What's your favorite looking b&w movie?

[major jay]

I mean it's a tight call for me.
I think I'd go with THE THIRD MAN, but SABRINA is so great looking too.
I dunno, there are some great looking b-movies to consider also.
So what you say boys?

[Mofo Rising]

Just a quick vote for The Passion of Joan of Arc, or at least the Criterion release.

It's an hour and a half of impeccably shot ugly, ugly faces.

[Trevor]

I agree about The Third Man.

There are also two films shot in colour which become very eerie and creepy when you watch them in b/w, namely Sir Kenneth Branagh's Dead Again - this is really a film noir - and David Millin ASC's Ride The High Wind, the first South African zombie movie.

[Rev. Powell]

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER immediately comes to mind. (wWell, duh!)

[JaseSF]

I like the visuals in the following:

The Trial
Alphaville
Kafka
Pi
The Saboteur (1942)
Pool of London (1951)
Dark Passage (1947)

[bob]

toughie........here are some of my favorites

Casablanca, The Third Man, The Rules of the Game, M, The Artist

[Rev. Powell]

Also consider THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI.

[bob]

Forgot Dr. Strangelove too

[Rev. Powell]

All my favorites are Expressionist.

METROPOLIS

[316zombie]

i'd have to say suddenly,last summer is my fave. not only for my beloved K.H., but the cinematography is AMAZING!

[RCMerchant]

All my favorites are Expressionist.

METROPOLIS

I'm about with ya on that...though Mario Bava's movies all look GREAT.

http://youtu.be/9nDWSbG5CJ8

[RCMerchant]

Oops! Black and white films! Well-BLACK SUNDAY looks great! As does anything shot by Karl Freund-which a lot of those old silents from Germany,as did DRACULA (1931) and the MUMMY (1932) among others.

[Allhallowsday]

BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) is awesome and gorgeous to look at... it was on TCM last night. 

[RCMerchant]

BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) is awesome and gorgeous to look at... it was on TCM last night. 

I love that movie. It's in my Top Ten Favorite silent films.

I think  Dreyer's VAMPYR (1932) has an eerie,dreamlike quality to it. It's beautiful.

http://youtu.be/HVyPgDNTV90

[Jim H]

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is one of mine - it's hard to find single images that look great, it's more about the picture with motion.  One of the most active and inventive cameras in all silent film.