Favorite Hitchcock movie

[Lime]

(North by Northwest is on TCM.)

I'll go with Vertigo.

[TH1974]

Rear Window

[MickerHawk]

Favorite, Rear Window. Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly made that movie something special.

[MickerHawk]

Rear Window

You're a brilliant fellow.

[TH1974]

Rear Window

You're a brilliant fellow.

Tell me something I don't know. ;)

[Lime]

Favorite, Rear Window. Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly made that movie something special.

Can you believe that that was up against On the Waterfront and Elia Kazan for best director and wasn't even nominated for Best Picture?

[Lime]

By the way, he has four in the AFI 100 (original, not the lesser list released in 2007):

18- Psycho
40- North by Northwest
42- Rear Window
61- Vertigo

The latter two are underrated.

[MickerHawk]

Favorite, Rear Window. Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly made that movie something special.

Can you believe that that was up against On the Waterfront and Elia Kazan for best director and wasn't even nominated for Best Picture?

No, actually, I can't. On the Waterfront was good, not great. Rear Window is timeless, as good now as it was then, and that's the mark of true greatness. Same is true of Casablanca.

[Lime]

Favorite, Rear Window. Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly made that movie something special.

Can you believe that that was up against On the Waterfront and Elia Kazan for best director and wasn't even nominated for Best Picture?

No, actually, I can't. On the Waterfront was good, not great. Rear Window is timeless, as good now as it was then, and that's the mark of true greatness. Same is true of Casablanca.

I'll have to disagree with you on OTW. While I'd definitely rate RW ahead of it, OTW is a great film. I wouldn't put it top 25, but definitely top 50.

(And you are correct on the timelessness of Casablanca. I can watch that movie on any given day and be enthralled.)

[prudence]

I've always been partial to The Man Who Knew Too Much. Exceptional tension-building.

Plus, you get Doris Day singing Que Sera, Sera.

[MickerHawk]

I've always been partial to The Man Who Knew Too Much. Exceptional tension-building.

Plus, you get Doris Day singing Que Sera, Sera.

Sad to say, I haven't yet seen this.

[Natty Bumppo]

Rear Window.

Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor, and this is one of his best roles. The only movie where he was better was perhaps Anatomy of a Murder.

[ThePracticalPundit]

I've always thought The Birds was remarkable in that it's among the very rare films with no musical score.

[MickerHawk]

I've always thought The Birds was remarkable in that it's among the very rare films with no musical score.

True 'dat. The Birds was fantastic movie-making. How a brilliant director can make nothing but a line of birds seem as ominous as Michael Myers with a cleaver in his hands and not make it all ridiculous is simply amazing. The cinematography was astounding as well, camera seemed alive.

Edit: Michael Myers, rather than Michael Moore. Michael Moore on one side of someone with a crate of KrispyKremes on the other would be terrifying.

[Aloha Mr. Hand]

Favourite? Frenzy.

Best? North by Northwest.

[Rolo Tomassi]

I was torn between Rear Window and Psycho, but after thinking on it, it occurred to me that while Psycho is kind of cheesy by today's standards, Rear Window is timeless. Anytime RW comes on, I'll try to find time to watch it.

[Southsidehawk]

I liked North by Northwest the best.

An under appreciated movie of his is The 39 Steps.

[Rolo Tomassi]

I liked North by Northwest the best.

An under appreciated movie of his is The 39 Steps.

North By Northwest, although IMO not as good as Rear Window, DOES have some classic scenes:

1. The airplane attack out in the middle of nowhere.
2. Climbing around on the face of Mt. Rushmore.
3. The little kid who plugs his ears before the gun is fired in the restaurant at the base of Mt. Rushmore. Unfortunately (or fortunately) nobody caught this gaffe before the film was released, and the scene has become part of cinematic lore.

[Southsidehawk]

I liked North by Northwest the best.

An under appreciated movie of his is The 39 Steps.

North By Northwest, although IMO not as good as Rear Window, DOES have some classic scenes:

1. The airplane attack out in the middle of nowhere.
2. Climbing around on the face of Mt. Rushmore.
3. The little kid who plugs his ears before the gun is fired in the restaurant at the base of Mt. Rushmore. Unfortunately (or fortunately) nobody caught this gaffe before the film was released, and the scene has become part of cinematic lore.

Yeah Rolo, good flic. Did you know there isn't a house behind or on top of Mt. Rushmore? :D

[MickerHawk]

Yeah Rolo, good flic. Did you know there isn't a house behind or on top of Mt. Rushmore? :D

Wha-wha-WHAT?

:cool:

[Rolo Tomassi]

I liked North by Northwest the best.

An under appreciated movie of his is The 39 Steps.

North By Northwest, although IMO not as good as Rear Window, DOES have some classic scenes:

1. The airplane attack out in the middle of nowhere.
2. Climbing around on the face of Mt. Rushmore.
3. The little kid who plugs his ears before the gun is fired in the restaurant at the base of Mt. Rushmore. Unfortunately (or fortunately) nobody caught this gaffe before the film was released, and the scene has become part of cinematic lore.

Yeah Rolo, good flic. Did you know there isn't a house behind or on top of Mt. Rushmore? :D

I did not know that.

[oomp]

Psycho - see it in a theatre if you ever get the chance.

Stuffed Birds + Mirrors + Sex + Muder + Money = Awesome

[JasperDeKimmel]

Frenzy

[kerouac]

I like Rear Window also, but am a big fan of Rope, just because of the intriguing way it was filmed. The scenes were set up so that the only breaks or cuts were so that the film in the camera could be changed. Sets were moved while the actors were being filmed on the other side of the set. Very interesting...

[Slyhawk]

I have many favorites, and most have been mentioned. But I did like Lifeboat, just because of the restricted area in which Hitchcock had to work.

The Trouble With Harry is also a departure for him. Plus, you get to see the Beaver, Jerry Mathers, in a big production.

[Hawk24]

'Psycho' and 'Strangers on a Train.'

[Malickfan]

Vertigo.

[Lime]

Just watched Dial M for Murder for the first time, very good especially when you consider that it was basically a play (essentially one set with the exception of a couple of scenes).