Rebecca

Rebecca (1940)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (43 reviews)

  • 91% of users liked it
    (37,247 ratings)

Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the classic psychological thriller Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film. Joan Fontaine plays the unnamed narrator, a young woman who works as a companion to the well-to-do Mrs. Van Hopper (Florence Bates). She meets the wealthy widower Maxim… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Mar 27, 1940 Limited
On DVD
Mar 13, 2001
United Artists

Critic Reviews

  • , TIME Magazine

    This time Hitchcock does it all his way, does a splendid job and has a splendid cast to do it with.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    One of the finest productional efforts of the past year.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Through its first two-thirds it is as perfect a myth of adolescence as any of the Disney films, documenting the childlike, nameless heroine's initiation into the adult mysteries of sex, death, and identity.

  • Ben Walters, Time Out

    Hitchcock shows superb technical control and attends to his trademark motifs, from monstrous mother figures to the fetishisation of clothing.

  • Frank S. Nugent, New York Times

    An altogether brilliant film, haunting, suspenseful, handsome and handsomely played.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Chris W


    This was the first film Hitchcock made after moving to the U.S. to further his film career. The subject matter for this assignment is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's eerie, gothic psychological chiller (with some romance moments) about an unnamed young woman who, after a… More

  • Graham J


    This gothic tale has so many twists and turns, that more than 70 years later, it still has the capability to keep audiences on the edge of their seat.

  • Anthony L


    Rebecca is so many films rolled into one, it's a romance, a thriller, a horror but most importantly, it's a winner. You don't need to take it from me how beautiful Hitchcock's directing is, especially his older black and white films. The acting is fantastic,… More

  • Drew S


    Rebecca is a bizarre movie. I can think of few films from the early 1940s that are as tonally diffuse, playful with genre, and creepingly sinister as Hitchcock's first American film; it feels less like an adaptation and more like the ramblings of a mad genius regurgitating… More

  • Alexander D


    The question: Why did this win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1940, and why is it the ONLY Academy Award-winner by Hitchcock?

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