Alfred Hitchcock
13) Psycho
Description
"Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn)--a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother.' Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private investigator (William H. Macy). They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious 'mother' at the Bates Motel"--Container...
14) Family plot
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
A cabbie and a psychic work together to search for a missing heir. They become involved with a larcenous jewel merchant and his "Woman in Black" while discovering the family plot.
15) Saboteur
Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Barry Kane is a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding...
16) Vertigo
Pub. Date
©1999
Description
A tale of obsession, fear and murder stars Stewart as a detective afraid of heights who is obsessed with a lost love and her look-alike, Kim Novak.
17) Frenzy
Series
Pub. Date
[2006], c1972
Description
A strangler stalks women, but the wrong man was accused and jailed, and now he must escape prison to find the real killer.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
The lady vanishes: During a transcontinental train trip in Europe, a young woman is alarmed to discover a passenger has disappeared ; The farmer's wife: (silent) A lonely widowed farmer is looking for a new bride, not realizing the housekeeper helping him with his search is secretly in love with him ; The manxman: (silent) A romantic tale of intrigue involving a love triangle concerning three residents of the Isle of Man ; the Chaney vase: An elderly...