**Rope ** for me. I like almost of Hitch’s films, though. **Frenzy **is underrated.
I voted for Rebecca, for its haunting atmosphere, but I do have a fondness for *Lifeboat *as well.
All his movies are good though…
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!
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?
Rope won by a hair over Rear Window and Strangers on a Train. Rebecca also was in the running.
It would be a contest between Notorious and Rear Window; I will go with the latter.
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.
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.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.
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.)
Rear Window +1
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.
Where’s the love for Family Plot?
Weekend bump
The Birds is my favorite.
I fell asleep in the movie theater watching Family Plot.
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.
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.
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.
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. =)
Absolutely.