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Although almost since the birth of film there have been various color(ized ) movies for the first few decades black and white* was the dominant use. After the 1930s the use of color started to rise until it became the standard in the mid 60s. But even after that filmmakers still continued to make films in black & white, mostly for artistic reason. In this poll we chose our favorite contemporary black and white (b&w) movies.
*Yes smarty pants among us
, black and white are also colors but for convenience sake in common language there is a distinction between color and black & white moviesB&W movies are movies that are primarily shot in b&w; a movie that has a little intro and/or outro in color but for most part is in b&w should count, in contrary one flashback in b&w doesn't a b&w movie make. There weren't exact rules for what primarily entails, this was up to each voters own judgement. In discussions before the general division between "normal/old" and contemporary b&w movies was set around 1968, because around that time color really became the standard world-wide. There wasn't a strict cut-off year either, but this was also up to the voters discretion. To sum up contemporary black and white movies are primarily shot in b&w and made after +/- 1968.
Please feel free to discuss the list, the films, and any entries that you're happy (or unhappy) about, whether you submitted a list or not, but please try to be courteous when doing so. Due to the nature of the list there are many people who dislike entries, so just saying you dislike a movie or don't understand other people voting for it doesn't really add anything meaningful. Contrary it could be nice to hear from people who didn't vote for a movie but still liked it anyhow. When quoting a post with images it's best if you remove the image unless it's directly relevant to what you're posting.
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Participants (32)
gromit82
peeptoad
beavis
Perception de Ambiguity
Onderhond
TraverseTown
Lakigigar
Y U M E
Mysterious Dude
beasterne
Teproc
mightysparks
zzzorf
hurluberlu (unranked42)
blocho (unranked)
gunnar
matthewscott8
filmbantha
lineuphere
murnaunosferatu
sol
Melvelet (unranked30)
Caracortada
Silga
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked67)
AB537
Rufus-T
3eyes (unranked)
Gordon_Gekko
Lonewolf2003 (unranked)
Panunzio
pitn
peeptoad
beavis
Perception de Ambiguity
Onderhond
TraverseTown
Lakigigar
Y U M E
Mysterious Dude
beasterne
Teproc
mightysparks
zzzorf
hurluberlu (unranked42)
blocho (unranked)
gunnar
matthewscott8
filmbantha
lineuphere
murnaunosferatu
sol
Melvelet (unranked30)
Caracortada
Silga
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked67)
AB537
Rufus-T
3eyes (unranked)
Gordon_Gekko
Lonewolf2003 (unranked)
Panunzio
pitn
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I am glad to see that my #1 would have made the top 150 if we were adventurous enough to expand the list. It's one of those films you can't help but love if you are a fan of silent comedies - which I realise many users here aren't, but still. 
to me. Would love to know if that's due to folks not having seen a lot of contemporary black and white films or simply not liking what they have seen. There is certainly no shortage of readily available films out there that meet the guidelines for this poll. 
Especially with the very flexible start date as many countries were still regularly filming in black and white in the late 60s, so tons of '69 and '68 stuff eligible. 
