What is your favorite movie?

A single favorite? I don’t think so.

My own list of top 100? Now there’s an adventure…

I’ll take a stab at it..

http://oliver40274.blogspot.com/2007/08/100-greatest-movies-of-all-time.html

I am a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, but think Psycho is his best work. The suspense is terrifying, even for todays audiences, and the character of Norman Bates is magnificent. He is one of the greatest movie characters of all time, since he is a murderer, but yet extremely innocent at the same time, since he has been overtaken by “mother”. The acting, plot, and suspense all combine into a movie experience that is a classic, and one of the best ever made.

Perfect combination of humor, style and suspense.

Having seen over ninety of AFI’s 1998 top 100, I still pick North by Northwest as my favorite for its perfect combination of humor, style and suspense. Film scholars and historians take it seriously, but it never takes itself too seriously. Hitchcock made other great films that also demonstrated his mastery of the medium, but the style and humor in this film make it my favorite.
By: Maarten Pereboom

Wheelchair ridden photographer believes he has witnessed a murder through the window of an apartment complex

i love jimmy stewart and alfred hitchcock and this movie is the pure essence of them
By: Jordan Carlson

Alfred Hitchcock’s amazing work and innoventional “vertigo” effect has changed the way movies are made.

This movie not only deals with Romance, Suspense, Thrill and Tragedy, it also throws the mind for a plummit down several stories. Alfred Hitchcock’s amazing work and innoventional “vertigo” effect has changed the way movies are made. The movie itself is a glorious piece of workmanship, but Bernard Hermann’s score is at least half the glamor. Kim Novak’s “glazed” appearance lures us into her and causes us to fall entranced along with Jimmie Stewart allowing us to super impose ourselves with the characters and provide the opportunity for personal application in our own lives. The ultimate ending to a wonderful
movie could not have been devised better!
By: Blake Allen

When one thinks about the end of the human race, one usually associates it with global warming or nuclear war. Not pigeons, bluebirds or canaries. That is, I think, the reason that Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds” works so well; it takes something that many people consider harmless and turns it into something terrifying. Tippi Hedren, Robert Taylor, Jessica Tandy and Veronica Cartwright, each fitting comfortably into their roles, are trapped in a house in the small town of Bodega Bay, CA. as all hell breaks loose around them. Along with “Psycho” and “Jaws,” it’s one of the few films that really gave me the creeps.

Audrey Hepburn AND Cary Grant…romance, suspense, comedy…and a fantastic supporting cast!

As the world literally goes to hell in an apocalypse of flesh-eating zombies, four survivors take refuge in a shopping mall and bask in its resources. The result is a mini-manifest destiny, in which the humans migrate from one end of the mall to the other in an attempt to kick out all the zombies and set up house.

Has there ever been a more revealing, stirring, nihlistic, prophetic, grosser, and downright spot-on picture ever painted of the American consumer society? George A. Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” is perhaps the most poignant horror film ever made for the way it constantly pushes the envelope of violence and depravity to eventually make us realize that the true monsters are not measured by their atrocities, but by how society allows itself to respond to them. Tightly edited, cleverly scripted, and ultimately deeply moving; it’s startling how we are eventually numbed to the film’s graphic violence and eventually see ourselves in the faces of the ever-numbing human characters, who become more and more zombie-like and repulsive as their zombie adversaries become increasingly innocent and even pathetic. Which is Romero’s final point: Is there really much difference between hungry zombies wondering around mindlessly in a shopping mall and desperate consumers clambering for after-Christmas sales? Here is America itself, reduced to perhaps its most painfully revealing metaphor.

Not much of an entertaining story here. Basically I was bored and picked this out of the library.

Vertigo was not only the first film of Alfred Hitchcock that I saw, but it was the first film I saw with Jimmy Stewart, my personal acting GOD. His performance, going from his nice-guy persona to the seriously messed up S.O.B transcended everything I knew about acting. It is, in my opinion, the greatest performance done by an actor on film.
By: Zach NeSmith

The master at the top of his game…

The master at the top of his game…

An hypnotic and resonating view on human nature.
By: Maria Casanova

Hitchcock’s classic masterpiece.

A suspenseful love story that’s filled with obsessive twists and turns. Talented cast. Beautifully photographed. Haunting film score by Bernard Herrmann. Hitchcock’s classic masterpiece.
By: Joseph Peters

Hitchcock does everything right in this romantic suspense thriller.

Hitchcock does everything right in this romantic suspense thriller.
By: Lawrence Cabanero

This is the perfect movie.

This is the perfect movie. It is beautifully filmed and powerfully acted. It is thrilling, romantic, horrifying, and haunting. Whereas Citizen Kane was innovative, it lacked the emotional resonance of Vertigo. Vertigo needs to be higher on the list than Psycho, Rear Window, and North by Northwest.
By: Adam Perkes

If the human race could only preserve one film to remind us what the movies are all about, “Vertigo” should be it.

