Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in cinema history. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, cameo appearances in most of his films, and hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins. However, despite five nominations, he never won the  Best Director award. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. The British–German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1925) was his directorial debut. His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and Blackmail (1929) was the first British "talkie". His thrillers The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful films followed, including Rebecca(1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Notorious (1946). Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director. He also received Oscar nominations for Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960). Hitchcock's other notable films include Rope (1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972), all of which were also financially successful and are highly regarded by film historians. Hitchcock made several films with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including four with Cary Grant, four with James Stewart, three with Ingrid Bergman and three consecutively with Grace Kelly. Hitchcock became an American citizen in 1955. In 2012, Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart, displaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made based on its worldwide poll of hundreds of film critics. As of 2021, nine of his films had been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, including his favourite, Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1971, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980.

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

Release Date1962-09-20

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Vote Count73

Psycho

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Release Date1960-06-22

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Vote Count10559

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Release Date1985-09-29

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Release Date1955-10-02

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Episode Count268

Vote Count239

Vertigo

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Release Date1958-05-28

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Charactersd Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)

Vote Count6053

Rope

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

Release Date1948-03-11

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Vote Count2866

Rear Window

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Release Date1954-08-01

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Vote Count6859

North by Northwest

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Release Date1959-08-06

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Charactersd Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)

Vote Count4311

Frenzy

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

Release Date1972-05-25

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Vote Count952

The Birds

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

Release Date1963-03-28

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Vote Count4295

Spellbound

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

Release Date1945-11-08

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Vote Count930

Notorious

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Release Date1946-08-21

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Vote Count1673

Foreign Correspondent

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Release Date1940-08-16

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Vote Count416

The Lady Vanishes

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Release Date1938-10-07

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Vote Count976

Blackmail

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

Release Date1929-07-11

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Vote Count259

Suspicion

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.

Release Date1941-11-14

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Vote Count855

To Catch a Thief

When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.

Release Date1955-08-03

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Vote Count1600

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

A look at Alfred Hitchcock's films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on the difference between shock and suspense, defines the meaning of "MacGuffin," and discusses his use of storyboarding in designing a film. Clips from many of his greatest films (including "North by Northwest", "Shadow of a Doubt", "The Birds", and the legendary shower scene from "Psycho") illustrate his points, often to Hitchcock's own voice-over observations, with narrator Cliff Robertson offering other critical insights.

Release Date1973-01-01

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

Release Date1956-05-16

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Vote Count1486

The Wrong Man

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

Release Date1956-12-22

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Vote Count584

Rebecca

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Release Date1940-03-23

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Vote Count1883

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.

Release Date1927-02-14

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Vote Count320

Topaz

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.

Release Date1969-12-17

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Vote Count395

Murder!

When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.

Release Date1930-07-31

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Vote Count135

Dial M for Murder

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

Release Date1954-05-29

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Vote Count2732

The Man Who Knew Too Much

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

Release Date1934-12-01

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Vote Count422

The Ring

Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.

Release Date1927-09-28

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Vote Count101

Strangers on a Train

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Release Date1951-06-27

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Vote Count1784

Easy Virtue

Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.

Release Date1928-04-01

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Vote Count77

Stage Fright

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

Release Date1950-02-23

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Vote Count344

Under Capricorn

A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.

Release Date1949-09-08

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Vote Count175

Shadow of a Doubt

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Release Date1943-01-15

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Vote Count1087

Sabotage

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

Release Date1937-01-08

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Charactersd Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed

Vote Count350

Marnie

Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.

Release Date1964-07-17

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Charactersd Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)

Vote Count1179

Innocent Blood

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.

Release Date1992-09-25

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Vote Count234

The Trouble with Harry

The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

Release Date1955-10-03

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Vote Count865

I Confess

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.

Release Date1953-02-13

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Vote Count459

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

Release Date1941-01-31

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Vote Count217

Young and Innocent

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

Release Date1937-11-01

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Vote Count239

Family Plot

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Release Date1976-04-09

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Vote Count479

Torn Curtain

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

Release Date1966-07-15

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Vote Count611

The 39 Steps

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.

Release Date1935-06-06

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Vote Count1001

The Man Who Found the Money

A teacher reports to the police that he found $92,000 in a clip, amid claims that $10,000 of the money is missing.

Release Date1960-12-27

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Shepperton Babylon

A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.

