24 Hitchcock Films

It may be assumed that I’m merely being perverse by excluding certain canonical movies from this list, but I’m concerned here with those aspects of Hitch’s work that most please me. Though the master seems to have greatly valued James Stewart’s performances in four of his major films, I find his mannered acting, folksy persona and often obnoxious character (however intentionally contrived) weaken these works that wiser critics than myself see as masterpieces. It might be noted that most of the films listed here are centered on female protagonists and that psychoanalysis and mental illness are recurrent themes. In...