Spellbound (1945)
An amnesiac (Peck) assumes the identity of a missing man named Dr. Edwards who was about to become the head of a psychiatric institution. He is soon discovered by a fellow female doctor (Bergman)...
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Rear Window (1954)
In my humble opinion, Rear Window is one of the true masterpieces of cinema. To this day, I can’t find one aspect of this film that doesn’t inspire a feeling of awe, from Hitchcock’s (Strangers on...
Jamaica Inn (1939)
An orphaned young woman named Mary (O’Hara, Miracle on 34th Street) travels to Cornwall to stay with her aunt and uncle in a place called the Jamaica Inn. The downside to this is the fact that...
The 39 Steps (1935)
Robert Donat plays Richard Hannay, a Canadian visiting London who travels to a local show. Gunshots erupt, and during the mad dash for the exits, he bumps into a woman (Mannheim), asking to go...
Rebecca (1940)
A shy and timid girl (Fontaine) is whisked away by a rich man named Maxim de Winter (Olivier), who is still recovering from the death of his much beloved wife, Rebecca. The two get...
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Leslie Banks (Jamaica Inn, Henry V) and Edna Best (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Intermezzo) play a happily married couple who go on vacation in Switzerland when a colleague of theirs is assassinated. They...
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Amateur tennis star Guy Haines (Granger, Rope) unwittingly enters into a bargain with lunatic Bruno Antony (Walker, Vengeance Valley) after a chance meeting on a train. The deal is that in order to avoid the motive aspect of...
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Tony Wendice is a former tennis star whose wealthy wife is having an affair with an old friend of theirs. He plans on murdering her and getting her insurance money, and to facilitate shifting...
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
A young woman (Lockwood, Night Train to Munich) heads home by train for her wedding, but along the way discovers that the woman she has tea with (Whitty, Suspicion) mysteriously disappears. After searching the train and questioning fellow...