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 made after the 1960s that have a significant amount of their running time in black-and-white or monochrome/sepia tone. 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, documentaries, or films with black-and-white footage lasting less than 5 minutes.
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
|---|
| Evil Spirits of Japan (Nippon No Akuryo) | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Man Who Left His Will on Film}} (Tokyo Senso Sengo Hiwa) | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| This Transient Life | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Honeymoon Killers}} | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| Heroic Purgatory | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| Live Today, Die Tomorrow! | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| Awakening of the Beast | 1970 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|American Soldier}} | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| Gods of the Plague | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| Quiet Days in Clichy | 1970 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Salamander|dab=1971 film}} | 1971 | {{yes}} |
| Love | 1971 | {{yes}} |
| Uma Abelha na Chuva | 1971 | {{yes}} |
| Hydrozagadka | 1971 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Last Picture Show}} | 1971 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Morning Schedule}} (Gozenchu no jikanwari) | 1972 | {{no}} |
| Nathalie Granger | 1972 | {{yes}} |
| Solaris | 1972 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Goat Horn}} | 1972 | {{yes}} |
| Tomorrow | 1972 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Stone Wedding}} | 1972 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Mother and the Whore}} | 1973 | {{yes}} |
| Tu brûles... tu brûles... | 1973 | {{yes}} |
| Noël et Juliette | 1973 | {{yes}} |
| Coup d'Etat | 1973 | {{yes}} |
| Paper Moon | 1973 | {{yes}} |
| Vase de Noces | 1974 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Traveller|dab=1974 film}} | 1974 | {{yes}} |
| Alice in the Cities | 1974 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Noah}} | 1975 | {{yes}} |
| Thundercrack! | 1975 | {{yes}} |
| C'eravamo tanto amati | 1975 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>La|fille du garde-barrière}} | 1975 | {{yes}} |
| 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Mirror|dab=1975 film}} | 1975 | {{no}} |
| Coup de Grâce | 1976 | {{yes}} |
| Kings of the Road | 1976 | {{yes}} |
| Agraharathil Kazhutai | 1977 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Ascent}} | 1977 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Consequence}} | 1977 | {{yes}} |
| Hot Tomorrows | 1977 | {{yes}} |
| Eraserhead | 1977 | {{yes}} |
| A Film from Germany | 1977 | {{no}} |
| Northern Lights | 1978 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Whole Shootin' Match}} | 1978 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|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}} |
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
|---|
| Forbidden Zone | 1980 | {{yes}} |
| Stardust Memories | 1980 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Elephant Man|dab=film}} | 1980 | {{yes}} |
| Raging Bull | 1980 | {{no}} |
| Sir Henry at Rawlinson End | 1980 | {{yes}} |
| You Are Not I | 1981 | {{yes}} |
| Muddy River | 1981 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|State of Things|dab=film}} | 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Gold Diggers|dab=1983 film}} | 1983 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>Le|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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Angelic Conversation|dab=film}} | 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}} |
| {{sortname>A|Hungarian Fairy Tale}} | 1987 | {{yes}} |
| Border Radio | 1987 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Noisy Requiem}} (Tsuitō no Zawameki) | 1988 | {{yes}} |
| Damnation | 1988 | {{yes}} |
| Heart of a Dog | 1988 | {{yes}} |
| Hard Times | 1988 | {{yes}} |
| L'imperatore di Roma | 1988 | {{yes}} |
| Tales from the Gimli Hospital | 1988 | {{yes}} |
| Black Rain | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| Roadkill | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Asthenic Syndrome}} | 1989 | {{no}} |
| My 20th Century | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| Circus Boys (Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon) | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| O Sangue | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Pregnant Laddie}} (A legényanya) | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| Sidewalk Stories | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| The Iron Man | 1989 | {{yes}} |
| 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Hours and Times}} | 1991 | {{yes}} |
| Truth or Dare (known as In Bed with Madonna outside of North America) | 1991 | {{no}} |
| Night of the Day of the Dawn Part 2 | 1991 | {{yes}} |
| Dead Again | 1991 | {{no}} |
| Europa | 1991 | {{no}} |
| Kafka | 1991 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>A|Little Stiff}} | 1991 | {{yes}} |
| Dare to Be Truthful | 1991 | {{no}} |
| Swoon | 1992 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>La|Vie de Bohème|dab=1992 film}} | 1992 | {{yes}} |
| In the Soup | 1992 | {{yes}} |
| Life According to Agfa | 1992 | {{yes}} |
| Shadows and Fog | 1992 | {{yes}} |
| Man Bites Dog | 1992 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Days|dab=film}} | 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Corridor|dab=1994 film}} | 1995 | {{yes}} |
| Dead Man | 1995 | {{yes}} |
| Institute Benjamenta | 1995 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>La|Haine}} | 1995 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Addiction}} | 1995 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>A|Midwinter's Tale}} (aka In The Bleak Midwinter) | 1995 | {{yes}} |
| Dream for an Insomniac | 1996 | {{no}} |
| Rubber's Lover | 1996 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|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}} |
| House of the Damned | 1996 | {{yes}} |
| Labyrinth of Dreams (Yume no ginga) | 1997 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Tango Lesson|dab=film}} | 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}} |
| Twenty Four Seven | 1997 | {{yes}} |
| The Cruise | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| Pleasantville | 1998 | {{no}} |
| American History X | 1998 | {{no}} |
| Khrustalyov, mashinu! | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| Pi | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| Bullet Ballet | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Red Dwarf|dab=film}} | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| Samurai Fiction | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|General|dab=1998 film}} | 1998 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|City|dab=1998 film}} | 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}} |
