Diploma Homework: Hitchcock Thrillers

Alfred Hitchcock Thrillers

·Alfred Hitchcock has become famous over the years primarily for his ingenious and psychological thrillers, which are full of suspense.
·He used sound recording as a crucial element in most of his films.
·1922- “Number 13” was Hitchcock’s first film as a director and remains unfinished.
·1927- “Downhill”, a silent, black and white film.Also“The Ring” features climatic boxing sequences.“The Mountain Eagle” was Hitchcock’s first silent movie thriller.“The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog”, another silent film about a serial “Jack The Ripper” type killer and a man who is wrongly accused and forced to prove his innocence.
·1928-“ Easy Virtue”, a romantic thriller
·1929-“Blackmail”, a crime/thriller film.
·1930-“ Murder!” a mystery thriller.
·1931-“ Mary”, also a mystery thriller and “Rich and Strange”, a romantic comedy thriller was created.
·1932- “Number Seventeen”, a mystery crime thriller.
·1934-“ The Man Who Knew Too Much”, a mystery thriller, is considered to be one of Hitchcock’s greatest British films.
·1935- His next successful thriller was “The 39 Steps” and has been heralded by Total Film as the 21st greatest British movie of all time.
·1936- “Secret Agent”, a romantic mystery thriller and “Sabotage”, a mystery thriller were made.
·1937- “Young And Innocent” a crime thriller.
·1938-“ The Lady Vanishes” was the last Hitchcock movie to be made in the UK.
·1940-“Rebecca”, a mysterious romantic thriller, was Hitchcock’s first American project. “Foreign Correspondent”, also in 1940 was a mysterious romantic war thriller.
·1941- “Suspicion”, a romantic psychological thriller based on the 1932 novel “Before The Fact” was made.
·1942-“Saboteur”, a mystery war thriller.
·1943-“ Shadow Of A Doubt” was confessed by Hitchcock himself to be his favourite film he ever made in America.
·1944- Hitchcock’s war thriller “Lifeboat” received Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Original Motion Picture Story and Best Black and White Cinematography.
·1945- “Spellbound”, a psychological mystery thriller won an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture.
·1946- “Notorious” involves three people whose lives become entangled during an espionage operation.
·1947- “The Paradine Case”, a crime thriller was made.
·1948- “Rope” was based on a 1929 play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton.
·1950- “Stage Fright”, a crime/drama thriller filmed in London.
·1951- “Strangers On A Trian” was based on a novel of the same name.
·1953- “I Confess”, a crime/film-noir/thriller.
·1954- “Rear Window”, a mystery thriller involving elements of crime and romance is created and rated 16th on IMDb’s (Internet Movie Database) top 250 films of all time. Also in the same year, “Dial M For Murder”, was based on a stage play of the same name.
·1955- “To Catch A Thief” won an Oscar and another 4 nominations. “The Trouble With Harry”, a comedic mystery thriller was released.
·1955-62- “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, a TV thriller series releases its first episodes.
·1956-“ The Man Who Knew Too Much”, a remake of Hitchcock’s own 1934 film was released.
·1958- “Vertigo”, an American psychological thriller, is now considered to be one of the greatest films of all time.
·1959- “North By Northwest” is a suspenseful thriller considered to be one of Hitchcock’s most stylish and best films ever made.
·1960- “Psycho”, a horror thriller, has spawned two sequels, a prequel and a remake and is considered a work of cinematic art, not to mention one of Hitchcock’s greatest films.
·1962- “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”, a TV thriller series begins.
·1963- “The Birds”, a classic romantic horror thriller is released.
·1964- “Marnie”, a mysterious romantic thriller is made.
·1966- “Torn Curtain”, a cold war thriller is released.
·1969-“Topaz”, a crime thriller is released.
·1972- “Frenzy” was the first Hitchcock film to receive an R rating in the USA.
·1976-“Family Plot” was the last film Hitchcock ever made.