Release Date2005-08-11

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Vote Count1

Saboteur

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Release Date1942-04-24

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Vote Count518

German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

On the 29th September 1945, the incomplete rough cut of a brilliant documentary about concentration camps was viewed at the MOI in London. For five months, Sidney Bernstein had led a small team – which included Stewart McAllister, Richard Crossman and Alfred Hitchcock – to complete the film from hours of shocking footage. Unfortunately, this ambitious Allied project to create a feature-length visual report that would damn the Nazi regime and shame the German people into acceptance of Allied occupation had missed its moment. Even in its incomplete form (available since 1984) the film was immensely powerful, generating an awed hush among audiences. But now, complete to six reels, this faithfully restored and definitive version produced by IWM, is being compared with Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog (1955).

Release Date2017-01-06

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Memory of the Camps

In 1945, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience. A film was made by British and American film crews who were with the troops liberating the camps. It was directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock and was broadcast for the first time in its entirety on PBS FRONTLINE in 1985.

Release Date1985-05-07

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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

Documentary the career of Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren bringing up allegations against the director.

Release Date1994-07-01

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The Children of Alda Nuova

Frankie Fane is an American who has been in Rome for about six weeks and is starting to get bored. He hasn't picked up much of the language, and has visited most of the tourist sites in Rome itself. A fellow American suggests that he rent a car and visit some old ruins just a short drive from the city. When he gets there he finds the villagers unfriendly, and a large group of teenagers that constantly follow him around. He quickly realizes that he may be in trouble, but it may also be the case that he gets what he deserves.

Release Date1962-06-05

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Vote Count1

Sound Test for Blackmail

A brief sound test made during production of Blackmail (1929), featuring Alfred Hitchcock playfully teasing lead actress Anny Ondra as she struggles to respond on camera. Photographed by Jack E. Cox, the clip was shot to test the new sound recording system for what would become Hitchcock’s first talkie.

Release Date1929-01-01

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Vote Count17

Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock?

Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock? is a variation of Alfred Hitchcock's Cinématon hors collection directed by Gérard Courant on 14 May 1972 in Cannes (France), of which he has transformed the image frame.

Release Date2018-01-01

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Hitch x 4

Hitch x 4 is a filmed portrait of Alfred Hitchcock which, in a screen divided into four equal parts, brings together Gérard Courant's special Cinematon of the master of suspense made on 14 May 1972 with three variations of the same Cinematon.

Release Date2018-01-01

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Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

A compilation of original footage from a program made for British television in which producer and broadcaster Mike Scott interviewed Alfred Hitchcock. During the interview, the director discuses his 'German experience', the state of the film industry at the time when he was gaining recognition, the construction and themes of some of his early films, etc. The interview was conducted in 1966.

Release Date1966-05-20

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The Merv Griffin Show

Release Date1962-10-01

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Episode Count1

Vote Count9

Midi trente

Release Date1972-03-06

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Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.

Release Date1974-09-25

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Episode Count1

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

Release Date1968-06-06

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Episode Count1

Vote Count22

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

Release Date1950-02-02

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Episode Count1

Vote Count26

Tales from the Crypt

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Release Date1989-06-10

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Episode Count1

Vote Count928

Samedi soir

Release Date1971-01-09

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Episode Count1

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The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date1953-03-19

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Episode Count1

Vote Count75

Cinépanorama

Release Date1956-02-04

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Episode Count1

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Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

Release Date1950-10-02

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Episode Count1

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V.I.P. Schaukel

Release Date1971-05-09

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Episode Count1

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Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and many more.

Release Date2017-02-01

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Vote Count19

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system.

Release Date1999-01-23

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Vote Count5

Reflets de Cannes

Release Date1954-03-25

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Episode Count1

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The Universal Story

Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to oppose Edison's Motion Picture Tust, it soon grew under the leadership of 21 year old production head Irving Thalberg with classic silents from artists like John Ford, Erich Von Stroheim, and Lon Chaney and prospered further in the Sound Era under the leadership of Carl Leammle Jr. with such classics as "All Quiet on The Western Front," "Showboat," and the studio's signature monster franchises, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."

Release Date1996-04-21

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Vote Count3

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the history of cinema.

Release Date2021-05-02

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Vote Count20

The Making of 'Psycho'

A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and crew (including Janet Leigh and Joseph Stefano), who all talk openly and lovingly about entire process of making the film. The sessions with Janet Leigh are particularly involving, and she talks a great deal about shooting the now infamous shower scene.

