# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/21 "2009-09-30T21:13:21Z")
\*\*Rope \*\* for me. I like almost of Hitch’s films, though. \*\*Frenzy \*\*is underrated. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/22 "2009-09-30T21:37:49Z")
I voted for _Rebecca_, for its haunting atmosphere, but I do have a fondness for \*Lifeboat \*as well. All his movies are good though… ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Kerrman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@Joe\_Kerrman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Kerrman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/23 "2009-10-01T00:35:55Z")
Ooooooooohh, it’s like voting for my favorite cat or dog – or even kid. _Vertigo. Rear Window. Strangers on a Train. To Catch a Thief. Psycho._ I still love all of you very, _very_ much. But _North by Northwest_ has got. it. all. Intrigue, espionage, cold war, action, romance, cinematography, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint (rowr!) … and a sappy happy ending! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/24 "2009-10-01T01:39:21Z")
Tough call, and I haven’t finished my private Hitchcock film festival yet so haven’t see **Rope** or **Lifeboat**. Went with **Rear Window** with **NbNW** a close second. I wonder which one \*\*Stranger on a Train \*\*will go with? ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/25 "2009-10-01T03:18:37Z")
Rope won by a hair over Rear Window and Strangers on a Train. Rebecca also was in the running. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/26 "2009-10-01T06:21:35Z")
It would be a contest between Notorious and Rear Window; I will go with the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/27 "2009-10-01T06:24:55Z")
It really was hard to pick just one, but I picked Rope, since I’m pretty sure it’s the first Hitchcock movie I really got into. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/28 "2009-10-01T06:33:07Z")
Looking at that list I am a bit surprised that Rope got so many votes. It’s more than 10 years since I saw it but I remember it as rather contrived and boring. I am a little surprised Vertigo has only 3 votes; it’s probably the most critically acclaimed of his films though I admit I don’t get it at all. ``` A bit disappointed that 39 steps has no votes. It was among the first Hitch films I ever saw and while seriously flawed it has a certain old-fashioned charm which is hard to resist. The same for the Lady Vanishes. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/29 "2009-10-01T06:37:59Z")
For me, it’s Dial M, followed by Rear Window. I’m surprised North by Northwest has gotten so many votes, although it is probably in my top 5. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/30 "2009-10-01T13:29:44Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I feel the same way. Plus, gay subtext! High five, **tdn**. (High BUTT five.) Wouldn’t that be a high two? HIGH TWO! STEVE HOLT! (Nobody commits a high two just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us.) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/31 "2009-10-01T13:56:29Z")
Rear Window +1 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/32 "2009-10-01T16:26:40Z")
I went for Dial M. I agree that Frenzy was underrated (love those meals that the inspector’s wife cooked for him). Rear Window would be my second choice. Of those not listed, The Trouble With Harry would be my pick. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/33 "2009-10-01T16:28:41Z")
Where’s the love for Family Plot? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/34 "2009-10-04T01:50:41Z")
Weekend bump ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/35 "2009-10-04T01:56:41Z")
The Birds is my favorite. I fell asleep in the movie theater watching Family Plot. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/36 "2009-10-04T02:47:37Z")
This is a really tough one, but I went with **North by Northwest**. Others I’d considered include **Young and Innocent, The 39 Steps, Shadow of a Doubt, The Lady Vanishes, Saboteur, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, The Man Who Knew Too Much** (both versions), **Psycho, Frenzy,** and **Family Plot**. I also liked **The Skin Game** , and there are some fine moments in \*\*The Birds \*\* and many others. The only Hitchcock film I didn’t care for was the first one I saw: **Topaz**. I’d give it another try now, though. I fear that **Frenzy** probably hasn’t aged well, but **Family Plot** keeps looking better and better. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/37 "2009-10-04T06:27:50Z")
I picked “Other,” for **Sabotage** (1936; Sylvia Sydney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder, and the child actor, who was terrific). Charming, chilling, sexy, politically astute film with two utterly classic suspense set-pieces (the boy delivering the bomb; the just knifing of the terrorist over dinner) and only one real failing – its subpar sound recording. I’ve been name-dropping and recommending this movie to others for twenty years now, and I feel like I’m carrying a torch to help keep it alive and circulating to some degree. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/38 "2009-10-04T07:23:57Z")
I went for NbyNW because the characters are the most fully realized, especially the villains. James Mason and Martin Landau were wonderful. The film was a bit far-fetched and I could have done without the Mt. Rushmore nonsense, but it had great images. Rear Window is a better realized film, but the villain, Raymond Burr, had almost no lines and no motivation to murder his wife. So the edge goes to NbyNW. And because I like villains, Notorious gets an honorable mention because there were two great villains. ---
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/39 "2009-10-04T09:47:07Z")
I love “Lifeboat.” Not sure why, but I just think it’s excellent. “North by Northwest” and “Vertigo” of course are amazing, but what about “Foreign Correspendent”?? On a side note, I think “The Birds” is a shit movie. =) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132/40 "2009-10-04T10:34:42Z")
> [@Shig](#): > > but what about “Foreign Correspendent”?? Absolutely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-alfred-hitchcock-film/512132.md?page=3)