| Film | Year | Exclusively B/W |
|---|
| Mysterious Object at Noon | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| Devils on the Doorstep | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| Eureka | 2000 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>La|Commune (Paris, 1871)}} | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>A|Snake of June}} | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| Werckmeister Harmonies | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| Acne | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| Judy Berlin | 2000 | {{yes}} |
| Memento | 2000 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|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}} |
| {{sortname>The|American Astronaut}} | 2001 | {{yes}} |
| Don's Plum | 2001 | {{yes}} |
| In Praise of Love | 2001 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Man Who Wasn't There|The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)}} | 2001 | {{yes}} |
| Mongoland | 2001 | {{no}} |
| Box Head Revolution | 2002 | {{yes}} |
| 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Saddest Music in the World}} | 2003 | {{no}} |
| Cowards Bend the Knee | 2003 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>A|Thousand Clouds of Peace}} | 2003 | {{yes}} |
| Coffee and Cigarettes | 2003 | {{yes}} |
| Temporada de patos | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| Late Bloomer | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| Evolution of a Filipino Family | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| After the Apocalypse | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>À tout de suite | A tout de suite} | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| Aaltra | 2004 | {{yes}} |
| Sin City | 2005 | {{no}} |
| Regular Lovers | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| I'm Going to Tell You a Secret | 2005 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Notorious Bettie Page}} | 2005 | {{no}} |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| Dark Horse | 2005 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Cabinet of Dr. Caligari|dab=2005 film}} | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| Ashes and Snow | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| Angel-A | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Call of Cthulhu|dab=film}} | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| Night of the Day of the Dawn Part 3 | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| Mutual Appreciation | 2005 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>Mother of Mine | Aideistä parhain} | 2005 | {{no}} |
| 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Bridge|dab=2006 drama}} | 2006 | {{no}} |
| Slow Days | 2006 | {{yes}} |
| Automatons | 2006 | {{yes}} |
| Brand Upon the Brain! | 2006 | {{no}} |
| Asudem | 2006 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Good German}} | 2006 | {{yes}} |
| Destination Mars | 2006 | {{yes}} |
| Ten Canoes | 2006 | {{no}} |
| Factory Girl | 2006 | {{no}} |
| Persepolis | 2007 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Mist|dab=film}} (alternate video version) | 2007 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Man from London}} | 2007 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>La|León}} | 2007 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>La|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}} |
| Melancholia | 2008 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Lost Skeleton Returns Again}} | 2009 | {{no}} |
| 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}} |
| {{sortname>The|Bunny Game}} | 2010 | {{yes}} |
| Lotus Eaters | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| For Lovers Only | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Turin Horse}} | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| Keyhole | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)}} | 2011 | {{no}} |
| {{sortname>The|Whisperer in Darkness|dab=film}} | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| Heleno | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Day He Arrives}} | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| The Asiong Salonga Story | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| Century of Birthing | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Color Wheel}} | 2011 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Artist|dab=film}} | 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}} |
| {{sortname>A|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}} |
| Weekend | 2013 | {{yes}} |
| Quatre nuits d'un étranger | 2013 | {{yes}} |
| Wolf | 2013 | {{yes}} |
| From What Is Before | 2014 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Better Angels|dab=film}} | 2014 | {{yes}} |
| In the Crosswind | 2014 | {{yes}} |
| A Dame to Kill For | 2014 | {{no}} |
| Tu dors Nicole | 2014 | {{yes}} |
| A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | 2014 | {{yes}} |
| Güeros | 2014 | {{yes}} |
| Embrace of the Serpent | 2015 | {{no}} |
| Chorus | 2015 | {{yes}} |
| Bleak Street | 2015 | {{yes}} |
| Aferim! | 2015 | {{yes}} |
| {{sortname>The|Assassin|dab=2015 film}} | 2015 | {{no}} |
| Ausma | 2015 | {{yes}} |
| In the Shadow of Women | 2015 | {{yes}} |
| Darling | 2015 | {{yes}} |
| The Chronicles of Melanie | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| Frantz | 2016 | {{no}} |
| The Woman Who Left | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| The Eyes of My Mother | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| Mad Max: Black & Chrome [3] | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| Blue Jay | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| Cartas da Guerra | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| Death by Death | 2016 | {{yes}} |
| Logan Noir [3] | 2017 | {{yes}} |
| The Tesla World Light | 2017 | {{yes}} |
| The Party | 2017 | {{yes}} |
| I Love You, Daddy | 2017 | {{yes}} |
| November | 2017 | {{yes}} |
| Cold War | 2018 | {{yes}} |
| Hotel by the River | 2018 | {{yes}} |
| Roma | 2018 | {{yes}} |
| The Other Side of the Wind | 2018 | {{no}} |
| Leto (film) | 2018 | {{no}} |
1. ^{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/indie-auteurs-delve-into-gray-areas-of-black-and-white-film-1200498910 |title=Indie movie directors delve into black and white filmmaking |publisher=Variety.com |date=June 19, 2013 |accessdate=June 1, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|author=Killian Fox |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/30/black-and-white-movies-comeback |title=How black-and-white movies made a comeback |publisher= The Guardian |date=June 30, 2013 |accessdate=June 1, 2014}}
3. ^1 Black-and-white version of an existing color movie.