Published: June 8, 2014

Like a marionette, Hitchcock's macabre vision dances its disjointed way into our hearts. Over 54 years he directed 54 films, starting in the silent era and crashing through to the collapse of the studio system. His earliest films played alongside Nosferatu and Dr. Mabuse. His last films were neighbor to Carrie and Taxi Driver. By the time Hitchcock passed, film had transformed from a novelty of light and shadow to the popular art of the twentieth century -- and Hitchcock himself was behind much of that change.

Some of Hitchcock's projects have changed the way that movies are made and seen. Others, like his TV anthology series, have blazed ground in new entertainment media. Others are just plain neato, and ahead of their time. For your perusal here are some the films that changed what movies are about.