Alice in the Cities (1974), The Mother and the Whore (1973), Jane Eyre (1944), A Coffee in Berlin (2012), The Well (1951), Smouldering Fires (1925), Take a Letter, Darling (1942), Hit the Saddle (1937) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Black-and-white Film movies.
Storyline: German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer's block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected. After returning to Europe, the innocent friendship between Winter and Alice grows as they travel together through various European cities on a quest for Alice's grandmother.—Karl Engel <cassiel@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: road movie, loneliness, travel, alienation, father-daughter relationship, american culture, childhood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Paris, Alexandre, an unemployed young man with memories of the May 1968 events in France, attempts to persuade his former love, Gilberte, to marry him. Gilberte opts to instead marry another man. Alexandre is involved with a live-in girlfriend called Marie, and is interested in films such as The Working Class Goes to Heaven. One day, after an unsuccessful reconciliation with Gilberte at the highly popular Les Deux Magots café, he meets Veronika, a Polish French twenty-something nurse. In the midst of the sexual revolution, Veronika is highly promiscuous, and begins to make advances on Alexandre. During the summer of 1972, Alexandre and Marie are nude in bed in their apartment when Veronika visits. Marie lets her in and Veronika insults both of them, but acknowledges she is not pure herself. The three begin a ménage à trois and sleep in the same bed, with Veronika assuring Alexandre she and Marie both love him, and telling him to be more happy with his situation and life. Although Marie affirms her indifference to Alexandre's affairs, she quickly changes her mind when she sees how close he becomes to Veronika. This leads to a growing estrangement between her and Alexandre. As the three sit together, Veronika attempts to reassure Marie about her looks and body. Tearfully, Veronika speaks about how she believes no women are truly whores, and how love is meaningless unless it produces a child.
Plot Keywords: love triangle, existentialism, sexual themes, dialogue-driven, social critique, modern love, emotional alienation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre (Joan Fontaine) comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester (Orson Welles). Denied love all of her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingraham (Hillary Brooke) and her party to stay at his estate. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all of their chances for happiness.—A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
Plot Keywords: victorian era, female coming-of-age, moral dilemma, social class, independent woman, dark secret, british literature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This tragicomedy is a self-ironic portrait of a young man who drops out of university and ends up wandering the streets of the city he lives: Berlin. The film deals with the desire to participate in life and the difficulty to find one's place.
Plot Keywords: independent film, german cinema, urban life, existentialism, black comedy, social satire, self-discovery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a racially-mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. With nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But Packard's troubles pale by comparison as ever more-inflated rumors uncap the well of racial tensions and mob violence. And young Carolyn Crawford, forgotten by most, is still missing.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: racial discrimination, social injustice, moral dilemma, psychological thriller, small-town life, child's perspective, prejudice ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her (much younger) factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
Plot Keywords: silent film, drama, romance, melodrama, classic hollywood, love triangle, social class ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.—Ken Carson <kcarson@efn.org>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, classic film, strong female lead, independent woman, golden age of hollywood, office politics, feminist themes ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan uses his trained killer horse, Volcano, to substitute for the real leader of the herd and cause havoc and death among the ranches. With the government about to drop the restrictions on rounding up the herd, the Three Mesquiteers find themselves in the middle of the controversy after their friend, Sheriff Miller is killed by Volcano.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: western, low budget, fast-paced, adventure, classic hollywood, short film, b-western ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Claire (Marlene Dietrich) is a French woman in search of a rich husband in 1841 New Orleans. She decides the best way to lure a wealthy suitor is to masquerade as a countess, and soon she attracts two prosperous possible partners (Roland Young, Bruce Cabot). But her ruse risks unraveling when an old associate (Mischa Auer) appears, dropping hints of her salacious past. To rebuff his sabotage, Claire invents a troubled cousin, then impersonates her, adding a new persona to her subterfuge.
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, historical drama, costume drama, high society, scandal, deception, love triangle ...
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