It's very tough to just limit it to five and I would probably have a different list tomorrow, Here's mine:
1) The Trouble With Harry: Still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Shirley MacLaine's film debut, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, & Jerry Mathers. Basic plotline: Harry Worp is found dead on a hillside outside of a New England town, and three different people think that they're responsible for his death. Hi-jinks ensue as they try to determine which one killed Harry while trying to avoid the Deputy Sheriff.
2) Lifeboat: Several civilians & sailors, including one German, are stuck in a lifeboat after their ship & U-Boat sink each other. Who do you trust?
3) I Confess: Montgomery Clift plays Father Logan, a Catholic priest to whom a man confesses to a murder. Things take a turn when the inspector, played by Karl Malden, receives a tip a priest was seen leaving the scene of the crime, making Father Logan the prime suspect.
4) The Lady Vanishes: Michael Redgrave & Margaret Lockwood try to figure out what became of the elderly Miss Froy, the lady who vanished. In addition to some great dialogue, this is the film that garnered enough acclaim to allow Hitchcock to move to Hollywood.
5) Shadow of a Doubt: Joseph Cotten plays Teresa Wright's favorite uncle who comes to visit along with a suspicion that he is a serial killer. Imagine if Agatha Christie rewrote Thorton Wilder's "Our Town."
1) The Trouble With Harry: Still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Shirley MacLaine's film debut, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, & Jerry Mathers. Basic plotline: Harry Worp is found dead on a hillside outside of a New England town, and three different people think that they're responsible for his death. Hi-jinks ensue as they try to determine which one killed Harry while trying to avoid the Deputy Sheriff.
2) Lifeboat: Several civilians & sailors, including one German, are stuck in a lifeboat after their ship & U-Boat sink each other. Who do you trust?
3) I Confess: Montgomery Clift plays Father Logan, a Catholic priest to whom a man confesses to a murder. Things take a turn when the inspector, played by Karl Malden, receives a tip a priest was seen leaving the scene of the crime, making Father Logan the prime suspect.
4) The Lady Vanishes: Michael Redgrave & Margaret Lockwood try to figure out what became of the elderly Miss Froy, the lady who vanished. In addition to some great dialogue, this is the film that garnered enough acclaim to allow Hitchcock to move to Hollywood.
5) Shadow of a Doubt: Joseph Cotten plays Teresa Wright's favorite uncle who comes to visit along with a suspicion that he is a serial killer. Imagine if Agatha Christie rewrote Thorton Wilder's "Our Town."