The 25 Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies Ranked - IndieWire
The 25 Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies, Ranked · 25. “Topaz” (1969) · 24. “I Confess” (1953) · 23. “Saboteur” (1942) · 22. “The Wrong Man” (1957) · 21.
Ernest Lehman
Iconic for all the right reasons – smart writing, wicked humor, impeccable craft, and that cast – “North by Northwest” was initially hatched by screenwriter <anchor>Ernest Lehman</anchor>, who wanted to write “the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures.” Done and dusted! A heady (and extremely entertaining) blend of mistaken identity, high-stakes romance, and government conspiracy thriller, the film stars a never-better Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive who is very much not the smooth-talking government agent he, by way of some thrilling miscommunications, is mistaken for. Embroiled in an outrageous plot that just might sink the country (and will definitely sink Thornhill), this everyday guy is forced into extraordinary situations. The thrill? He – with some help from the divine Eva Marie Saint – finds a way to navigate out of them with serious aplomb. No one ever made running from low-flying planes look quite so suave and oddly relatable, all the charm of the film wrapped up in one indelible image. —KE