Official Alfred Hitchcock Thread

What an useless hack:

The Manxman (1929) -
Number 17 (1932) -
The 39 steps (1935) -
The lady vanishes (1938) -
Rebecca (1940) -
Shadow of a doubt (1943) -
Lifeboat (1944) -
Notorious (1946) -
Rope (1948) -
Strangers on a train (1951) -
Rear window (1954) -
Vertigo (1958) -
North by Northwest (1959) -
Psycho (1960) -
The birds (1963) -
Frenzy (1972) -

He's no Brian De Palma.

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Rebecca (1940) -
Shadow of a doubt (1943) -
Lifeboat (1944) -
Notorious (1946) -
Rope (1948) -
Rear window (1954) -
To Catch a Thief (1955) -
The Man Who Knew To Much (1956) -
Vertigo (1958) -
North by Northwest (1959) -
Psycho (1960) -
The Birds (1963) -
Marnie (1964) -
Frenzy (1972) -

No other director made that much quality movies.

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I've seen more films from him than any other director, and he is by far the most consistently awesome filmmaker I know of. I have him to thank for my interest in movies to begin with. Happy birthday!!

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Oh yes. He's one of the best and probably my favorite as well.

Only seen 3 films from Hitchcock but they're all great. Will see more of his work soon.

That may be the nicest comment you've ever made!

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Out of four:

ROPE (1948) - ***1/4
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951) - ***1/4
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) - ***1/2
REAR WINDOW (1954) - ****
TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) - ***1/4
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956) - ***
VERTIGO (1958) - ****
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) - ***1/2
PSYCHO (1960) - ***1/2
THE BIRDS (1963) - ***1/4
MARNIE (1964) - ***
FRENZY (1972) - ***1/4

I haven't watched much:

Notorious
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
Vertigo +
North by Northeast
Psycho
The Birds

Most of his films were good except Notorious which I found rather boring. I also didn't like the whole "Nazis in Brazil" plot for obvious reasons. Vertigo is the one that scared me the most and that I found the most impressive, I only didn't like the ending that much though.

Good timing. I saw Notorious tonight and really enjoyed it, as I usually do with Hitch's work.

And since I haven't posted here yet:

Vertigo +
Psycho
North by Northwest +
Notorious
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window -, due a rewatch
Rope
To Catch a Thief

I feel a Hitch binge coming on.

A local theater screened Rope last night, and it was awesome. I'd seen it 2-3 times before but it'd been years, and I'd forgotten how many brilliant little details and touches are in that film.

^ Rope is awesome. Way ahead of it's time imo.

Vertigo is my personal favorite, simply one of the most stunning movies of all time.

Wow didn't know there was a thread for Hitchcock! (On second thought, obviously hehe)

I love his films and he's hands down my favourite director of all time! Vertigo being my fav of his, probably, closely followed by Rear Window.

There is no denying the genius of Hitchcock and I will admit that there is a large portion of his work that I haven't seen, but what I have seen I have definitely learned to appreciate. I know it's not a popular opinion on these boards, but The Birds is my favorite Hitchcock film. The film is a master class in the art of building cinematic suspense...I love that scene where Tippi Hedren is sitting on a bench smoking a cigarette while birds start gathering on a jungle gym behind her. I saw an interview with Hitch once where he was talking about how to build suspense in a movie. He said if you put a bomb in a room and it goes off, you have a three second scare and it's over. Instead, put a bomb under a table and show it ticking and show people sitting at the table having a discussion unaware that there is a bomb under the table, you start yelling at the screen, "Stop talking, there's a bomb under the table!"

I love North by Northwest and Psycho...I don't know which is the bigger masterpiece. The performance that Hitch pulled out of Tony Perkins for Psycho is a revelation and I still can't believe he was not nominated for an Oscar. I absolutely love Notorious, the film that contains my favorite Ingrid Bergman performance. Again, North by Northwest is another master class in building suspense...the first time I watched the crop duster scene, I was literally holding my breath. I have to confess that I have never seen Vertigo, but it is on my 2015 watchlist.

I've never seen Marnie, but reading what you wrote made me want to add it to my watchlist.

Despite the circle-jerking on Vertigo, it will forever be his masterpiece, it's great and personal film. Psycho is a great prank, but not much more. He's a technical master and an innovator, but many of his films lacks emotion and soul. They're fun to watch though, I mean its popcorn movies, which is okay.

Can Alfred Hitchcock's entire filmography be apart of this site's user checklists? Apologizes if someone asked this question before.

39 Steps
Sabotage
The Lady Vanishes
Rebecca
Suspicion
Saboteur
Shadow of a Doubt
Lifeboat
Spellbound
Notorious
Rope
Strangers on a Train
I Confess
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder
The Trouble with Harry
To Catch a Thief
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Psycho
The Birds
Marnie
Topaz
Frenzy

Pretty sure this is every film I have seen of Mr. H.