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The Definitive Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Movies

September 28, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Alfred Hitchcock was an undoubted master of cinema; here are his best works… When you’re a master of cinema with a resume that is stuffed with incredible movies, sometimes the hardest thing for fans to agree upon is how to rank them. It’s easy if you’re looking at Richard Kelly, for example, whose best by […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Dial M for Murder, frenzy, marnie, north by northwest, Psycho, rear window, Rebecca, rope, shadow of a doubt, Strangers on a Train, Suspicion, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Lady Vanishes, The Lodger, the man who knew too much, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo

1930’s-50’s: The Golden Age of Mystery Films

September 13, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on why the 30’s to 50’s were a golden age for mystery films… Whether it’s a murder mystery, or a cat and mouse quest to uncover a mystery, the 1930’s, up until the end of the 1950’s saw a prolific output of mystery films. Across world cinema, from Britain, to Hollywood to Europe […]

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The Essential Missing Person Movies

July 2, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at 10 essential films about the search for a missing person… There are a number of sub-genres in the thriller and drama genre which I love. One such type, is the missing person film. A film which is driven by the search for the missing person(s). There have been many great films […]

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