Release Date2005-10-26

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Vote Count25

The Story of 'Frenzy'

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.

Release Date2001-03-06

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Talking Pictures

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.

Release Date2013-01-05

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Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.

Release Date2017-08-06

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Vote Count5

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel Radicals" features clips from such seminal films as Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967); Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967); Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider" (1969); John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962); Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) and "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968); John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" (1969); Richard Brooks' "Elmer Gantry" (1960) and "In Cold Blood" (1967); and Norman Jewison's "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968). Frankenheimer, Jewison, Hopper, Schlesinger, Penn, Buck Henry, Paul Mazursky, Roger Corman and Arthur Hiller are among the filmmakers who discuss the decade.

Release Date2002-04-02

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Terror in the Aisles

A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.

Release Date1984-10-26

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Vote Count41

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

Kim Novak never dreamed on being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), the Chicago-born actress never quite fitted into the Hollywood mould and wanted to do things her own way.

Release Date2023-03-05

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Vote Count11

'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

A documentary about Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film Rear Window.

Release Date2001-03-06

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Vote Count10

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

Directed by Mark Cousins, My Name is Alfred Hitchcock re-examines the vast filmography and legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest filmmakers, Alfred Hitchcock, through a new lens: through the auteur’s own voice.

Release Date2023-07-21

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Vote Count9

Hitchcock on Grierson

Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock pays tribute to the "father of the documentary", John Grierson, exploring what made his work so extraordinary and influential.

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Hitchcock and Dial M

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'

Release Date2004-10-31

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Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail

Narrated by historian, critic and filmmaker Elvis Mitchell, this documentary reflects the development of the iconic filmmaker's signature style, through the making of one of his benchmark films, Blackmail. The documentary highlights the birth of the "Hitchcock Touch" at a period when talking pictures first emerged and explores his trademark themes, like such as murder, suspense and cool blondes. While focusing on Blackmail, the documentary reveals how this film also foreshadows the director's later masterpieces, from Psycho to North by Northwest and from The Birds to Frenzy.

Release Date2024-10-18

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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.

Release Date1996-05-19

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Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

Exploring the life of Grace Kelly, the Hollywood star who became Princess Grace of Monaco. The film covers Kelly's life from her time as a star to her marriage and ascension to princess.

Release Date2022-09-17

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Hitchcock Confidential

Alfred Hitchcock is known as a giant of movie making, a facetious master of suspense, obsessed with blond heroines in peril, with the reputation of being tyrannical towards his actors. But who knows the real Hitchcock? During his last public appearance, "Hitch" paid tribute to the wife, mother, co-writer, editor and partner of a lifetime that was Alma Reville Hitchcock. The two Hitchcock were inseparable, engineering the unquestionable masterpieces together. Their genuine collaboration never stopped from the day they met until the end of their lives. It's in light of this fusional relationship that this film will revisit and shed fresh light on the legend.

Release Date2019-06-24

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All About 'The Birds'

A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials and scenes from the film. Hitchcock's daughter Pat, production designer Robert Boyle, screenwriter Evan Hunter, matte artist Albert Whitlock's colleagues Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor, storyboard artist Harold Michelson, Hitchcock collaborator Hilton Green, actors Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright and Rod Taylor, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, author Robin Wood, makeup artist Howard Smit, and composer Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven Smith all contribute valuable input to Hitchcock's memorable classic.

Release Date2000-05-28

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Vote Count12

What Is Cinema?

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

Release Date2013-09-06

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The Men Who Made the Movies

The Men Who Made the Movies

Acclaimed profiles of eight great American film directors. Produced and directed by Richard Schickel and narrated by Cliff Robertson, with solid interviews and film clips, the series reviews the careers of Raoul Walsh, Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, King Vidor, George Cukor, William A. Wellman, Alfred Hitchcock and Vincente Minnelli.

Release Date1973-11-04

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The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

The making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'.

Release Date2000-04-01

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Vote Count8

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable persona which was so genuine and alluring. Her cinematic contributions produced such classics as "Casablanca," "Gaslight" and "Anastasia." But Ingrid's story goes deeper than the triumphs of her movie career.

Release Date1996-04-06

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Vote Count6

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious."

Release Date2009-06-29

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

Written and directed by Hitchcock historian Noël Simsolo, this 2004 French television documentary explores the earliest years of Alfred Hitchcock's film career, beginning with his success in the production of The Lodger (1926) and following the filmmaker through his transition to sound films and his early thrillers.

