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Psycho
Strangers On A Train
The Lady Vanishes
Rear Window
The Trouble With Harry
North By Northwest
Shadow of A Doubt
The 39 Steps
Rebecca
Rope
The Birds
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Young and Innocent
Notorious
Lifeboat
To Catch A Thief
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Frenzy
Family Plot
Vertigo
Foreign Correspondent
Secret Agent
Spellbound
Marnie
The Wrong Man
Dial M For Murder
Suspicion
Torn Curtain
Saboteur
The Paradine Case
Topaz
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Notorious
The Lady Vanishes
Strangers on a Train
North by Northwest
The 39 Steps
Rebecca
The Birds
Rear Window
Vertigo
Psycho
To Catch a Thief
Spellbound
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1. Rear Window.
In Rear Window, the single most perfect thriller ever made, Hitchcock shows us how thoroughly he understands both the genre and the way it speaks to the human psychology. The way he controls the viewers tension and emotional involvement (and distantiation!) is nothing less than genious. None of his other films, however good they may be, come even close to this level of perfection.
2. Vertigo
3. Rebecca
4. Notorious
5. Dial M for Murder
6. Psycho
7. Strangers on a Train
8. The Man who Knew Too Much
9. Rope
10. North By Northwest
Won't rank more than ten. As with most long ranking lists the order becomes pretty much arbitrary after a while...
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1. Rear Window. In Rear Window, the single most perfect thriller ever made, Hitchcock shows us how thoroughly he understands both the genre and the way it speaks to the human psychology. The way he controls the viewers tension and emotional involvement (and distantiation!) is nothing less than genious. None of his other films, however good they may be, come even close to this level of perfection.
2. Vertigo 3. Rebecca 4. Notorious 5. Dial M for Murder 6. Psycho 7. Strangers on a Train 8. The Man who Knew Too Much 9. Rope 10. North By Northwest
Won't rank more than ten. As with most long ranking lists the order becomes pretty much arbitrary after a while...
N by NW at 10????
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muckela wrote:
#42 wrote:
1. Rear Window. In Rear Window, the single most perfect thriller ever made, Hitchcock shows us how thoroughly he understands both the genre and the way it speaks to the human psychology. The way he controls the viewers tension and emotional involvement (and distantiation!) is nothing less than genious. None of his other films, however good they may be, come even close to this level of perfection.
2. Vertigo 3. Rebecca 4. Notorious 5. Dial M for Murder 6. Psycho 7. Strangers on a Train 8. The Man who Knew Too Much 9. Rope 10. North By Northwest
Won't rank more than ten. As with most long ranking lists the order becomes pretty much arbitrary after a while...
N by NW at 10????
As entertaining as that movie is, I don't think it's as amazing a movie as the other nine.
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1. Vertigo 2. Read Window 3. Psycho 4. North by Northwest 5. Frenzy 6. Strangers on a Train 7. Shadow of a Doubt 8. The Man Who Knew Too Much 9. The Birds
I need to see the last two again. I really want to see Rebecca but its out of print and Notorious has a long wait on netflix. I have The 39 Steps but haven't watched it.
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Wow, this is DAMN tough. Hitchcock is the closest thing I have to a religion. I'm not kidding. Mind you each one of these is VERY close to the one above it. I'll just go with a nice round number list of top 15.
1. Rear Window 2. North By Northwest 3. Dial M For Murder 4. To Catch A Thief 5. Rope 6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Stewart/Day) 7. Psycho 8. The 39 Steps 9. Notorious 10. Strangers On A Train 11. Rebecca 12. The Lady Vanishes 13. The Trouble With Harry 14. Spellbound 15. Shadow Of A Doubt
Rear Window is possibly my favorite film of all time. I think it was actually the first Grace Kelly movie I'd ever seen, and I instantly fell head over hells in love with her. Thought it was kinda cool to learn then she was from my native Philadelphia. There are still a few films from his overall resume I've still yet to see. Would you believe that one of them is The Birds? Even more crazy -- I actually have very little interest in watching it Ya know, I don't know what it is, I mean, like I said I downright WORSHIP Hitchcock, I strive to be something like him as a writer/director, but when it comes to The Birds, I just can't see it being all that interesting. Not being much beyond a flock of wild and crazy birds attacks everyone in this small town. Just doesn't seem all that compelling to me.
