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Vertigo (1958)

PG ★ 8.1/10 128 min Mystery, Romance, Thriller United States English
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Novels: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac
Screenplay by: Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor
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Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!

Description

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Trailer

Top Cast

James Stewart
James Stewart Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak
Kim Novak Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom Helmore
Tom Helmore Gavin Elster
Henry Jones
Henry Jones Coroner
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey Scottie's Doctor
Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin Shayne
Konstantin Shayne Pop Leibel

Vertigo Appears on 46 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #675
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #09
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #111
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #002
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #07
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #776
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #02
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #662

Critic Curated

Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #07
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #03
Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See
Collider #96
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #37
Paste Magazines 100 Best Films Of The 1950s
Paste Magazine #01
Popmatters 100 Essential Female Film Performances
PopMatters #54
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #346
Slashfilms 95 Best Thrillers Ever Made
SlashFilm #93
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #133
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #40
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #10
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #94

Filmmaker Curation

Denis Villeneuve's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #01
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #221
James Gray's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #36
Lynne Ramsay's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #12
Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #83
Park Chan Wook's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #17
Paul Schrader's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #12
Paul Verhoeven's Favorite Films
LaCinetek #08
Todd Haynes 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #09

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #02

Genre Curation

100 Essential Thrillers by BFI
British Film Institute #31
American Film Institutes Top 10 Mystery Films
American Film Institute #01

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1950-1959 Films
Letterboxd #34
Letterboxd Top 100 Movies Rated G Or PG
Letterboxd #37
Showdown Body Of Evidence
Letterboxd Showdown #14
Showdown Brief Encounter
Letterboxd Showdown #20
Showdown Fatal Attraction
Letterboxd Showdown #04
Showdown Frame Up
Letterboxd Showdown #19
Showdown Multiplicity
Letterboxd Showdown #16
Showdown Murder Mystery
Letterboxd Showdown #17
Showdown Sin City
Letterboxd Showdown #14
Showdown Spellbound
Letterboxd Showdown #08
Showdown Stolen Kisses
Letterboxd Showdown #20
Showdown Vice Versa
Letterboxd Showdown #15
The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users
Letterboxd #44

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #01

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