Hitchcock Outside Hollywood
Though many of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous films were created only after he transferred to Hollywood in 1939, it was while still living in England that the London-born director first began honing the style and techniques that distinguish him as a filmmaker. We've rounded up twelve films from Hitchcock's early days and periodic returns home so you can see the great director's British filmography for yourself.
Frenzy
An unlucky man in the wrong place at the wrong time is soon suspected of murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1972
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, Vivien Merchant
- Genre Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
Stage Fright
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1950
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
Foreign Correspondent
On the eve of WWII, American crime reporter Johnny Jones is sent to Europe to get the scoop on the situation there.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 1940
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley
- Genre Action, Mystery, Thriller, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, , Max Amazon Channel, Max, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Lady Vanishes
An avalanche blocks the railway, stranding the train's passengers, including a little old lady with a secret.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1938
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Freevee, Fandor, Public Domain Movies, Shout! Factory TV, Criterion Channel, FilmBox+, Amazon Video, Classix, Plex, Pluto TV, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
Sabotage
He was a saboteur until his plans were sabotaged.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1937
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Public Domain Movies, Criterion Channel, FilmBox+, Redbox, Amazon Video, Classix, The Film Detective, Kanopy, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
Young and Innocent
A young girl helps an innocent man escape the law when he’s framed for murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1937
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, John Longden
- Genre Crime, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, IndieFlix, Amazon Video, Public Domain Movies
Secret Agent
British agents become uncertain of their mission to assassinate a German spy during World War One.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1936
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Percy Marmont, Florence Kahn
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on FilmBox+, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel
The 39 Steps
A classic spy thriller about an everyman and his beautiful accomplice on a mission to save England.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1935
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, , FilmBox+, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Pluto TV, The Film Detective
The Man Who Knew Too Much
An ordinary British couple becomes entangled in a political assassination plot, leading to their daughter’s kidnapping.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1934
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, FilmBox+, Redbox, Amazon Video, Crackle, Kanopy, Plex, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
Murder!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1930
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Herbert Marshall, Edward Chapman, Esme Percy, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Marie Wright
- Genre Mystery, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Blackmail
A Scotland Yard detective must protect his girlfriend from blackmail.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1929
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden, Donald Calthrop
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex, YouTube, Apple TV
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
A landlady fears that the man lodging with her family and becoming involved with her daughter may be the serial killer terrorizing London.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1927
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, Reginald Gardiner
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Shout! Factory TV, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Classix, Plex, Tubi TV, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel