# What are your Top Five Alfred Hitchcock Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596 "2015-07-19T12:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/1 "2015-07-19T12:21:50Z")
See [Highest Rated Feature Film Director Titles With Alfred Hitchcock](http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?explore=title_type&role=nm0000033&ref_=filmo_ref_job_typ&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&job_type=director&title_type=movie) for a complete listing of his movies, but I have selected these for this thread: =========================================== 1. Psycho (1960) 2. Rear Window (1954) 3. North by Northwest (1959) 4. Vertigo (1958) 5. Dial M for Murder (1954) 6. Rebecca (1940) 7. Strangers on a Train (1951) 8. Notorious (1946) 9. Rope (1948) 10. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 11. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 12. The 39 Steps (1935) 13. The Birds (1963) 14. Lifeboat (1944) 15. Spellbound (1945) 16. Foreign Correspondent (1940) 17. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) 18. To Catch a Thief (1955) 19. Frenzy (1972) 20. Suspicion (1941) 21. The Wrong Man (1956) 22. The Lodger (1927) 23. I Confess (1953) 24. Marnie (1964) 25. The Trouble with Harry (1955) 26. Saboteur (1942) 27. Stage Fright (1950) 28. Sabotage (1936) 29. Blackmail (1929) 30. The Girl Was Young (1937) 31. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) 32. Family Plot (1976) 33. Torn Curtain (1966) 34. Secret Agent (1936) 35. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) 36. The Paradine Case (1947) 37. Murder! (1930) 38. Topaz (1969) 39. Jamaica Inn (1939) 40. The Ring (I) (1927) 41. The Manxman (1929) 42. Under Capricorn (1949) 43. When Boys Leave Home (1927) 44. The Pleasure Garden (1925) 45. The Farmer’s Wife (1928) 46. Strauss’ Great Waltz (1934) 47. Mary (1931) 48. East of Shanghai (1931) 49. Number 17 (1932) 50. The Skin Game (1931) =========================================== **Choose your own Top Five and post them. We’ll see what happens!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/2 "2015-07-19T12:27:47Z")
Rear Window (1954) North by Northwest (1959) Vertigo (1958) Notorious (1946) The Birds (1963) ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/3 "2015-07-19T12:32:19Z")
Rear Window (1954) Lifeboat (1944) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Psycho (1960) Dial M for Murder (1954) Least Favorite, of those I’ve seen: The Birds (1963) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/4 "2015-07-19T12:43:47Z")
Psycho (1960) Rear Window (1954) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Rope (1948) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/5 "2015-07-19T14:12:30Z")
1. Vertigo (1958) 2. Rear Window (1954) 3. Psycho (1960) 4. Dial M for Murder (1954) 5. To Catch a Thief (1955) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/6 "2015-07-19T14:34:34Z")
North by Northwest The 39 Steps Rear Window Strangers on a Train Saboteur ---
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North by Northwest Rear Window Frenzy The Birds Vertigo ---
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Rebecca Rope Notorious Rear Window Marnie ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/9 "2015-07-19T21:20:46Z")
Psycho (1960) North by Northwest (1959) Strangers on a Train (1951) Notorious (1946) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/10 "2015-07-19T21:58:37Z")
1. Psycho (1960) 2. Rear Window (1954) 3. North by Northwest (1959) 4. The Birds (1963) 5. Sabotage (1936) - love the “Who Killed Cock Robin” Disney short These are the numbers from the original list; I don’t want to pick and rank my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/11 "2015-07-19T22:16:52Z")
1. The Trouble with Harry 2. Lifeboat 3. Strangers on a Train 4. Psycho 5. North by Northwest ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/12 "2015-07-21T00:57:02Z")
1. Vertigo 2. Strangers on a Train 3. Notorious 4. Rear Window 5. Shadow of a Doubt ---
**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:** [July 21, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/13 "2015-07-21T12:20:30Z")
Rear Window Frenzy Dial M For Murder The Man Who Knew Too Much North By Northwest ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/14 "2015-07-21T13:24:26Z")
_Psycho_ (1960) _Rear Window_ (1954) _Vertigo_ (1958) \*Rope \*(1948) _The 39 Steps_ (1935) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/15 "2015-07-21T14:15:41Z")
1. Rear Window (1954) 2. North by Northwest (1959) 3. Psycho (1960) 4. Strangers on a Train (1951) 5. The Birds (1963) Honorable mention: Frenzy (1972) Most overrated: Vertigo (1958), The 39 Steps (1935) ---
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Shadow of a Doubt The 39 Steps The Lady Vanishes Notorious North by Northwest ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/17 "2015-07-21T17:00:16Z")
Psycho Rear Window Vertigo Strangers on a Train Notorious ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-alfred-hitchcock-movies/725596/18 "2015-07-21T20:24:50Z")
Psycho The Birds North by Northwest Family Plot Foreign Correspondent ---
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Psycho Rear Window Notorious The Birds Marnie ---
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