# Favorite Alfred Hitchcock film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132 "2009-09-30T17:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/1 "2009-09-30T17:53:28Z")
If you had to pick one as your favorite, which would it be? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/2 "2009-09-30T18:06:29Z")
I absolutely love [The Trouble With Harry](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048750/) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/3 "2009-09-30T18:09:17Z")
It’s a long filmography, so I picked the 21 features that had the highest rankings on IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/4 "2009-09-30T18:13:04Z")
I went with “old reliable” ( i.e. _Rear Window_ ), but like the Coen poll, there are other equally worthy contenders. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/5 "2009-09-30T18:17:21Z")
While I love the dialogue and tension of _Psycho_ there’s just no beating _North By Northwest_ for me at least. From the opeining credits playing over the frantic music and images of the NY city rat race of the 50s I get hooked every time. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/6 "2009-09-30T18:33:17Z")
_North By Northwest_ for me too. It takes some kind of movie to beat out _Rear Window_ and _The Birds_ but NbN keeps me spellbound every time. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/7 "2009-09-30T18:35:15Z")
Jimmy Stewart+Grace Kelly \> Cary Grant+Eve Marie Saint. _Rear Window_. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/8 "2009-09-30T18:38:31Z")
There is something about the film **Rebecca** that just haunts me, and makes me watch it again whenever I happen to come across it on TCM. It is a beautifully creepy film, with a nice couple of twists along the way. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/9 "2009-09-30T18:45:28Z")
Wow, I’m the only one who picked Psycho? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/10 "2009-09-30T18:48:08Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Wow, I’m the only one who picked Psycho? Yup, only on the Dope does Rope outnumber Psycho in votes. I chose Rope. I’m not sure why. I was obsessed with it for a while in college and really got into that whole Leopold/Loeb thing. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/11 "2009-09-30T18:49:23Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Wow, I’m the only one who picked Psycho? The new Gus Van Sant version was better… …just joking. Psycho never really “scared” me as it seems to have scared others. Perhaps it was that by the time I had seen it, about a zillion people had spoiled the “big surprise” moment and it was almost a let down when I actually saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/12 "2009-09-30T18:49:24Z")
I was very close to picking _Rebecca_, but was swayed toward _Notorious_ because of the incomparable Claude Rains. Still, Judith Anderson . . . I stand by _Notorious_. But I have bad posture. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/13 "2009-09-30T18:52:18Z")
## How did you get more than 10 options? I see they’ve removed the limit of 10. That’s good. Oh, change my vote to To Catch A Thief ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/14 "2009-09-30T18:52:23Z")
Tough call, but I’ll go with murder in the UN, hooking up with Eva Marie Saint on a train, getting chased by a biplane that crashes into a tanker, and crawling over the faces of giant dead presidents. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/15 "2009-09-30T18:57:16Z")
Who’s voting for “Rope”? That movie played out forever to no point. A real talk fest. Because it was based on real events, plus it was a gimmick where the goal was one long take. Big whoop. Would have been slow even as one of his half hour TV dramas. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/16 "2009-09-30T19:03:07Z")
> [@Brainiac](#): > > Who’s voting for “Rope”? Me. I don’t know why, I just like the way it unfolds. And the way the tension mounts in a subtle but relentless way. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/17 "2009-09-30T20:08:06Z")
North by Northwest. It’s just one of those perfect films. Other Hitchcock faves of mine are Rope (seen it several times and I always find it gripping), Frenzy, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, maybe Vertigo and Strangers on a Train. The rest are a bit hit-and-miss, for me. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/18 "2009-09-30T20:08:55Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Me. > > I don’t know why, I just like the way it unfolds. And the way the tension mounts in a subtle but relentless way. I feel the same way. Plus, gay subtext! High five, **tdn**. (High BUTT five.) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/19 "2009-09-30T20:21:19Z")
Tough call, but the nod goes to Strangers on a Train. Plus, gay subtext! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/20 "2009-09-30T20:30:36Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Tough call, but the nod goes to Strangers on a Train. Plus, gay subtext! But no high five with butts? ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132.md?page=2)