Release Date2004-11-24

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Vote Count1

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock often referred to his style of film making as "pure cinema" — using camera movement, editing, music and sound to tell stories that would be impossible in any other medium. This in-depth documentary allows directors such as William Friedkin, Martin Scorsese and Guillermo del Toro to examine the power and mastery of Hitchcock's cinematic style.

Release Date2008-10-07

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.

Release Date1961-12-31

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Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

Short interviews describing Hitchcock's efforts to produce the movie over many years, and his efforts to sign Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Also discussed are script censorship issues with the Hays Office

Release Date2002-11-05

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Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Hosted by Eva Marie Saint, the film's leading lady, this 40-minute documentary of Alfred Hitchcock's only M-G-M film combines interviews (Martin Landau, Patricia Hitchcock, production designer Robert F. Boyle and screenwriter Ernest Lehman), movie clips and behind the scenes photos to make for a fascinating look at one of the silver screen's glowing gems. For fans of North by Northwest (1959) and Hitchcock aficionados, this is a must-see treat.

Release Date2000-09-10

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Vote Count10

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy Award-winning sound designers invite you to join them at their mix boards to investigate how Alfred Hitchcock employed sound design to tell his cinematic stories, whether making audience members leap from their seats in fright or crawl under them from excruciating suspense.

Release Date2008-10-07

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Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Release Date2020-10-31

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Vote Count10

Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

In his 70th year, Alfred Hitchcock came to the National Film Theatre in London to talk to fellow director Bryan Forbes and to answer questions from an audience of film enthusiasts.

Release Date1969-12-30

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The Trouble with 'Marnie'

This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving participants and liberal helpings of film clips and production shots. It also presents a nice selection of script pages and memos as well. In the former category we find cast members 'Tippi' Hedren, Diane Baker, and Louise Latham, rejected screenwriters Joseph Stefano and Evan Hunter, final screenwriter Jay Presson Allen, daughter Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, production designer Robert Boyle, makeup artist Howard Smit, unit manager Hilton Green, Hitchcock historian Robin Wood, composer Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven C. Smith, and Hitchcock fan/filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. An entertaining account of the film's production, the participants offer loads of valuable information and anecdotes. Highly enjoyable for Hitchcock fans and the film's growing number of admirers.

Release Date2000-05-30

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Vote Count5

The Movie Orgy

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Release Date1968-01-01

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Vote Count12

Show-Business at War

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Release Date1943-05-21

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Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Jinx, an American journalist and friend of the future princess, accompanied her on her journey to the wedding and covered the sensational event.

Release Date2006-09-16

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Vote Count6

A Talk with Hitchcock

"Master of Suspense" Alfred Hitchcock speaks candidly in this one-on-one interview with director and host Fletcher Markle, filmed in 1964 for the television documentary series "Telescope." During the discussion, Hitchcock talks about his early career as a silent-film editor, offers his take on the building blocks of his works and relates his theories on the impact of horror films on society and human behavior.

Release Date1964-02-21

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In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Films beget films. Filmmakers influence other filmmakers constantly. But the most influential filmmaker of all time is Alfred Hitchcock.

Release Date2008-10-07

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Vote Count3

Her Name Was Grace Kelly

Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Grace Kelly remains an icon today. Her life and career are well documented, from her work in Hollywood to her marriage to Prince Rainier and her tragic death in a car accident in 1982. But do we know the inside story? Who really was Grace Kelly?

Release Date2021-03-20

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Vote Count6

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Four featurettes focus on Hitch's collaborations: "Saul Bass: Title Champ" (opening credits), "Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies" (costumes), "Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro" (music) and "Alma: The Master's Muse" (Hitchcock's partnership with his wife).

Release Date2008-10-07

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Plotting 'Family Plot'

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Family Plot".

Release Date2001-03-06

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Vote Count3

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

Release Date2006-10-06

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Vote Count164

Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation

A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock . Features interviews with Hitchcock's daughter and granddaughter, plus Sylvette Baudrot about what the director was like off the set. Family anecdotes and the type of humor Hitch had as well as his favorite pastimes are discussed. Both the daughter and granddaughter describe visiting the the locations of To Catch A Thief as children during filming.

Release Date2002-11-05

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Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock

Excerpted parts of interviews conducted by Pia Lindstrom (daughter of Hitchcock actress Ingrid Bergman) and William Everson for a 2 Part episode of the TV series Camera Three called The Illustrated Hitchcock. Subjects include working with actors, acting styles, techniques of suspense, casting choices and the making of various films

Release Date1972-07-15

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Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film?

