From my opinion:
-Modern Times
-12 angry men
Oh I’d definitely second 12 Angry Men. I’d also add Dr. Strangelove
Alright, Major… Bat Guano, if that is your real name…
Oo yes! Dr Strangelove feels like it could have been made yesterday. Those two and It’s A Wonderful Life are by far my three favorite B&W movies, as someone who generally doesn’t enjoy movies of that era much.
Oh, I was also pleasantly surprised by Dracula which I saw recently, it’s very well put together. Second half drags but overall it’s surprisingly watchable by modern standards considering its age. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Young Frankenstein
I only discovered it about 15 years ago but it’s been one of my favourite films since and I think it stands up remarkably well. The jokes are all still hillarious and the acting, camera work and set design is a lot of fun to watch.
It’s technically B&W, but that was a stylistic choice to make it look like prior monster movies. It’s not nearly as old as most B&W films that were made that way due to the lack or expense of color technology.
Yeah that is true. It’s still an old film though and only about 20 years younger than most of the other unstylistically b&w films in this thread.
You’re calling me old.
I’m not 100% what you mean by ‘not aged’, but I was rewatching The Thin Man (1934) the other day, and that film still makes me laugh out loud. It’s a great mystery/comedy.
The Artist.
Considering its youngness, i wouldn’t consider its non-aging as “surprising”.
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I came into this thread to say 12 Angry Men, but because OP already named it I’ll say A Face in the Crowd. It stars Andy Griffith as an egomanic drunk who finds fame as a radio star and later TV personality, and uses it to leverage the public opinion to the point where he himself is meeting with high level government officials. It’s a chilling chronicle of one man’s descent into madness and eventual self-destruction by his own doing, all for a taste of fame and power. Lonesome Rhodes is a near opposite character to that of Sherriff Andy Taylor; this movie really opened my eyes to Andy Griffith’s incredible range.
Seven Samurai still holds up. Also, the original Godzilla.
