![]() So here we go if you make it all the way to the end you'll be rewarded with one of my favourite photos of Mr Hitchcock ever taken. Everything after that though, especially from number 20 onwards, is essential viewing for every living human being and you should be ashamed of yourself if you haven't had a go on them. If you'd like to follow in my heroic and Herculean footsteps but can't quite be arsed to watch all 54 films, I can recommend avoiding anything before, say, number 40 on this list because life is short and you'll be dead soon. ![]() The films are presented in reverse order of non-rubbishness in an attempt to elicit a false sense of excitement as the reader approaches the end, although the number one film will almost certainly come as a surprise to precisely nobody. Here, then, are my findings from the past thirteen months, 52 features and two short films (I also watched - but haven't included - the musical film revue Elstree Calling, of which Hitch only directed part and which he abruptly stated was "of no interest whatsoever". My knighthood is merely a formality at this stage. I considered training as a doctor, joining the UN peacekeeping force or volunteering to undergo medical trials for life-saving drugs, before dismissing such fripperies and landing upon my true calling: I would selflessly watch every film Alfred Hitchcock ever directed, then write a few words about each one, assign them an arbitrary number of stars and shuffle them into a vague order of preference. ![]() ![]() At the beginning of 2015 I made a decision to finally do something useful with my life. ![]()
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