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favorites? onions?

i just started watching a bunch of his stuff
the usuals... 'north by northwest', 'vertigo', 'psycho', 'rear window'

LOVED rear window, and i now love jimmy stewart as a result

next on my list is '39 steps'
any others for required viewing?
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"The 39 Steps" is fantastic

I also love "Rope", "Strangers on a Train," and if you get a chance to see "Dial M For Murder" in 3-d, by all means do so.
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oh, and "Rebecca" is pretty bad-ass, considering the time it was made.
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i vouch for Rope
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Just watched lifeboat - very good. Notorious was great too.
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I like everything he's done!
Here is my top ten:

1. Rear Window (alltime top 5)
2. North By Norhwest
3. Vertigo
4. Dial M for Murder
5. Strangers on a Train
6. Shadow of a Doubt
7. Psycho
8. The Wrong Man
9. The Birds
10. The Man Who Knew Too Much
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you didn't like psycho as much? it was way better than i thought it would be, and i had high expectations
cant imagine what it wouldve been like seeing that in 1960

thanks for the other suggestions, folks
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oh yes, Shadow of a Doubt is great. co-written by Thornton "Our Town" Wilder.
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You have to clear your mind and forget that you know how Psycho is going to end when you start to watch it. It's amazing how you can care about what's going to happen to one character, and then get switched so effectively halfway through.

I recently saw Spellbound and I Confess to hit 30 Hitchcock films. Both pretty great.

My favorites are Rebecca and Rear Window. Vertigo's pretty wonderful.

The version of The Man Who Knew Too Much with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day is amazing. The original is kind of a bloodbath.

Torn Curtain with Paul Newman is one you should track down, too.
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I knew you would post i this thread, miss Y :wink:

touchy feely wrote:you didn't like psycho as much? it was way better than i thought it would be, and i had high expectations
cant imagine what it wouldve been like seeing that in 1960

thanks for the other suggestions, folks
I like it. I like it alot! But I think I like 1-6 on my list better. Not entirely sure, to be honest :oops:
But Im sure of 1-4. Notice how they are all color films. I love the technicolor look. Its like an old vintage postcard from clean and beautiful 50's.
If I were to recommend four films, then these are the ones I would suggest first. My experience is that "Dial M" tend to be overlooked for some reason. Out of the hundreds of Hitchcock dvd collecion boxes out there, that one if often forgotten.

Hitchcok is by far my favorite director. Some of you mentioned Rebecca and Rope, wich are both wonderful films. They could just as well have been in my top ten list. I didnt put too much effort in it.
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'rope' might be my new favorite... yowza that was good
kinda weird to see jimmy stewart playing kind of a prick

and the orchestra scene in 'man who knew too much' :eek:
this hitchcock guy knows a thing or two about suspense... yeesh

Thunder Bear wrote:But Im sure of 1-4. Notice how they are all color films. I love the technicolor look. Its like an old vintage postcard from clean and beautiful 50's.
too true
the women he casts too... i could not stop staring at joan chandler... she's beauty-ful
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North By Northwest, Rope, Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo. I've not seen 39 steps but will...I didn't like Birds.
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The only one that I've seen that I really didn't care for was Marnie.
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I watched "The Man Who Knew Too Much" this weekend
I also watched the first half of "24"'s first season
Hitchcock totally ripped it off!
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just finished 'dial m for murder'
i wouldve loved to have seen robert mitchum as the creepy former tennis champ husband
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FYI Empire magazine have a huge Hitchcock feature this month.
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I watchd Psycho with my daughter last week and she absolutely loved it. Watching Vertigo with her this weekend if we get some time.
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Mr John wrote:FYI Empire magazine have a huge Hitchcock feature this month.
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