What's Alfred Hitchcock's magnum opus?

Hitchcock
The 39 Steps (1935) - 7/10
The Lady Vanishes (1938) - 7/10
Rebecca (1940) - 7/10
Suspicion (1941) - 5/10
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - 8/10
Lifeboat (1944) - 6/10
Spellbound (1945) - 8/10
Notorious (1946) - 8/10
Rope (1948) - 8/10
Strangers on a Train (1951) - 7/10
Dial M for Murder (1954) - 8/10
Rear Window (1954) - 10/10
To Catch a Thief (1955) - 8/10
The Trouble with Harry (1955) - 5/10
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - 5/10
Vertigo (1958) - 9/10
North by Northwest (1959) - 8/10
Psycho (1960) - 10/10
The Birds (1963) - 10/10
Marnie (1964) - 8/10
Frenzy (1972) - 7/10


1. Rear Window
2. The Birds
3. Psycho

I think his magnum opus is changing his name to Alfred.


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Great movie.
I prefer Psycho which is often mentioned as an early example of the ‘slasher film’ although it had a low body count.

Frenzy could be a dark horse here, Hitch somehow made us nervous and empathetic for a total psycho that needed a date with a noose but through great tension and directing you almost rooted for the maniac to get away…Really good movie.

I Googled 'What's Alfred Hitchcock's magnum opus?'

Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest seem to be the most mentioned. I have no opinion.

Tough one, but I'm going with Rear Window...

All. Either that or Psycho

I'll give it up for ecarle here! 😃 "Psycho" has my vote also (although I've only seen 4 Hitchcock movies in my lifetime, which is a ridiculously low total for someone my age).

North by Northwest