Alfred Hitchcock's films show an interesting tendency towards recurring themes and plot devices throughout his life as a director. Hitchcock preferred...

A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward. A clichéd plot device may annoy the reader and a contrived...

Family Plot is a 1976 American black comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972...

Alfred Hitchcock and Best Supporting Actress for Janet Leigh. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films, and is arguably his most famous and influential...

irrelevant in itself. The term was originated by Angus MacPhail for film, adopted by Alfred Hitchcock, and later extended to a similar device in other fiction...

Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing...

Alfred Hitchcock and film editor Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of her father's films, with her most substantial appearance being in Strangers...

typography in its opening credits. North by Northwest is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is often listed among the greatest films of...

A plot twist is a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction. When it happens...

central role in one of his films. It also marked the end of Hitchcock's collaborations with cinematographer Robert Burks, who died in 1968; editor George Tomasini...

camera and what it photographs. The themes of voyeurism in Peeping Tom are also explored in several films by Alfred Hitchcock. In his book on Hitchcock's 1958...

the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying...

credits. In addition to screenwriter Wentworth Miller stating that the film was influenced by Shadow of a Doubt, there are a number of Hitchcock's themes, plot...

Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982) was an English screenwriter and film editor. She was the wife of film director Alfred Hitchcock. She collaborated...

referred to as "the Italian Hitchcock". Darren Aronofsky – Frequently covers themes of madness, pursuit of perfection, and psychology. Park Chan-wook –...

Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby...

thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. It was shot in late...

Notorious is a 1946 American spy film noir directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains as three people...

significant". The film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films. Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is a bored teenage girl living in the idyllic town...

The 39 Steps is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is loosely based on the...

Hitchcock's daughter Pat Hitchcock in her film debut, and Joyce Grenfell in a vignette. The story was adapted for the screen by Whitfield Cook and Alma...

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Young and Innocent, released in the US as The Girl Was Young, is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam...

(1966) and Twisted Nerve (1968). Herrmann scored films that were inspired by Hitchcock, like François Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black (1968) and Brian...

subject matter and styling of regular film genres, particularly horror films and documentary films, and their themes are sometimes influenced by other so-called...

Hitchcockian films are those made by various filmmakers, with the styles and themes similar to those of Alfred Hitchcock. Elements considered Hitchcockian...

The Skin Game is a 1931 British drama film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1920 play by John Galsworthy and produced by British International Pictures...

others in wide use. Supernatural fiction: exploits or requires as plot devices or themes some contradictions of the commonplace natural world and materialist...

thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife...

Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas. The film revisits the themes of fate, conscience, and circumstance...