16- To Catch a Thief (1955)Įverything from here on out is at least pretty good, which is really a remarkable track record. Jackson explaining how flammable the film is features a clip of a child being refused entry to a bus because he’s carrying film), it’s not exactly major. It’s only 77 minutes, which makes it a perfectly palatable completionist watch, and that central sequence alone makes it worth your while, but when the greatest legacy of a Hitchcock film is an excerpt from it making an appearance in Inglourious Basterds (the voiceover with Samuel L. It’s extra remarkable against the background of the exceptionally bland rest of the film, which concerns a woman whose husband is, unbeknownst to her, a member of a terrorist group. The film’s climactic sequence, in which a child unknowingly transports a ticking bomb, is a signature Hitchcock suspense scene. There’s nothing remotely special about this movie for the majority of its runtime, with one notable exception. It’s not that Sabotage is “bad” so much as it is deeply, deeply middling. Not to be confused with 1942’s Saboteur, which, by all accounts, is far better. Crucial blindspots remain, such as The Lady Vanishes, Frenzy, and both versions of The Man Who Knew Too Much, but 17 is still a lot of movies, so prepare for a long post. Keeping in mind the breadth of that resume, ranking a selection of 17 of his films feels somewhat foolish. However, unlike those other 2, I’ve only scratched the surface of Hitch’s massive catalogue: he completed 55 feature films in his career, spanning across six decades, two countries, and both the silent and sound eras. I mean who else is so instantly recognizable based just on their silhouette? I, personally, have seen 17 Hitchcock movies, which ties Martin Scorsese for the most of any director, 2 ahead of runner-up John Carpenter. The films he’s made have endured and stood the test of time, and the presence in cinematic history of the man himself is unparalleled. You could argue that there’s no more iconic director than Alfred Hitchcock.
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