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Rear Window
Laid up with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jeffries is confined to his tiny, sweltering courtyard apartment. To pass time, he spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
7 August 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA
June 2, 1927 in Seattle, Washington, USA
24 July 1916, New York City, New York, USA
20 March 1913, Seneca, South Dakota, USA
14 February 1902, Brooklyn, New York, USA
January 4, 1935 in San Diego, California, USA
August 16, 1924 in Independence, Kansas, USA
18 March 1912, Tacoma, Washington, USA
2 January 1893, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18 July 1916, New York, USA
19 August 1913, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
13 August 1899, Leytonstone, London, England, UK
July 29, 2008
...the film surely remains one of the most memorable and downright essential examples of the slow-burn thriller genre.
January 01, 2000
Restored to its original Technicolor grandeur!
July 21, 2005
The deliciousness of watching the film as it's intended to be seen is that the big screen gives Rear Window back its claustrophobia.
August 08, 2009
a taut and (verbally) jaunty thriller
May 29, 2010
In this brilliant movie about watching the neighbors, Alfred Hitchcock turns the lens on his audience. "We have become a race of Peeping Toms," notes one character not only commenting on Jeff's obsessive voyeurism but also that of the cinematic spectator.
December 15, 2010
Hitchcock masterpiece stars peeping Jimmy Stewart.
April 20, 2009
Just possibly the second most entertaining picture (after The 39 Steps) ever made by Alfred Hitchcock.
September 02, 2009
As close to 'perfect' as a film is likely to get.
February 09, 2006
Of all Hitchcock's films, this is the one which most reveals the man.
May 28, 2004
Don't resist the urge -- steal a peek at it now, and be reminded why Hitchcock is still without equal in the clammy thrills department.
March 05, 2012
It's one of Alfred Hitchcock's inspired audience-participation films: watching it, you feel titillated, horrified, and, ultimately, purged.
March 26, 2014
Beneath pointed dialogue, perceptive character development and tense plot twists, the movie plays like a breakpoint in our journey towards complete voyeurism.