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Season 1 — The Hitchcock Films

All the Alfred Hitchcock films, viewed in random order.

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	North by Northwest1959	Rope1948
2	The Lady Vanishes1938	Psycho1960
3	Notorious1946	The Birds1963
4	The 39 Steps1935	To Catch a Thief1955
5	Sabotage1936	Dial M for Murder1954
6	The Birds1963	North by Northwest1959
7	Psycho1960	The Lady Vanishes1938
8	Strangers on a Train1951	Sabotage1936
9	Stage Fright1950	Foreign Correspondent1940
10	To Catch a Thief1955	Strangers on a Train1951
11	Young and Innocent1937	Vertigo1958
12	Dial M for Murder1954	Notorious1946
13	I Confess1953	Stage Fright1950
14	Foreign Correspondent1940	The 39 Steps1935
15	Saboteur1942	I Confess1953
16	Number 171932	Torn Curtain1966
17	Vertigo1958	Frenzy1972
18	Rear Window1954	Topaz1969
19	Shadow of a Doubt1943	Rebecca1940
20	Topaz1969	Rear Window1954
21	Rope1948	Spellbound1945
22	Rebecca1940	Young and Innocent1937
23	Lifeboat1944	Saboteur1942
24	The Pleasure Garden1925	Shadow of a Doubt1943
25	Rich and Strange1931	Suspicion1941
26	Murder!1930	The Pleasure Garden1925
27	Blackmail1929	The Manxman1929
28	Spellbound1945	Jamaica Inn1939
29	The Trouble With Harry1955	Champagne1928
30	Waltzes From Vienna1934	Marnie1964
31	The Man Who Knew Too Much1934	The Man Who Knew Too Much1934
32	Secret Agent1936	Lifeboat1944
33	The Man Who Knew Too Much1956	Secret Agent1936
34	The Lodger1927	The Man Who Knew Too Much1956
35	The Farmer's Wife1928	Number 171932
36	The Manxman1929	The Lodger1927
37	Champagne1928	The Farmer's Wife1928
38	The Ring1927	Waltzes From Vienna1934
39	Torn Curtain1966	Rich and Strange1931
40	Frenzy1972	The Paradine Case1947
41	The Paradine Case1947	Murder!1930
42	Jamaica Inn1939	Blackmail1929
43	The Wrong Man1956	Downhill1927
44	Marnie1964	The Skin Game1931
45	Under Capricorn1949	Family Plot1976
46	Downhill1927	The Trouble With Harry1955
47	Juno and the Paycock1930	The Ring1927
48	The Skin Game1931	Under Capricorn1949
49	Easy Virtue1928	The Wrong Man1956
50	Suspicion1941	Mr and Mrs Smith1941
51	Family Plot1976	Easy Virtue1928
52	Mr and Mrs Smith1941	Juno and the Paycock1930

Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache are not included in these rankings, since they're far shorter and not directly comparable. After watching Bon Voyage, however, both Dan and Cat gave it a hearty 'thumbs up'. Aventure Malgache? Not so much. A dual thumbs down.

Season 2 — Hitchcock Rewatch and Best Picture Comparison

A rewatch of the 20 best Hitchcock films and a comparison to the Best Picture Oscar winner from that year.

The Hitchcock Rewatch

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	North by Northwest1959	Psycho1960
2	Notorious1946	Dial M for Murder1954
3	Psycho1960	The Birds1963
4	The Lady Vanishes1938	Rope1948
5	The Birds1963	North by Northwest1959
6	Strangers on a Train1951	To Catch a Thief1955
7	The 39 Steps1935	Notorious1946
8	To Catch a Thief1955	Vertigo1958
9	Rear Window1954	Strangers on a Train1951
10	Young and Innocent1937	The Lady Vanishes1938
11	Dial M for Murder1954	Young and Innocent1937
12	Vertigo1958	The 39 Steps1935
13	Rope1948	Rebecca1940
14	Shadow of a Doubt1943	Frenzy1972
15	Rebecca1940	The Lodger1927
16	Lifeboat1944	Rear Window1954
17	The Lodger1927	Shadow of a Doubt1943
18	Spellbound1945	Spellbound1945
19	The Wrong Man1956	Lifeboat1944
20	Frenzy1972	The Wrong Man1956

