Best Thriller Films of All Time- Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Janet Leigh. The screenplay is by Joseph Stefano, based on the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch based on the crimes of Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein.

The film is about a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing money from her employer and the motel's disturbed owner-manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and what happens as a result. The film was very different to Hitchcock's previous film North by Northwest, having been filmed on a low budget, with a television crew and in black and white. Psycho initially received mixed reviews, but did exceptionally well at the box office  and this made the critics reconsider which led to overwhelming critical acclaim and four Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Leigh and Best Director for Hitchcock.

It is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and praised as a work of cinematic art by international film critics and film scholars. Ranked among the greatest films of all time, it set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behaviour and sexuality in American films. It is particularly recognised for being filmed in black and white and also in the way the music is used to heighten the tension and exaggerate the terror particularly in the renown shower scene

In 1992, the US Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

When people think of thriller movies, this is most likely the first film that will pop into their minds. It is also one of the best thriller film of all time

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