UNITED KINGDOM · 1960

Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock
Classical Hollywood
Trailer
Synopsis

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Year1960
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
Films with Similar Energy
The Stranger
The Stranger
1946
*** White Heat
*** White Heat
1949
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight
1965
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil
1958
* The Naked and the Dead
* The Naked and the Dead
1958
Psycho poster
Cinema DNA 4 films · 4 countries
Psycho United Kingdom · 1960
4 films it shaped
  1. Deep Red 1976 · Dario Argento Italy
  2. The Fly 1986 · David Cronenberg Canada
  3. The Substance 2024 · Coralie Fargeat France
  4. Parasite 2019 · Bong Joon-ho South Korea
Open the Cinema DNA map and quotes

More from Alfred Hitchcock

United Kingdom
Vertigo
Vertigo
1958
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
1944
The Farmer’s Wife
The Farmer’s Wife
1928

More from United Kingdom

Cinema of United Kingdom
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom
1960
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho
2021
Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle
1960
Train
Train
1966

More Films with Similar Energy

Deeper matches by cinematic fingerprint
** Esther and the King
** Esther and the King
1960
† Me, Gangster
† Me, Gangster
1928
Targets
Targets
1968
• A Private’s Affair
• A Private’s Affair
1959
– Artists and Models
– Artists and Models
1937
**** Pursued
**** Pursued
1947