 | Charade: The Criterion Collection (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $35.49 / Used from: $16.50 Excellent caper and one of my absolute favorites. The director, Stanley Donen definitely went for a very Hitchcock vibe.
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 | Laura
Buy used from: $8.09 The end gets me every time. This one has great music, plot, and the always lovely Gene Tierney.
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 | Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $7.00 Jack Nicholson. Fay Dunaway. Super movie with a really neat retro feel.
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 | Dead Again
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $3.29 Surprisingly good. Evidently he can do more than Shakespeare.
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 | Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $11.06 It's really a pity more people haven't heard of this. So please, watch.
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 | Bunny Lake Is Missing
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.83 Kind of reminiscent of Seance on a Wet Afternoon. Gorgeous in black and white, with a "cameo" by the Zombies.
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 | The Usual Suspects (Special Editon)
Buy used from: $3.99 Still good if the ending's been ruined for you. Which is saying a lot.
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 | Sorry, Wrong Number
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $6.78 Barbara Stanwyck in one of my favorite roles. Maybe a bit dated, but still really enjoyable.
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 | The Innocents
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $6.23 I always have to resist the urge to show this to everyone around. It's the best "ghost movie" I've ever seen.
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 | Woh Kaun Thi?
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $5.99 Caught a bit of this on television and was instantly hooked. Who knew?
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 | The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $15.00 My favorite of Hitcock's British bunch. A much lighter mystery than his later stuff.
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 | Soylent Green
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $5.78 Eek. Watch it. Love it. Then --and it's a must-- quote it.
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 | Lured
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $21.08 Did anyone knew Lucille Ball could act like this? Show of hands?
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 | Sleuth
Buy used from: $49.99 Personally I prefer this to the remake, though I've heard fans of that one can't stand this version.
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 | Rope
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.66 Not as good as Rear Window, but more of a mystery feel. Still great.
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 | The Big Sleep
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $5.49 Aw, so what if the plot meanders for a bit...it's a lovely ride nonetheless.
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 | Alphaville - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $25.49 / Used from: $11.49 "Everything has been said, provided words do not change their meanings, and meanings their words."
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 | Klute
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $5.00 I never thought I was a Jane Fonda fan until this. Really good...the best of Pakula's trilogy. According to me anyway. Aw heck, they're all great.
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 | Volver
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $2.75 Oh, but it is a mystery.
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 | Wait Until Dark
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $9.83 Again, the plot kind of takes the back seat for a bit. But it's terrific-- do watch it in the dark. And be prepared to jump.
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 | The Kennel Murder Case
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.20 Usually I go for this over The Thin Man, but all of William Powell's detective stuff is great.
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 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.95 Way better than Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Not that it was horrible, it was just unnecessarily long.
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 | Murder by Death
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.93 Better than Clue? Yeah okay. It doesn't have the choice of endings, but it's great.
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