Favourite – The Trouble with Harry
Best – The Wrong Man
Best if it was better edited – Vertigo
others…. Psycho, Rear Window
North by Northwest
Moderated
Curtis—that was a little over the line.
Shadow of a Doubt. I was so happy when I found out it was Hitch’s favorite too, as if that justified my personal perference. I do find myself revisting Rope and Suspicion quite a bit, too.
Okay, here goes my list
1. Rear Window
2. Rope
3. Vertigo
4. Psycho
5. Dial M for Murder
But I loved every one I saw, Hitchcock will always be my favorite. :>
Out of the ones I have seen:
1. Rear Window
2. Dial M for Murder
3. Rope
4. Psycho
5. The Birds
6. Vertigo
1. Notorious
2. Vertigo
3. Shadow of a Doubt
4. The Birds
5. Rebecca
6. Rope
Very close to yours Rupert, I like Dial M for Murder quite a bit as well. The Birds doesn’t get the respect it deserves around here!
1. North by northwest
2.Vertigo
2.Psycho
1. Rope
2. Vertigo
3. Rear Window
4. Psycho
5. Shadow of a Doubt
6. Strangers on a Train
7. North By Northwest
8. Notorious
9. The Trouble with Harry
10. Marnie
North by Northwest is fun, and Notorious is well made but they’re two of the most loved Hitchcocks which don’t really do it for me.
Rope is up there with my favourites, but Vertigo, Rear Window and Birds are of course great.
the 39 steps has gradually been worming its way to my top spot.
previous hitch faves have been north by northwest, notorious and rear window.
when hitch is in top form he is unparalled.
Nobody’s gonna say that Vertigo is their favorite anymore. ;)
1) Vertigo
2) Psycho
3) Rear Window
4) Rope
5) Notorious
6) The Birds
^ Nope :)
1. Psycho
2. Rear Window
3. Notorious
4. Vertigo
5. North by Northwest
1. Vertigo
2. Psycho
3. Rear Window
4. North by Northwest
5. Shadow of a Doubt
1. North by Northwest
2. Marnie
3. Psycho
4. Vertigo
5. The Birds
1. Marnie
2. The Birds
3. The 39 Steps
4. Spellbound
5. Suspicion
6.Young and Innocent
7. Under Capricorn
8. Strangers on a Train
9. Frenzy
10. Rich and Strange
The list is in preferential order, but the noted films of course get shifted around from time to time, and others, like Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Stage Fright, The Paradine Case, and The Lady Vanishes, could easily slip into their company without any difficulty. Like everyone else who admires Hitchcock and his work, I have my own Hitch, one which I lay claim to and enjoy perhaps in opposition to what others value; that is my own individual sense of him and his particular achievement.
1. Psycho
2. Vertigo
3. Rear Window
4. Strangers on a Train
5. The Birds
6. North by Northwest
1. Vertigo
2. Rear Window
3. Notorious
4. Shadow of a Doubt
5. Psycho
Other heavy contenders for this list are….Marnie, Strangers on a Train, Spellbound, Rope.
Least favorite…. Family Plot
The best: The Birds.
Honourable mentions, at a tie: Psycho and Vertigo.
Scottie said: “Nobody’s gonna say that Vertigo is their favorite anymore. ;)”
Well, maybe. But personally, Vertigo has been my favorite Hitchcock for quite a few years, so I won’t renege now.
I’m surprised that Rebecca isn’t gettin more love
Haven’t revisited Vertigo and North by Northwest for a while, so my favorites as of now are The Lady Vanishes and Strangers On a Train
Rear Window
Psycho…
Dial M for Murder, this Bordwell article lays the case for why it’s such a great film: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/09/07/dial-m-for-murder-hitchcock-frets-not-at-his-narrow-room/
The Wrong Man is the best one he ever made.
thegirlwiththedragontattoo
Strangers on a Train