Rear Window

Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 voyeuristic thriller confines James Stewart and Grace Kelly to a Manhattan apartment as a wheelchair-bound photographer suspects his neighbour of murder, turning passive observation into visceral suspense with remarkable economy on a $1M budget. Ranked #42 on the AFI's Greatest American Films list, Rear Window's 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score is 3% higher than #1 Psycho's 97% and it explores themes more intimate than the serial-killer focus of #4 Se7en, based on Cornell Woolrich's story.