and, if that's not clear enough:

The Lady Vanishes is pre-America fun and also, for me, the picture in which his genius turns the corner.

Shadow Of A Doubt Joseph Cotten! Love that guy and this is one of his many films that explores the idea of the doppelganger. The constant layering in of the doubles in the movie is fun to watch. (There are two Charlies, two scenes at train stations, a scene at the two 'til two bar where two doubles are ordered and...)

NotoriousOr, when the mother figure became sinister. Bergman and Grant flirting, James Mason as a Nazi, one of the best scripts he ever filmed, wonderfully romantic

Lifeboat Tallulah Bankhead is the hotness and this movie, which mostly takes place on the titular set, never flags. How the fuck do you make a movie interesting with one little fucking set? Watch this.

The Golden Age

Rear Window, The Trouble With Harry, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, The Birds His tip top, for me.

After The Birds, his movies became clumsier and crueler. Marnie is a fucked-up, sadistic love story...kinda. Frenzy has energy. Family Plot is like a bizarre movie-of-the-week.

Yeah, I like me some Hitch.