Alfred Hitchcock

Not the most impressive Hitchcock selection, eh? Where is Vertigo or Rear Window or North By Northwest or The Man Who Knew Too Much? Where's Strangers on a Train for crying out loud? Well, I like The Birds and I love To Catch a Thief so what can I do? Who could choose the tangled psychological mess of the famous Hitchcock films when there is the impossible technicolor tan of Cary Grant to have, and not a wiff of Freud peeking through the reels? Ok, there's a little bit of Freud (the fireworks scene?), but it is kept to a minimum.

If you want to be like that though, Grace Kelly married prince Renier and moved to Monaco after filming this, and later died in a car crash (perhaps on the very road she drove fast on in To Catch a Thief?)

Otherwise you can just watch all Hitchcock movies. Start with The Birds and Psycho, since they are the most famous. Then any of the ones with James Stewart, since they are generally the best and most loved by critics. Perhaps save To Catch a Thief for last, because that's my favourite movie and you want to save the best for last!