For me, Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” represents the best example of what film can do more effectively than any other medium, namely to create a mood and sustain it for an extended period of time. Every last detail of the film’s production, including the set designs, the dream-like cinematography, Bernard Hermann’s powerful score (the best of his career, in my opinion), Edith Head’s costumes, and, of course, Hitchcock’s masterful direction, combine to create an overall mood of pyschological and romantic obsession that is unparalleled in all of cinema. “Vertigo” is a prime example of both “auterism” in practice (since Hitchcock’s haunted personal vision shines through every last frame of the film) and the collaborative power of movies (since each artist who worked on this film contributed magnificently and essentially to the whole). Thus, contained within the film are the driving principles of both the Hollywood studio system which was beginning to see its demise upon “Vertigo”’s release and the individualaity of the various New Waves and independent cinemas that would follow. While “Citizen Kane” is often (perhaps deservedly) considered the greatest film of all time, I feel that “Vertigo” contains the emotional depth that is often missing from Welles’ first masterpiece. “Vertigo” forever changed the way I look at movies and is likely to remain my favorite for some time.
By: Jake Adams

Hitchcock’s brilliant movie of a man obsessed with a woman from the past, with the most gripping ending ever filmed.

This is Hitchcock’s best and most personal film, I’ve seen it 7 times. I was moved by the secret, and I was fascinated by the use of colors to express emotions and people. The best film. Ever.
By: Adriano Vazquez

A small town in an 18th Century Pensylvanian woods are terrorised by “Those we don’t speak of”. At least thats what you’re supposed to think…

Some of the most origional and dramatic use of dialogue I have ever seen and unique photography to match, all layered to a score that weaves the film together perfectly. That and the fact that it’s one of the rare films that I can watch again and again and again and still be blown away from start to finish. I know its kind of predictable, and didn’t get great reviews, but who cares.
By: John Finnegan

Is there a more chilling scene in film than Clarice walking down the Mental Hospital hallway, approaching Hannibal’s cell. He already knew why she was there.

I’ve never experienced a more intence thriller the first time I watched it in my entire life
By: Andrew Cooper

A psycho thriller that is an all-time classic.

It’s an intense movie that no matter how many times you watch it, you gain new insight. The gore is minimal but the suspense is max!
By: Julaine George

Jimmy Stewart is a photographer that’s been injured and confined to a wheelchair with nothing left to do but stare out his rear window at his neighbors. He becomes obsessed with the man across the way and the disappearance of the man’s bedridden wife.

Hitchcock was a true master of suspense and this movie keeps me on the edge of my seat.
By: Shannon Kolar

It had me on the edge of my seet.

It had me on the edge of my seet. I don’t remember why because I watch it a long time ago and it was the first movie I seen.
By: Cory Fichtner

The best of the best for everyone.

I saw this movie on vhs before it was released in the theatre (my friend did the poster art and had an advanced copy) and it just grabbed me from the very beginning. My friend gave me the cassette and told me to turn off the lights and just watch, I really didn’t know who Anthony Hopkins was ( i was 22), and I loved Jodie Foster so I thought ok!!..well it was in black and white and had no music score and it scared the hell out of me!!! It was a true fresh movie going experience, not ruined by any previews giving too much of the plot away. When it did come out in the theatre I went and loved it all over again! The actors and direction are top notch…It is without a doubt my favorite movie ever!

By: Patrick SKoien
Madison, MN 56256

Hitchcock’s masterpiece got me hooked onto the master and inspired me to direct films.

Psycho introduced me to the world of suspense and real film.. Hitchcock’s masterpiece got me hooked onto the master and inspired me to direct films. I hope to be as famed as he. Psycho, unlike the crappy remake, scares the hell out of you. I saw the film ten years ago and still hate taking showers. I wish more films were made like this and Psycho should be in the top ten at least!
By: Carl Foley

Psycho changed the way I looked at films.

Psycho changed the way I looked at films. I began to take a greater notice of the intricate little things that a director throws in. The use of Black and White and shadow makes the mood more tangible and surreal. I absolutely love it.
By: Ashley Smith

Psycho is by far the most frightening horror film of all time.

Psycho is by far the most frightening horror film of all time because Anthony Perkins’ Norman Bates is so non-threatening, and, in fact, quite easy to empathize with. The film opened the doors for all psychological thrillers, and changed how the industry did things.
By: Christina Copes

A taut, sexy thriller.

Steamy Rio provides an exotic backdrop for the even steamier triangle between American spy Cary Grant, party girl Ingrid Bergman, and Nazi industrialist Claude Rains. Sparkling dialog and nail-biting suspense. Grant has never been hotter. The last shot, with Rains climbing the steps toward his doom, is visually and symbolically amazing.
By: Meredith Galman

The film has everything.

The film has everything….an involving and intricate storyline, outstanding performances by Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Raines, and a career apex directorial effort by the great Alfred Hitchcock. It’s one of those handful of great films that can be viewed over and over.
By: Jim Amos

Why I feel in love with classic suspence and action movies.

What every movie should have. A great story, an unexpected conclusion, increbible suspence, action with memorable characters and a new movie experince everytime you watch. The chase sequences even though the film is nearly 40 years old do not seem outdated and appear realistic.
By: John Obrigewitsch

Schlub, advertising exec Richard O. Thornhill, played by Cary Grant (what does the ‘O’ stand for? “Nothing”) is mistakenly taken as a good-guy spy by the bad-guy spies (the wonderful James Mason, Martin Landau) leading to the climax at Mt. Rushmore.

Probably the best beginning of a film (visuals, and soundtrack) ever done until that time. Clever dialogue - the wonderful Cary, equally wonderful Eva Marie Saint, Mason and Landau and of course, the McGuffin! I think it is Hitchock’s best.
By: Mary Buchanan