The best black-and-white movies of the 21st century
The top 3 according to 165 votes from people: Cold War (2018) · Roma (2018) · Nebraska (2013). (Updated Nov 27, 2021.)
When colour was the norm, these filmmakers chose black and white: from the Coens to Cuarón and Pawlikowski, the modern monochrome films most recommended by El cine en la sombra, Univision, Señal Colombia and MacGuffin007.
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Top 15
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1
Cold War (2018)
Pawlikowski again: an impossible love between Poland and Paris after the war.
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2
Roma (2018)
Alfonso Cuarón remembers 1970s Mexico through Cleo, the family's housekeeper.
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3
Nebraska (2013)
Alexander Payne: a father and son cross the Midwest for a prize that doesn't exist.
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4
The Lighthouse (2019)
Robert Eggers locks Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in a lighthouse.
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5
Ida (2013)
Paweł Pawlikowski: a novice nun in 1962 Poland uncovers her family's past.
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6
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Coen brothers and a quiet barber who gets into blackmail.
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7
Blancanieves (2012)
Pablo Berger moves the fairy tale to 1920s bullfighting Andalusia, as a silent film.
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8
Polytechnique (2009)
Denis Villeneuve on the 1989 massacre at Montreal's École Polytechnique.
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9
The White Ribbon (2009)
Michael Haneke and a German village before the First World War.
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10
Frances Ha (2012)
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig: a 27-year-old dancer in New York.
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11
Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Ciro Guerra and two explorers in the Colombian Amazon guided by a shaman.
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12
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Ana Lily Amirpour: an Iranian vampire western.
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13
Güeros (2014)
Alonso Ruizpalacios: two brothers and a friend drift through Mexico City during the UNAM strike.
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14
The Artist (2011)
Michel Hazanavicius makes a silent film about the end of the silent era.
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15
Persepolis (2007)
Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran, animated.
Candidates
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16
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
George Clooney and journalist Edward R. Murrow against Senator McCarthy.
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