Black And White's Greatest Years, Ranked
When was the golden age of Black And White? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Black And White titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.
- #1 1962 17 great titles Best: Harakiri
- #2 1960 12 great titles Best: Psycho
- #3 1959 12 great titles Best: Some Like It Hot
- #4 1957 11 great titles Best: 12 Angry Men
- #5 1961 10 great titles Best: Yojimbo
- #6 1949 10 great titles Best: Late Spring
- #7 1955 10 great titles Best: The Night of the Hunter
- #8 1941 10 great titles Best: Citizen Kane
- #9 1964 9 great titles Best: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- #10 1966 9 great titles Best: Persona
- #11 1954 9 great titles Best: Seven Samurai
- #12 1953 9 great titles Best: Tokyo Story
- #13 1946 9 great titles Best: It's a Wonderful Life
- #14 1931 9 great titles Best: City Lights
- #15 1939 8 great titles Best: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- #16 1951 8 great titles Best: Ace in the Hole
- #17 1947 8 great titles Best: Out of the Past
- #18 1958 8 great titles Best: Touch of Evil
- #19 2021 8 great titles Best: C'mon C'mon
- #20 1942 8 great titles Best: To Be or Not to Be
- #21 1950 7 great titles Best: Sunset Boulevard
- #22 1940 7 great titles Best: The Great Dictator
- #23 1956 7 great titles Best: A Man Escaped
- #24 1948 7 great titles Best: Bicycle Thieves
- #25 1965 7 great titles Best: Repulsion
- #26 1945 7 great titles Best: Children of Paradise
- #27 1932 7 great titles Best: Freaks
- #28 1933 7 great titles Best: King Kong
- #29 1928 6 great titles Best: The Passion of Joan of Arc
- #30 1936 6 great titles Best: Modern Times
- #31 1963 5 great titles Best: High and Low
- #32 2024 5 great titles Best: RIPLEY
- #33 1944 5 great titles Best: Double Indemnity
- #34 1929 5 great titles Best: Man with a Movie Camera
- #35 1943 5 great titles Best: Casablanca