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Vertigo remains overrated. It has a theme, but it's not particularly suspenseful. I'd rate it Hitch #4, but 1-3 wouldn't be in the top 10 either.

I respectfully disagree. I believe Vertigo is one of the two or three perfect movies I have seen. Maybe its not "particularly suspenseful" to you now, in the 21st century but when this came out in the late 50s, it was about as suspenseful as it gets. Same is true for Psycho, people don't find it that scary today (I do) but in 1960 it must have made people crap their pants. So by your estimation, Hitchcock didn't make one of the ten best films ever made. That's way off, IMO. He made at least two of the best ten, again IMO. I feel the same about Chaplin but he is not featured in the top ten, but that's ok I'm not offended. They are taking into account every movie, from every country, ever made. Great list.

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Posted by Overbrook

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Posted on 2/8/15 at 9:50 pm to Fenwick86

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I believe Vertigo is one of the two or three perfect movies I have seen. Maybe its not "particularly suspenseful" to you now, in the 21st century but when this came out in the late 50s, it was about as suspenseful as it gets. Same is true for Psycho, people don't find it that scary today (I do) but in 1960 it must have made people crap their pants. So by your estimation, Hitchcock didn't make one of the ten best films ever made.

I find Psycho suspenseful the whole way through...the music and that cop scene get it started. Now that I think about it and come up with a top 10, I'd probably have to include 1 or two of Hitch. I for sure think that Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho and NxNW are top 20. Now if it were just my top 10 favorite movies NxNW and Rear Window would make it. Maybe even Dial M
IMO, the best movie ever made is on TCM right now: Casablanca.

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