One of my all-time favorite film directors is Alfred Hitchcock. He flawlessly combines suspense, innovation and wit in an exhilarating mix. One of my life’s goals is to see all of his movies. I’ve crossed a couple more off my list lately – Lifeboat and Dial “M” for Murder. (Thanks, Netflix!)

I thought I’d come pretty far along in reaching my goal, but after looking at Hitchcock’s filmography, it turns out I’ve only seen about a third of the movies he directed – 17 out of 53. Of those I’ve seen, my favorite is definitely Rear Window – it’s just brilliant. Up there too are Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Rebecca, the latter for its pure creepiness factor.

At some point I want to read this massive biography of the man.

Here’s the list of full-length films he directed. The first nine are silent. The ones I’ve seen are in bold, although I’ve also seen snippets of a couple of others (such as The Birds).

Silent:
The Pleasure Garden (1925)
The Mountain Eagle (1927)
The Lodger (1927)
Downhill (1927)
Easy Virtue (1927)
The Ring (1927)
Champagne (1928)
The Farmer’s Wife (1928)
The Manxman (1929)

Talkies:
Blackmail (1929)
Juno and the Paycock (1930)
Murder! (1930)
The Skin Game (1931)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Rich and Strange (1932)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Waltzes From Vienna (1934)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
Young and Innocent (1937)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
Suspicion (1941)
Saboteur (1942)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Lifeboat (1944)
Spellbound (1945)
Notorious (1946)
The Paradine Case (1948)
Rope (1948)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fright (1950)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
I Confess (1953)
Dial “M” for Murder (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Marnie (1964)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Topaz (1969)
Frenzy (1972)
Family Plot (1976)