Netflix Just Added the Best Psychological Thriller Ever Made
“Do you believe that someone out of the past – someone dead – can enter and take possession of a living being?”
Netflix just added a collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies, along with a few movies that were inspired by the director like Barbarian (2022) and Us (2019). Hitchcock’s most famous film, Psycho (1960), was already streaming on Netflix. It is now joined by Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Birds (1963), Frenzy (1972) and Family Plot (1976).
In particular, Vertigo (1958), is highly-praised by viewers. In 2007 the American Film Institute ranked it the ninth best movie America has ever made. It currently retains a 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4.2 on Letterboxd. It is widely considered one of the best (if not The Best) psychological thrillers ever made.
Vertigo stars James Stewart as John “Scottie” Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective who has retired prematurely due to his fear of heights. He is hired by his wealthy college acquaintance Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) to track down Gavin’s wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak). Against his better judgment, Scottie falls in love with Madeleine. When she disappears, Scottie reluctantly moves on to a working-class woman named Judy and tries to sculpt into the spitting image of Madeleine.
Vertigo is now streaming on Netflix.
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