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1. Rear Window (1954)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond BurrLaid up with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to his tiny, sweltering courtyard apartment. To pass the time ... More
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2. Psycho (1960)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin BalsamIn 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he ... More
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3. To Catch a Thief (1955)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles VanelA jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and all evidence points to retired cat burglar Cary Grant. Escaping the law, Grant heads to the Cote D'Azur ... More
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4. Rebecca (1940)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel BruceBased on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the classic psychological thriller Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film. Joan Fontaine plays ... More
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5. Notorious (1946)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine KonstantinThough Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious was produced by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, Selznick himself had little to do with the production, which ... More
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6. Vertigo (1958)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry JonesDismissed when first released, later heralded as one of director Alfred Hitchcock's finest films (and, according to Hitchcock, his most personal one) ... More
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7. Dial M for Murder (1954)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony DawsonBased on the popular mystery play by Frederick Knott, Dial M For Murder is more talky and stagebound than most Hitchcock films, but no less enjoyable ... More
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8. Strangers on a Train (1951)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia HitchcockIn one of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics, tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) ... More
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9. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Daniel Gélin, Ralph TrumanThe debate still rages as to whether Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much is superior to his own original 1934 version. This ... More
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10. Marnie (1964)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise LathamCondemned as being a "disappointing" and "unworthy" Alfred Hitchcock effort at the time of its release, Marnie has since grown in stature; it is ... More
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11. Rope (1948)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance CollierList of all editionsRope, Alfred Hitchcock's first color film, was adapted from Patrick Hamilton's stage play Rope's End by no less than Hume Cronyn. Loosely inspired ... More
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12. Lifeboat (1944)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Hume Cronyn, Mary AndersonList of all editionsSeeking a creative challenge after several years' worth of fairly elaborate melodramas, director Alfred Hitchcock stages all of the action in ... More
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13. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, MacDonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia CollingeList of all editionsTeresa Wright plays Charlie, a small-town high-schooler who enjoys a symbiotic relationship with her favorite uncle, also named Charlie (Joseph ... More
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14. Spellbound (1945)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Jean Acker, Rhonda Fleming, Leo G. Carroll, Donald Curtis, Norman Lloyd, Regis ToomeyList of all editionsAs Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychothriller opens, the staff of a posh mental asylum eagerly awaits the arrival of the new director. When the man in ... More
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15. Suspicion (1941)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May WhittyList of all editionsWealthy, sheltered Joan Fontaine is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Cary Grant. Though warned that Grant is little more than a fortune ... More
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16. I Confess (1953)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, O.E. HasseList of all editionsBased on the turn-of-the-century play Our Two Consciences by Paul Anthelme, Hitchcock's I Confess is set in Quebec. Montgomery Clift plays a priest ... More
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17. The Trouble with Harry (1955)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Jerry MathersList of all editionsThe trouble with Harry is that he's dead. The scene is a autumnal Vermont village, where a pre-Leave It to Beaver Jerry Mathers stumbles upon Harry's ... More
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18. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh WakefieldList of all editionsThe first film version of The Man Who Knew too Much proved to be the international "breakthrough" film for British director Alfred Hitchcock, ... More
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19. The Birds (1963)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel GriffiesList of all editionsThe story begins as an innocuous romantic triangle involving wealthy, spoiled Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), handsome Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), ... More
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20. Secret Agent (1936)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Robert Young, Percy MarmontList of all editionsBased on the novels of W. Somerset Maugham, The Secret Agent is the second in a trilogy of Alfred Hitchcock spy movies (along with The 39 Steps and ... More
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21. North by Northwest (1959)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis, Leo G. CarrollList of all editionsWhile having lunch at the Plaza Hotel in New York, advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) has the bad luck to call for a messenger ... More
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22. The 39 Steps (1935)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, Lucie MannheimList of all editionsThis classic British thriller was one of Alfred Hitchcock's first major international successes, and it introduced a number of the stylistic and ... More
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23. Saboteur (1942)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Murray Alper, Vaughan GlaserList of all editionsAircraft plant worker Robert Cummings is accused of sabotaging his factory and causing the death of a co-worker. Actually, Cummings is the fall guy ... More
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24. Torn Curtain (1966)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy, Tamara ToumanovaList of all editionsA double agent has to contend with enemies on both sides of the political fence as well as the woman he loves in this thriller directed by Alfred ... More
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25. The Paradine Case (1947)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, Louis JourdanList of all editionsBased on a novel by Robert Hichens, The Paradine Case concerns Anna Paradine (Alida Valli), on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband. British ... More







