by James Wallace Harris, 9/6/23
The other day my friend Annie said she liked Alfred Hitchcock films. I told her I’ve caught a few over the past year and have been meaning to systematically watch the best of them. We decided to do that together. We quickly agreed to watch Notorious tomorrow at 2pm because neither one of us had seen it, and it’s well considered.
I wondered about starting with his first movie and going through to his last, but Annie thought that was too much trouble. One reason I started watching Hitchcock films is I saw this video on YouTube about Hitchcock that described his storytelling techniques.
What are Hitchcock’s best films and is there an order we should consider? What are your favorites?
I did find these rankings of Hitchcock’s films:
- Rotten Tomatoes (51 films — 100% down to 27%)
- IMDB.com (30 films — 8.5 down to 7.6)
- ThroughTheClutter (62 films — include shorts)
- Far Out Magazine (52 films — surviving feature films)
This should give Annie and I plenty to argue over about what to watch next week. I’m reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and wanted to watch the 1940 Hitchcock version first, but Annie has seen it recently. So, I’ll watch it by myself this week after I finish the book.
Jim Harris
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