{"id":11926,"date":"2018-10-03T10:53:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T10:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/?p=11926"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:07:40","slug":"rear-window-glance-best-alfred-hitchcock-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/rear-window-glance-best-alfred-hitchcock-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Rear Window: A Glance on the Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A macabre filmography that is so typical of Hitchcock and ironically so appropriate for this new season that is upon us, we\u2019re diving into the world of a genius mind and his masterpieces.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Born in 1899, the director has long been revered as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And although it was nominated several times for an Oscar in the category of Best Director and never won, Hitchcock will forever remain in everyone\u2019s hearts with his timeless masterpieces of true film art. How could we forget Psycho or Vertigo, the tense but ever so stylish psychological thrillers? An iconic name in the film industry and Hollywood, we\u2019re taking a look at the best Alfred Hitchcock movies<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>and showing just why he\u2019s considered one of the most influential directors of all time.<\/p>\n

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Vertigo (1958)<\/h4>\n

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A true iconic movie that even displaced \u201cCitizen Kane\u201d as the greatest film of all time on the latest \u201cSight and Sound\u201d poll, Hitchcock\u2019s geniality comes forward in this movie, beloved by many. It follows one of Hitchcock\u2019s favorite plot, a typical every day man that finds himself in an outstanding story that keeps viewers glued to their screen.\u00a0James Stewart<\/strong>\u00a0takes that image of the average man as Scottie Ferguson, a police detective forced to retire after an accident leaves him with a crippling fear of heights. He\u00a0is hired by an acquaintance to follow his wife (Kim Novak<\/strong>), and finds himself falling in love with this mysterious woman. When she jumps off a bell tower, he decides to remake a strikingly similar lady (Novak taking over that duel role) in her image. A truly unmissable movie and certainly one of Alfred Hitchcock movies.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n \"\"<\/a>\n

Psycho (1960)<\/h4>\n

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With \u201cPsycho\u201d, Hitchcock reinvents himself, abandoning his polished and precise style that was so well-known in the 1950\u2019s golden era<\/strong><\/a>, and exploring a new way of filming, a more raw and gritty movie that is still a masterpiece to this day. The plot is quite simple as it tells the story of a desperate\u00a0secretary (Oscar-nominee\u00a0Janet Leigh<\/strong>) who steals money from her boss\u2019s client and goes on the run. Her first instinct is to hide on a motel\u00a0run by the lonely Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins<\/strong>) and his unseen mother. However, before she can turn over a new leaf, the famous shower scene arrives, one that will forever stay in the history of filmography and recreated in several movies after, until this day. She\u2019s stabbed to death by Norman Bates, but that\u2019s exactly where the story takes a more complex new turn: a sudden shift in sympathy to Norman as he tries to clean up his \u201cmother\u2019s\u201d mess.<\/p>\n

North By Northwest (1959)<\/h4>\n

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In \u201cNorth by Northwest\u201d, Alfred Hitchcock <\/strong><\/em><\/span>comes back with his favorite plot, inserting Cary Grant<\/strong> in an unforgettable rule\u00a0as a New York ad man caught up in a convoluted web of spies and intrigue.\u00a0When he\u2019s mistaken for a government agent, he races around the country trying to keep himself from danger, while\u00a0romancing a mysterious blonde (Eva Marie Saint<\/strong>). Some of the most iconic scenes given to us by Hitchcock in spectacular cinematography in this movie include\u00a0a crop duster cornfield chase and a perilous climb down Mount Rushmore. A film for the adventurous spirits and those seeking genuine entertainment.<\/p>\n

Rear Window (1954)<\/h4>\n

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The movie that inspired this signature, \u201cRear Window<\/strong><\/a>\u201d is a movie that shows us exactly what Alfred Hitchcock <\/strong><\/em><\/span>can do best. Creating an entire world inside an apartment complex isn\u2019t easy but Hitchcock does it perfectly in this movie. As seen through the eyes of a photographer, \u201cRear Window\u201d tells the story of a photographer (James Stewart<\/strong>) confined to a wheelchair who passes his time spying on his neighbors. When he becomes convinced that one of them (Raymond Burr<\/strong>) murdered his wife, he enlists his devoted girlfriend (Grace Kelly<\/strong>) and sarcastic housekeeper (Thelma Ritter<\/strong>) to uncover the truth. A thrilling movie that only needs one set to keep us guessing, wondering and completely tangled into the maze that is this amazing script.<\/p>\n\n \"eh-ivete-floor-lamp\"<\/a>\n

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)<\/h4>\n

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Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong><\/em><\/span> is considered this movie as one of the finest in his career and also his first American movie. Teresa Wright<\/strong>\u00a0plays Charlie Newton, a bored teenager in small town Santa Rosa who\u2019s excited by the arrival of her worldly uncle Charlie Oakley (Joseph Cotten<\/strong>). But young Charlie soon learns that her uncle might be the \u201cMerry Widow Murderer.\u201d A movie where Hitchcock is able to dive deep into our biggest fears, surpassing the fear of heights or murderers, but exploring a new fear:\u00a0making us afraid of our own family.<\/p>\n

Rebecca (1940)<\/h4>\n

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The only Hitchcock film to win the Oscar as Best Picture was this moody and atmospheric adaptation of\u00a0Daphne du Maurier<\/strong>\u2019s novel. It\u2019s the first American movie that he features in, but he ended up losing his Best Director award to John Ford. However, even though Hitchcock removed one murder that takes places in the original novel, he was still able to create one of the creepiest and most oppressive films. It stars\u00a0Joan Fontaine<\/strong>\u00a0as an unnamed woman of humble origins who marries the charismatic aristocrat Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier<\/strong>). All seems like a dream until she moves into her new home, a gothic mansion haunted by the memories of Mr. de Winter\u2019s late wife, Rebecca.\u00a0Judith Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0makes our skin crawl as the creepy Mrs. Danvers, a housekeeper devoted to her departed mistress.<\/p>\n

Notorious (1946)<\/h4>\n

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Of all of Hitchcock\u2019s leading ladies, none can compete with\u00a0Ingrid Bergman<\/strong> that offers us much more than sheer sex appeal but also a witty and cunning touch to her characters.\u00a0In \u201cNotorious,\u201d she plays Alicia Huberman, the carefree daughter of a convicted Nazi spy who is recruited by government agent T. R. Devlin (Cary Grant<\/strong>) to infiltrate an organization in South America. The two fall in love, producing one of the longest and steamiest kissing scenes in movie history, but their affair is put to the test when\u00a0Alicia is forced to marry her father\u2019s former friend, Alex Sebastian (Oscar-nominee\u00a0Claude Rains<\/strong>), in order to gain information. Years later, \u201cNotorious\u201d remains as that movie that you wouldn\u2019t want to change a thing, a masterpiece that is considered to be close to perfection.<\/p>\n

The 39 Steps (1935)<\/h4>\n

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Last, but not least, \u201cThe 39 Steps\u201d, considered to be the best of Hitchcock\u2019s British-produced films is this spy thriller. Naturally, it revolves around the plot of the \u201cwrong man\u201d, taking the form of\u00a0an ordinary London man (Robert Donat<\/strong>) who stumbles upon a conspiracy when he tries to help a counterespionage agent. He flights with a beautiful blonde (Madeleine Carroll<\/strong>) in order to stop a spy ring from stealing top secret information. It was remade way more than 39 times, one of those by Hitchcock himself in the movie \u201cNorth by Northwest\u201d, with new and exciting scenes. And yet, \u201cThe 39 Steps\u201d remains a truly classic and iconic movie that is believed to be incomparable.<\/p>\n

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