Nov 27, 2015 Title. For me, it's a tie between Rear Window and Shadow Of A Doubt. Kinda hard to choose though. Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds, Rope, The 39 Steps, Notorious, Strangers On A Train, Dial M For Murder, North By Northwest and many more are (imo) perfect movies. Kinda off topic, but The Simpsons take on Rear Window (6x1) is dope af. I recommend watching it
Nov 28, 2015 I've only seen Rope, Psycho, and Rear Window. Rope is pretty much a stageplay put to the screen with all the pros and cons to boot. I like how bare bones it is. A constant source of tension and a moral conflict. Perfectly embodies Hitchcock's whole "bomb under the table" dogma. Psycho is expertly directed, uses the camera better than either of the others, and is probably more iconic as well. The drain shot, the false open, the quirks of Norman Bates. I just saw it earlier this year and was kind of bummed that I already knew so much about it. A classic for a reason. Rear Window was my first Hitchcock picture and one of my favorites to that point. It's a bottled pic like Rope with the advantage of being set in one of the coolest locations put to film instead of a boring a--- apartment. It's a murder thriller without some of the drawbacks that Norman Bates had suffered over the years, especially that horrendous monologue at the end. The protagonist is the archetypal noir man's man with the twist of being helpless and reliant on a woman. It's just a well oiled machine. The only one I own a physical copy of.
Nov 30, 2015 Definitely Vertigo. TBH the last 10 minutes of Psycho rly bother me -- awful ending! Shout out the Birds and Shadow of a Doubt though
Nov 30, 2015 unpopular but very true opinion my favorite is probably North By Northwest, though i'd argue for Vertigo as his best.
Dec 2, 2015 Didn't really wanna tackle this before, but okay. Major oversight is Rebecca. I think it's worth noting that Hitchcock's 'technicolor' period is most readily signature, that his English period is largely ignored, and that Psycho is the one major Black and White fare. 1. Rope 2. Vertigo 3. Rear Window 4. Psycho 5. North By Northwest 6. Dial M For Murder 7. Notorious 8. Strangers on a Train 9. Shadow of a Doubt 10. The 39 Steps 11. The Birds 12. Marnie 13. Lifeboat 14. Spellbound 15. The Trouble With Harry 16. Frenzy 17. Saboteur 18. Blackmail (Talkie) 19. The Man Who Knew Too Much 20. To Catch a Thief ... 21. Jamaica Inn
