[VVNVR]

1. North by Northwest
2. Psycho
3. Dial M for Murder
4. Rope
5. The 39 Steps
6. The Birds
7. Rear Window
8. Foreign Correspondent
9. Vertigo
10. Shadow of a Doubt
11. Spellbound
12. Strangers on a Train
13. Lifeboat
14. Family Plot
15. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
16. Torn Curtain
17. Frenzy
18. Sabotage
19. Saboteur
20. Stage Fright
21. Marnie
22. I Confess
23. The Wrong Man
24. The Lodger
25. Notorious
26. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
27. Bon Voyage [short]
28. The Trouble With Harry
29. To Catch a Thief
30. Topaz
31. Aventure Malgache [short]


I've also seen The Lady Vanishes and Rebecca, but too long ago to really judge them.

I know, I know: I like Notorious less than most other people. I'm sorry!

[CA Dreamin]

Getting a head start on the 40s project, I watched Foreign Correspondent for the first time. Pretty solid, would slide it at #17 on my list. A thriller about a NY reporter sent to Europe in the summer of '39 to find out if war was coming. While it contains some of the Master of Suspense's most memorable sequences (the assassination, the windmill, the plane), there was a strong sense of urgency to the film, given when it was made. It covers the early stages of the war as it was literally unfolding. Although Hitchcock was making films in America by this point, he obviously felt strongly for his native country of Britain, that was on the eve of battle while Foreign Correspondent was in production. A rushed production, for sure. But the timing was huge. He churned such a solid film in a short timespan, which deserves credit. Hitchcock also succeeded in making this film act as a wake-up call to America to what was happening across the pond.

[Brigand99]

1. The Birds
2. Strangers On a Train
3. Rebecca
4. Vertigo
5. Rope
6. Psycho
7. The Wrong Man
8. Rear Window
9. Shadow of a Doubt
10. Stage Fright
11. Dial M for Murder
12. Family Plot
13. The Man Who Knew Too Much (56)
14. Suspicion
15. The Lodger
16. The Paradine Case
17. The Man Who Knew Too Much (30)
18. Frenzy
19. Spellbound
20. Lifeboat

[Olli]

Thanks for your active participation. 10 lists were created, each with some great differences. 👏 I notice that no one ranked Vertigo first. 😎

Would anyone like to create a BEA list? 🤔

[CA Dreamin]

[Hayden]