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5.3

♡ 3

resistance

War

Paul Clarus as Clarousse

Jean Dattas as Man behind Michel, reading a telegram

Paul Bonifas as Michel - Chef de la Sureté

Andre Frere as Pierrot

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.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

6.3

♡ 25

Jack Carson as Chuck Benson

Frank Mills as Dining Taxi Driver

Murray Alper as Harold - Taxi Driver

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Passing David Smith on Street

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.

Number 17

1932

5.6

♡ 6

73%

Barry Jones as Henry Doyle

Pearl Hay as Minor Role

Anne Grey as Nora Brant - the Girl

Herbert Langley as The Guard on Train

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

Rope

1948

7.9

♡ 96

93%

90%

banquet

based on play or musical

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits

Constance Collier as Mrs. Atwater

Farley Granger as Phillip

James Stewart as Rupert Cadell

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.

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

7.8

♡ 40

100%

Joseph Cotten as Charlie Oakley

Grandon Rhodes as Rev. MacCurdy

Robert Quarry as Santa Rosa Teenager

Irving Bacon as Station Master

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.

Sabotage

1936

7.0

♡ 25

husband wife relationship

based on novel or book

black and white

bomb

Crime

london, england

pre-code

Thriller

Oskar Homolka as Her Husband

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Walking Past The Cinema

Sylvia Sidney as Mrs. Verloc

Austin Trevor as Vladimir - Paymaster at Aquarium

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.

The 39 Steps

1935

7.6

♡ 47

96%

85%

based on novel or book

Robert Donat as Hannay

Lucie Mannheim as Miss Smith

Madeleine Carroll as Pamela

Alfred Hitchcock as Passerby Near the Bus

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.

Bon Voyage

1944

6.1

♡ 3

26%

Janique Joelle as Jeanne

John Blythe as RAF Sgt. John Dougall

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.

Murder!

1930

6.3

♡ 18

83%

39%

amnesia

based on novel or book

Norah Baring as Diana Baring

Alfred Hitchcock as Man on Street

Una O'Connor as Mrs. Grogram

Herbert Marshall as Sir John Menier

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.

Juno and the Paycock

1930

4.6

♡ 2

30%

Dave Morris as Jerry Devine

Donald Calthrop as Needle Nugent

Dennis Wyndham as The Mobiliser

Barry Fitzgerald as The Orator

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.

North by Northwest

1959

mount rushmore national memorial

8.3

♡ 104

97%

Edward Binns as Captain Junket

Carleton Young as Fanning Nelson

Ned Glass as Ticket Seller

John Roy as Train Passenger

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

Torn Curtain

1966

6.6

♡ 25

63%

Gene Roth as Guard in Post Office

Hansjörg Felmy as Heinrich Gerhard

Paul Newman as Professor Michael Armstrong

Paul Sorensen as Swedish Immigration Officer

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.

Suspicion

1941

7.2

♡ 36

97%

Joan Fontaine as Lina

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Mailing Letter

Donald Stuart as Photographer

Ben Webster as William Howe - Registrar

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.

The Lady Vanishes

1938

7.7

♡ 20

98%

Googie Withers as Blanche

Basil Radford as Charters

Alfred Hitchcock as Man at Victoria Station

Cecil Parker as Mr. Todhunter

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.

Foreign Correspondent

1940

parent child relationship

7.4

♡ 33

95%

Richard Hammond as Bit Part

Barbara Pepper as Dorine

Jane Novak as Miss Benson

Ian Wolfe as Stiles

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.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

6.7

♡ 27

88%

Peter Lorre as Abbott

Michael Wilding as Man at Clay Pigeon Shoot

Alfred Hitchcock as Man in the Raincoat Passing The Bus

Arnold Lucy as Minor Role

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.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

7.4

♡ 44

89%

Carolyn Jones as Cindy Fontaine

Leo Gordon as Drayton's Chauffeur

Lou Krugman as Marrakesh Headwaiter

Patrick Whyte as Special Branch Officer

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.

The Trouble with Harry

1955

7.0

♡ 33

88%

Edmund Gwenn as Capt. Albert Wiles

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Walking Past Sam's Outdoor Exhibition

Mildred Natwick as Miss Ivy Gravely

John Forsythe as Sam Marlowe

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.

Notorious

1946

7.9

♡ 90

96%