Rear Window
It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $37M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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How Rear Window actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Rear Window appears in 6 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #9
Placed at #9 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #20
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- Thriller Movies Ranked #24
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- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #40
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- Best Philosophical Movies Ranked #44
Placed at #44 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #75
Placed at #75 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Rear Window returned 37.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $37M
- Release date
- Aug 1, 1954
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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