The Best Picture Films

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	The Apartment1960	The Godfather1972
2	Casablanca1942	The Apartment1960
3	Gaslight1944	The Bridge on the River Kwai1957
4	Rebecca1940	Casablanca1942
5	Ben-Hur1959	Gaslight1944
6	The Bridge on the River Kwai1957	Rebecca1940
7	Wings1927	Ben-Hur1959
8	An American in Paris1951	Wings1927
9	The Best Years of Our Lives1946	On the Waterfront1954
10	You Can't Take It With You1938	The Best Years of Our Lives1946
11	Mutiny on the Bounty1935	Marty1955
12	The Godfather1972	An American in Paris1951
13	On the Waterfront1954	Mutiny on the Bounty1935
14	The Lost Weekend1945	You Can't Take It With You1938
15	Around the World in Eighty Days1956	Around the World in Eighty Days1956
16	Marty1955	The Lost Weekend1945
17	Tom Jones1963	Tom Jones1963

Season 3 — Hitchcockesque Films

Films reminiscent of Hitchcock.

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	Charade1963	Charade1963
2	The Third Man1949	Gone Girl2014
3	Double Indemnity1944	Blow Out1981
4	High Society1956	Diabolique1955
5	Gone Girl2014	The Third Man1949
6	The Stranger1946	The Stranger1946
7	Blow Out1981	Double Indemnity1944
8	The Philadelphia Story1940	The Philadelphia Story1940
9	Diabolique1955	Peeping Tom1960
10	The Spanish Prisoner1997	The Spanish Prisoner1997
11	High Anxiety1977	High Society1956
12	Peeping Tom1960	High Anxiety1977

Season 4 — What Would Hitchcock Do?

Films made after Hitchcock died.

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	The Sixth Sense1999	The Prestige2006
2	The Shawshank Redemption1994	Being John Malkovich1999
3	Being John Malkovich1999	The Shawshank Redemption1994
4	Election1999	Edge of Tomorrow2014
5	Little Miss Sunshine2006	The Sixth Sense1999
6	Barbie2023	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004
7	The Prestige2006	Little Miss Sunshine2006
8	Edge of Tomorrow2014	Election1999
9	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004	The Incredibles2004
10	The Incredibles2004	Barbie2023
11	Trap2024	Apollo 131995
12	Apollo 131995	Trap2024

Season 5 — Hitchcockesque Films, Volume 2

More films reminiscent of Hitchcock.

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	Niagara1953	Witness for the Prosecution1957
2	Witness for the Prosecution1957	The Postman Always Rings Twice1946
3	The Postman Always Rings Twice1946	All About Eve1950
4	D.O.A.1949	Niagara1953
5	All About Eve1950	Sorry, Wrong Number1948
6	Touch of Evil1958	D.O.A.1949
7	Sorry, Wrong Number1948	Three Days of the Condor1975
8	Three Days of the Condor1975	Touch of Evil1958
9	The Woman in the Window1944	The Woman in the Window1944
10	The Thomas Crown Affair1968	The Thomas Crown Affair1968
11	The Manchurian Candidate1962	The Manchurian Candidate1962

Season 6 — Miscellaneous Films

A grab bag of films we felt like watching

#	Cat's ranking	Dan's ranking
1	Project Hail Mary2026	Twelve Monkeys1995
2	Twelve Monkeys1995	Project Hail Mary2026
3	Crime and Punishment1935	Crime and Punishment1935
4	Bicycle Thieves1948	Bicycle Thieves1948
5	Marty Supreme2025	Marty Supreme2025

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