During the Second World War in the United States, cinema was extensively used as a propaganda vehicle. All the great filmmakers were involved: Capra, Ford, Huston, and Hollywood's new master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. After making several films advocating American entry into the war alongside the British, in direct violation of the Neutrality Act, Hitchcock took advantage of Zanuck's departure from 20th Century Fox to launch a major new propaganda project: Lifeboat. He asked John Steinbeck to write the basic story. This great American literary figure, author of The Grapes of Wrath, whose adaptation was one of Fox's biggest successes, was himself very committed to the war effort. When Lifeboat was released, success quickly turned to controversy. What if Hitchcock's film had completely missed the mark? What if, instead of providing anti-Nazi propaganda, the film actually defended the thesis that the German people were superior to the Allies and the union of democracies?

Release Date2023-09-08

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Vote Count2

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

Release Date1988-06-05

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Vote Count4

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in book form, he didn't imagine that more than four years would pass before Le Cinéma selon Hitchcock finally appeared in 1966. Not only in France but all over the world, Truffaut's Hitchcock interview developed over the years into a standard bible of film literature. In 1983, three years after Hitchcock's death, Truffaut decided to expand his by now legendary book to include a concluding chapter and have it published as the "Edition définitive". This film describes the genesis of the "Hitchbook" and throws light on the strange friendship between two completely different men. The centrepieces are the extracts from the original sound recordings of the interview with the voices of Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Helen Scott – recordings which have never been heard in public before.

Release Date1999-08-05

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Vote Count4

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled and a shy boy from a broken family could rise to become a famous leading man. Unfashionably modest, Peck describes his fascinating journey from early theater roles, through his first films, to Hollywood’s elder statesman.

Release Date1988-03-08

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Vote Count3

A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

Focussing on his early career, this profile looks at director Alfred Hitchcock’s breakthrough in silent films, acclaimed thrillers such as “The 39 Steps” (1935) and the influences which prompted his departure for a new life in America in 1939. Featuring Hugh Stewart, editor of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934).

Release Date2001-01-15

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Vote Count4

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

It was a collaboration between one of Ireland’s most noted playwrights and cinema’s greatest directors, yet the 1930 release of Juno and the Paycock is often neglected in the repertoire of both men. Brian O’Flaherty’s documentary aims to find out why. Featuring extensive, incisive interviews with family members, academics, directors and actors, including Shivaun O'Casey, Prof Charles Barr, and Peter Sheridan, it tells the story of how these two iconic figures met and the legacy of the film.

Release Date2019-09-27

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'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

This is the featurette on the DVD of "The Trouble With Harry." It consists of interviews, clips of the film and stills from the making of the Hitchcock classic.

Release Date2001-03-06

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Vote Count7

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.

Release Date1955-01-01

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The Illustrated Hitchcock

Film director Hitchcock discusses his life and career in long talks with Pia Lindstrom (newscaster and daughter of Hitchcock star Ingrid Berman) and with film historian William Everson. Excerpts from several films illustrate these interviews. Discussion topics include: what is fear?, method acting vs. film acting, the difference between the usual "Who Done It" mystery and what he considers to be real suspense. His choice of leading ladies and why (Bergman, Baxter, Kelly, Marie Saint, Leigh, etc.).

Release Date1972-07-15

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Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

Film critic/historian Leonard Maltin talks about the making of, and his appreciation for, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969). He speaks of the difficulties with preview audiences in general and how they affected this film, and presents several deleted scenes not available before this.

Release Date2001-03-06

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Vote Count3

Hitchcock in the News

An impressionistic compilation of archive newsreels and interviews with the legendary film director.

Release Date2008-01-01

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

Release Date1950-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Frontline

Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

Release Date1983-01-17

DepartmentCrew

JobTreatment

Episode Count1

Vote Count45

Suspicion

Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Release Date1957-09-30

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JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count8

Startime

Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959-60 television season.

Release Date1959-10-06

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Episode Count1

Vote Count3

The Prude's Fall

A French captain persuades a rich widow to become his mistress, but it is a scheme to test her love.

Release Date1925-11-23

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Vote Count1

The Spanish Jade

When a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for his freedom.

