Rear Window

Rear Window (1954)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (62 reviews)

  • 95% of users liked it
    (122,656 ratings)

Laid up with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to his tiny, sweltering courtyard apartment. To pass the time between visits from his nurse (Thelma Ritter) and his fashion model girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly), the binocular-wielding Jeffries stares through the… More

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PG, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
Alfred Hitchcock
Written By
John Michael Hayes
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Sep 1, 1954 Wide
On DVD
Mar 6, 2001
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Sragow, New Yorker

    It's one of Alfred Hitchcock's inspired audience-participation films: watching it, you feel titillated, horrified, and, ultimately, purged.

  • , TIME Magazine

    Just possibly the second most entertaining picture (after The 39 Steps) ever made by Alfred Hitchcock.

  • Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

    The deliciousness of watching the film as it's intended to be seen is that the big screen gives Rear Window back its claustrophobia.

  • Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

    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.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Masterpiece of voyeurism.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • paul o


    A masterpiece in cinema. I loved every frame and the auteurism shown by Hitchcock will make any film maker jealous. Amazing piece of film!

  • Film C


    I love Alfred Hitchcock he is a great director and makes really good movies, although this isnt my most favourite Hitchcock movie, it is still iconic and very uniquely impressive! Its suspenseful and seat gripping! A fan of Hitchcock then you'll love this movie!

  • Jens S


    Classic Hitchcock thriller about a man with too much time on his hands, peeping at the neighborhood through his rear window. The film cleverly makes the audience his accomplice, sticking mostly to his point of view, with the adorable backyard making a very limited but special setting.… More

  • Graham J


    As close to "a perfect film" as you can get. In Hitchcock's greatest effort, everything comes together. Spectacular set design, amazing performances and ofcourse Hitchcock's trademark pitch perfect suspense.

  • Christopher H


    A suspenseful yet very fun masterpiece. James Stewart gives a very charismatic performance.

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