Top 10 Post-Black-and-White-Era Black-and-White Movies

Say what you will about modern black-and-white films being old-fashioned or pointless exercises in vanity: Schindler’s List — Steven Spielberg’s first (and, thus far, only) black-and-white film — earned the bearded wonder his first Best Director Oscar. To tell the story of Oskar Schindler and his improbable rescue of more than 1,000 Jews destined for the gas chambers, Spielberg and his longtime cinematographer Janusz Kaminski decided to shoot the movie in the style of a documentary — handheld and close-up. Spielberg found planning shots to be exhilarating and challenging after they “got rid of the crane, got rid of the Steadicam, got rid of the zoom lenses, [and] got rid of everything that for me might be considered a safety net.” Kaminski encountered a few obstacles of his own: certain hues appeared strange when exposed on the black-and-white film — the color green was reportedly banished from the set.

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