Release Date1922-04-10

DepartmentArt

JobArt Direction

Vote Count1

Elstree Calling

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

Release Date1930-02-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count20

Alcoa Premiere

Alcoa Premiere is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, directed by Norman Lloyd and executive produced by Alfred Hitchcock.

Release Date1961-10-10

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Episode Count62

Vote Count3

Jamaica Inn

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Release Date1939-05-11

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Vote Count229

Juno and the Paycock

In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses after news of an unexpected inheritance lures them into a false sense of prosperity. Captain Boyle, a boastful idler, squanders their meager resources, while his wife Juno holds the household together. When the fortune proves illusory, the family faces ruin, betrayal, and tragedy.

Release Date1930-06-29

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Vote Count53

Downhill

When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.

Release Date1927-10-24

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Vote Count86

Saavi

When a woman learns that her husband married her for her money, she decides to divorce him.

Release Date1985-10-10

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JobAdaptation

Psycho

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Release Date1998-12-04

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JobIn Memory Of

Vote Count1009

Rich and Strange

After receiving an advance inheritance, a bored London couple set off on a world cruise hoping to rejuvenate their marriage and escape their dull routine. But newfound wealth and freedom only expose deeper cracks in their relationship, as each becomes infatuated with someone else. Their journey through exotic ports and mounting disillusionment ultimately brings them face to face with the fragility—and resilience—of love.

Release Date1931-12-10

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Vote Count97

Lifeboat

During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.

Release Date1944-01-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count458

Incident at a Corner

Release Date1960-04-05

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JobDirector

Number Seventeen

A gang of jewel thieves hides out in an abandoned London house after a robbery, unaware that a detective is among them in disguise.

Release Date1932-07-18

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Vote Count117

Lifepod

Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them

Release Date1993-06-28

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JobShort Story

Vote Count27

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

Release Date1945-03-29

DepartmentProduction

JobDirector of Operations

Vote Count4

The Manxman

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

Release Date1929-01-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count80

Woman to Woman

Lost film. David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life from scratch after the war, he gets married in London. Louise, now a mother, thinks him dead. She becomes a famous dancer under the name Deloryse but falls gravely ill. One night, as David is in the audience of her show, he recovers his memory. When she learns that David is married to another woman, Louise turns her son in the care of David's new wife and accepting a dancing job at a party, she dies there of exhaustion and sorrow.

Release Date1923-01-02

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JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Man From Home

A fairly conventional romance of an American heiress, loved by boy back home, bedazzled by a glamorous prince in beautiful Italian surroundings.

Release Date1922-04-30

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JobArt Direction

Vote Count3

The Pleasure Garden

Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.

Release Date1925-11-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count76

The Paradine Case

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.

Release Date1947-12-31

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Vote Count251

The White Shadow

The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director and also handled the writing, editing, and art direction. The film was long thought to be lost. In August 2011, it was announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had been found in a garden shed and donated to the NFPF. The film cans were mislabled Two Sisters and Unidentified American Film and only later identified. The film was restored by Park Road Studios and is now in the New Zealand Film Archive. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation in 2012.

Release Date1924-05-05

DepartmentArt

JobArt Direction

Vote Count10

The Princess of New York

A US steel king pawns the gems of his daughter who is loved by a student and a crook.

Release Date1921-06-01

DepartmentArt

JobTitle Designer

Vote Count1

The Skin Game

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

Release Date1931-02-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count86

Vertigo

A retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

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JobOriginal Film Writer

Champagne

A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by flying off to France to pursue her lover and live in luxury on the profits of his champagne empire. To teach her a lesson, her father pretends he’s lost everything, forcing her to give up her carefree lifestyle and find work in a nightclub. There she encounters a mysterious man whose motives seem increasingly sinister.

Release Date1928-08-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count73

Tell Your Children

A Lady stops her daughter from eloping with a farmer, takes away her baby, and makes her marry a Lord.

Release Date1922-09-01

DepartmentArt

JobTitle Designer

Vote Count1

Mary

When actress Mary Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation. (Filmed in German on the same sets as Murder! (1930), this version was directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a new cast for international release.)

Release Date1931-03-02

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Vote Count26

Bon Voyage

After escaping a Nazi POW camp, a young Scottish RAF gunner recounts his perilous journey through occupied France with the help of the Resistance. During his debriefing in London, French intelligence officers press him for details—especially about one companion whose true loyalties may not be what they seemed.

Release Date1944-01-01

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JobDirector

Vote Count68

The Passionate Adventure

A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.

