2001Yes
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, TheThe Lost Skeleton of Cadavra2001Yes
Judy Berlin 2000Yes
Acne2000Yes
Werckmeister Harmonies 2000Yes
Snake of June, AA Snake of June 2000Yes
Commune (Paris, 1871), LaLa Commune (Paris, 1871) 2000Yes
Eureka 2000No
Devils on the Doorstep 2000Yes
Mysterious Object at Noon 2000Yes

1990s

FilmYearExclusively B/W
Girl on the Bridge1999Yes
Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras1999Yes
Tuvalu1999No
Chi Girl1999Yes
Wisconsin Death Trip1999No
Juha1999Yes
Man of the Century1999Yes
Okraina1998Yes
Of Freaks and Men1998No
Following1998Yes
Capuccino1998Yes
Celebrity1998Yes
City, TheThe City1998Yes
General, TheThe General1998Yes
Samurai Fiction1998Yes
Red Dwarf, TheThe Red Dwarf1998Yes
Bullet Ballet1998Yes
Pi1998Yes
American History X1998No
Pleasantville1998No
24 7: Twenty Four Seven1997Yes
How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate1997Yes
Kasaba1997Yes
Leather Jacket Love Story1997Yes
Tango Lesson, TheThe Tango Lesson1997No
Labyrinth of Dreams (Yume no ginga)1997Yes
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day1996Yes
Drawing Flies1996Yes
Growing Artichokes in Mimongo1996Yes
Foreign Land1996Yes
Bitter Sugar1996Yes
Toilers and the Wayfarers, TheThe Toilers and the Wayfarers1996Yes
Rubber's Lover1996Yes
Dream for an Insomniac1996No
Midwinter's Tale, AA Midwinter's Tale (aka In The Bleak Midwinter)1995Yes
Addiction, TheThe Addiction1995Yes
Haine, LaLa Haine1995Yes
Institute Benjamenta1995Yes
Dead Man1995Yes
The Corridor1995Yes
Clerks1994Yes
Natural Born Killers1994No
Ed Wood1994Yes
Eclipse1994No
Federal Hill1994Yes
Rhythm Thief1994Yes
Sátántangó 1994Yes
Woyzeck1994Yes
Nadja1994Yes
Go Fish1994Yes
Schindler's List1993No
Suture1993Yes
En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud1993Yes
Anchoress1993Yes
Days, TheThe Days1993Yes
Man Bites Dog1992Yes
Shadows and Fog1992Yes
Life According to Agfa1992Yes
In the Soup1992Yes
Vie de Bohème, LaLa Vie de Bohème1992Yes
Swoon1992Yes
Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful1991No
Little Stiff, AA Little Stiff1991Yes
Kafka1991No
Europa1991No
Dead Again1991No
Night of the Day of the Dawn Part 21991Yes
Hours and Times, TheThe Hours and Times1991Yes
Begotten1991Yes
Korczak1990Yes
Archangel1990Yes
Singapore Sling1990Yes
Pervyy etazh1990Yes

1980s

FilmYearExclusively B/W
Tetsuo: The Iron Man1989Yes
Sidewalk Stories1989Yes
Circus Boys (Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon)1989Yes
My 20th Century1989Yes
Asthenic Syndrome, TheThe Asthenic Syndrome1989No
Roadkill1989Yes
Black Rain1989Yes
Tales from the Gimli Hospital1988Yes
Heart of a Dog1988Yes
Damnation1988Yes
The Noisy Requiem (Tsuitō no Zawameki)1988Yes
Border Radio1987Yes
Hungarian Fairy Tale, AA Hungarian Fairy Tale1987Yes
My Best Friend's Birthday1987Yes
Epidemic1987Yes
Wings of Desire1987No
Down by Law1986Yes
To Sleep So as to Dream (Yumemiru yôni nemuritai)1986Yes
She's Gotta Have It1986No
Under the Cherry Moon1986Yes
Tree Without Leaves1986Yes
Noir et Blanc1986Yes
Mala Noche1985No
Angelic Conversation, TheThe Angelic Conversation1985No
Broadway Danny Rose1984Yes
Boy Meets Girl1984Yes
Calamari Union1984Yes
Klassenverhältnisse1984Yes
Stranger Than Paradise1984Yes
Dernier Combat, LeLe Dernier Combat1983Yes
Gold Diggers, TheThe Gold Diggers1983Yes
Confidentially Yours1983Yes
Rumble Fish1983No
Chan Is Missing 1982Yes
Veronika Voss1982Yes
Konopielka1982Yes
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982Yes
State of Things, TheThe State of Things1982Yes
Muddy River (film)1981Yes
Zelig1983No
Raging Bull1980No
Elephant Man, TheThe Elephant Man1980Yes
Stardust Memories1980Yes
Forbidden Zone1980Yes

1970s

FilmYearExclusively B/W
Radio On1979Yes
Manhattan1979Yes
J-Men Forever1979Yes
Family Nest1979Yes
Stalker1979No
Killer of Sheep1978Yes
Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting, TheThe Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting1979Yes
Whole Shootin' Match, TheThe Whole Shootin' Match1978Yes
Northern Lights1978Yes
Hitler: A Film from Germany1977No
Eraserhead1977Yes
Hot Tomorrows1977Yes
Consequence, TheThe Consequence1977Yes
Ascent, TheThe Ascent1977Yes
Agraharathil Kazhutai1977Yes
Kings of the Road1976Yes
Coup de Grâce1976Yes
Mirror, TheThe Mirror1975No
Evrydiki BA 2O371975Yes
Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand1975Yes
Overlord1975Yes
Hester Street1975Yes
Pastoral: To Die in the Country1975No
fille du garde-barrière, LaLa fille du garde-barrière1975Yes
C'eravamo tanto amati1975No
Thundercrack!1975Yes
Noah, TheThe Noah1975Yes
Alice in the Cities1974Yes
Traveller, TheThe Traveller1974Yes
Effi Briest1974Yes
Lenny1974Yes
Je, tu, il, elle1974Yes
Young Frankenstein1974Yes
Duhul aurului1974Yes
Man Who Sleeps, TheThe Man Who Sleeps1974Yes
Vase de Noces1974Yes
Paper Moon1973Yes
Coup d'Etat1973Yes
Mother and the Whore, TheThe Mother and the Whore1973Yes
The Stone Wedding1972Yes
Tomorrow1972Yes
The Goat Horn1972Yes
Solaris1972No
Nathalie Granger1972Yes
The Morning Schedule (The Morning Schedule)1972No
Last Picture Show, TheThe Last Picture Show1971Yes
Hydrozagadka1971Yes
Love1971Yes
Salamandre, LaLa Salamandre1971Yes
Johnny Got His Gun1971No
Emperor Tomato Ketchup1971Yes
Demons1971Yes
Multiple Maniacs1970Yes
Even Dwarfs Started Small1970Yes
Ucho1970Yes
Summer in the City1970Yes
Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową1970Yes
Wild Child, TheThe Wild Child1970Yes
Quiet Days in Clichy1970Yes
Gods of the Plague1970Yes
American Soldier, TheThe American Soldier1970Yes
Awakening of the Beast1970No
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!1970Yes
Heroic Purgatory1970Yes
Honeymoon Killers, TheThe Honeymoon Killers1970Yes
This Transient Life1970Yes
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (Tokyo Senso Sengo Hiwa)1970Yes
Evil Spirits of Japan (Nippon No Akuryo)1970Yes

References

  1. "Indie movie directors delve into black and white filmmaking". Variety.com. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. Killian Fox. "How black-and-white movies made a comeback". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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