Statistics for Hitchcock Films (Movies) From Plot Hints

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YearHintAnswer% Correct
1958A detective rescues a woman from a river. Later she chucks herself off a church but he can't stop her because of his fear of heights. Later he meets someone who reminds him of her... and it turns out it actually is her and she faked her death (it's all a bit confusing).Vertigo
98%
1963The animals in this film start behaving weirdly. By the end they're attacking in large numbers left right and centre (but we never really discover what their problem is).The Birds
95%
1960A thief takes shelter in a roadside hotel. The hotel owner seems to have a very close relationship with his overbearing mother. During the night, someone stabs her to death in the shower.Psycho
94%
1954James Stewart has a broken leg, so he watches his neighbours from his flat for a bit of entertainment. He becomes convinced that one of them is a murderer.Rear Window
94%
1959Cary Grant is abducted by agents who claim he is 'George Kaplan' (he isn't). He has to escape and find the real Kaplan. There are famous scenes with a crop-duster plane and at Mount Rushmore.North By Northwest
92%
1954This was filmed in 3D - you can tell by the way Grace Kelly theatrically reaches out to grab the telephone. Her husband wants to murder her for having an affair.Dial M For Murder
79%
1951Two people unknown to each other get talking on a railway journey. They both have someone at home driving them mad. One of them suggests they could 'swap murders', and so neither of them would ever get caught.Strangers On A Train
79%
1940Based on a story by Daphne du Maurier, it's named after the original Mrs de Winter (now dead). The new Mrs de Winter takes up residence in a big house called Manderley, but the servants don't really take to her very well.Rebecca
78%
1964Tippi Hendren plays the title character. She is rather messed up and freaks out over the colour red. Sean Connery is a wealthy widower who marries her even though he knows she's a thief. He gradually uncovers her backstory.Marnie
70%
1934 / 1956Hitchcock made two different films under this title, thrillers about the foiling of an assasination plot. The later version features Doris Day singing 'Que Sera, Sera'.The Man Who Knew Too Much
65%
1935This is loosely based on a novel by John Buchan. Robert Donat tries to prevent spies stealing military secrets. But he gets wrongly accused of murder and tries to hide on the Scottish moors.The 39 Steps
59%
1938An English tourist is crossing Europe on a train and gets chatting to an older lady, Miss Froy. The next day Miss Froy is nowhere to be found, and everyone else denies ever having seen her in the first place.The Lady Vanishes
57%
1944The film is entirely set on an eponymous small boat, containing the assorted survivors of a Nazi topedo attack (including the captain of the U-boat).Lifeboat
56%
1939Mary goes to live in an isolated pub in the middle of a moor in Cornwall. It turns out that it's the centre of a ruthless shipwrecking gang.Jamaica Inn
40%

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