Release Date1924-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Bonnie Brier Bush

A Lord's son is engaged to his rich ward, but prefers a peasant.

Release Date1921-11-27

DepartmentArt

JobTitle Designer

Vote Count1

Secret Agent

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

Release Date1936-05-31

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JobDirector

Vote Count158

The Mountain Eagle

In the Kentucky hills, a schoolteacher becomes caught in a bitter feud between a widower, his crippled son, and a reclusive hermit. Accusations and jealousy drive her into hiding, leading to love and revenge. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this 1926 romantic drama is now considered lost and remains one of the BFI’s most sought-after missing films.

Release Date1926-11-01

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Vote Count5

The Farmer's Wife

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

Release Date1928-02-24

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JobDirector

Vote Count77

Three Live Ghosts

Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.

Release Date1922-01-01

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JobArt Direction

Vote Count2

Aventure Malgache

Backstage before a performance, a French actor recalls his time in Madagascar during World War II, when he secretly ran a Resistance radio station under the watch of a collaborationist police chief. His story unfolds in flashback, revealing espionage, deception, and divided loyalties within the French ranks. Made for Britain’s Ministry of Information, this 1944 French-language propaganda short satirizes Vichy opportunism and wartime hypocrisy, and was shelved for decades before its release in 1993.

Release Date1944-01-01

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JobDirector

Vote Count55

Waltzes from Vienna

In Vienna, aspiring composer Johann Strauss Jr. clashes with his domineering father, who wants him to abandon music for a steady job in a bakery. Torn between his love for the baker’s daughter, Resi, and the encouragement of a wealthy countess, Strauss finds inspiration that leads to the creation of "The Blue Danube."

Release Date1934-03-15

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JobDirector

Vote Count46

Lord Camber's Ladies

In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out of the marriage. The distraught woman then leaves her shop to become a nurse. Trouble ensues when the actress suddenly appears, accuses the nurse of fooling around with her husband and dies leaving the nurse and the husband to be charged with murder. Fortunately, they are found innocent and they are free to fall in love at last.

Release Date1932-10-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

The Fighting Generation

A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bond sales, directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jennifer Jones as a nurse's aide. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Academy War Film Collection, in 2008.

Release Date1944-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

Always Tell Your Wife

A British short comedy about two married couples whose romantic entanglements lead to farcical complications. When the original director Hugh Croise fell ill, Alfred Hitchcock and Seymour Hicks completed the film. Released in 1923 as a remake of the 1914 Leedham Bantock version, only one of its two reels is known to survive.

Release Date1923-02-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

The Call of Youth

A poor girl refuses to wed a millionaire when he sends her sick sweetheart to Africa.

DepartmentArt

JobTitle Designer

Vote Count1

The Great Day

The 'dead' wife of a steel process inventor returns, as does her 'dead' husband, a war amnesiac.

Release Date1920-11-01

DepartmentArt

JobTitle Designer

Vote Count1

The Blackguard

A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..

Release Date1925-09-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

An Elastic Affair

A short comedy made to present Film Weekly acting scholarship winners Cyril Butcher and Aileen Despard, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and shown at the London Palladium in January 1930. Produced for British International Pictures, the film is believed to be lost.

Release Date1930-01-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Documenting John Grierson

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

Release Date2014-02-28

Mondo Hollywood

Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting a moment in time (1965-67), when an inquisitive trust in the unknown was paramount, hope for the future was tangible and life was worth living on the fringe. An interior monologue narrative approach is used throughout the film, where each principal person shown not only decided on what they wanted to be filmed doing, but also narrated their own scenes. The film opens with Gypsy Boots (the original hippie vegan - desert hopping blender salesman), and stripper Jennie Lee, working out 'Watusi-style' beneath the 'Hollywood' sign -- leading into the 'sustainable community' insight of Lewis Beach Marvin III, the S&H Green Stamp heir, who lived in a $10 a month garage while owning a mountain retreat in Malibu.

Release Date1967-06-30

Vote Count3

Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly

The Star, The Princess, and The Legend. Was her life really picture perfect?

Release Date1990-06-05

Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

It was the world's largest, most beautiful and fastest cruise ship. Built in Saint Nazaire in 1932, the "Normandie" was the pride of France. But it took only a few hours, amidst the chaos of World War Two, for this dream of grandeur to lie broken in New York harbour.

Release Date2021-09-01

Vote Count2

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