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invention wrote:
I really want to see Rebecca but its out of print and Notorious has a long wait on netflix.
If you have a cable box or satellite, it's showing on TCM this month for the Oscar count down. I'm not sure if it will show again, but I got in on my DVR ready to watch. It's been a while since I've seen any of his movies, so I got that, Vertigo, Rear Window, and a couple more I believe. I can't wait to sit down and have a Hitchcock Marathon.
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invention wrote:
1. Vertigo 2. Read Window 3. Psycho 4. North by Northwest 5. Frenzy 6. Strangers on a Train 7. Shadow of a Doubt 8. The Man Who Knew Too Much 9. The Birds
I need to see the last two again. I really want to see Rebecca but its out of print and Notorious has a long wait on netflix. I have The 39 Steps but haven't watched it.
the birds is definitely one i've watched several times... i got to see most of these on the big screen which is awesome. including rebecca, which isn't that great to be honest. has some nice touches, but not his best. i don't really get the love for notorious, might be cause i don't get the love for cary grant. jimmy stewart owns. so does that guy who plays bruno in strangers on a train
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Perfection: 1. Shadow of a Doubt (I've written more essays on this film than I care to admit. Joseph Cotten's Uncle Charlie is perhaps the most underrated Hitchcock villain & Teresa Wright is phenomenal. There's so much layering in this film it's sick) 2. Vertigo (Okay so it’s not perfection - quite the opposite in fact. It’s incredibly flawed: Kim Novak is terrible & the plot is ludicrous. But thematically & aesthetically it’s the most interesting Hitchcock film ever made) 3. Notorious (Possibly the most tragic love story Hitchcock has ever told. The four leads are all amazing)
Great to Very Good: 4. The Birds (Great horror movie) 5. Psycho (Great horror movie) 6. North by Northwest (James Mason steals the show) 7. Rear Window (Great dialogue) 8. Strangers on a Train (Robert Walker’s scary as hell; even Farley Granger’s crappy acting can’t ruin this movie) 9. The Man Who Knew Too Much (The remake. It’s not rocket science but it’s a load of fun) 10. Foreign Correspondent 11. The Lady Vanishes 12. Sabotage (Silvia Sydney rocks my world. Some truly shocking twists & a spectacularly modern murder scene) 13. Rope (I know a lot of people view this film as a failed experiment but I think it works overall) 14. Stage Fright
Passable: 15. Rebecca (Starts off great before it simply falls apart. Great book too so it’s a shame) 16. Dial M for Murder 17. The Wrong Man 18. The Lodger (Interesting to see Hitchcock do silent if nothing else) 19. The Man Who Knew Too Much (original) 20. Mr. & Mrs. Smith 21. The 39 Steps 22. Lifeboat (Great idea but a little too dated by today’s standards)
Duds: 23. Suspicion (Had they stuck with the original ending this film could’ve redeemed itself. As it is however it’s a bore) 24. Spellbound (The Dali set pieces are cool but Gregory Peck is so bad it’s distracting) 25. Family Plot (I barely remember it which is not a good sign) 26. I Confess (A horribly wasted effort between a great actor like Clift and a great director) 27. The Paradine Case (Zzzzzzzzzz) 28. To Catch a Thief (This film goes NOWHERE and it takes forever to get there) 29. Under Capricorn (An absolute mess of a film)
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Ya know, I don't know what it is, I mean, like I said I downright WORSHIP Hitchcock, I strive to be something like him as a writer/director, but when it comes to The Birds, I just can't see it being all that interesting. Not being much beyond a flock of wild and crazy birds attacks everyone in this small town. Just doesn't seem all that compelling to me. 
