It’s possible to spend an entire lifetime trawling the works of Alfred Hitchcock. The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters. Among them were countless era-defining releases that are still among the best movies ever made—of any genre—from the haunting Rebecca to the gripping Rear Window , and the ravishing Vertigo to the hair-raising Psycho .

It’s a crime, then, that the auteur never won a competitive Oscar for his efforts, despite five nominations. When he was eventually awarded a lifetime achievement award, in true Hitchcock fashion, he accepted the consolation prize with one of the shortest Acade

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