21 Free Hitchcock Movies Online

Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, directed more than 50 feature films during his long career.  Today, his work is admired worldwide, and he’s considered one of our finest directors. Although many of his landmark films remain copyrighted, some of his important works, particularly his early ones, have slipped into the public domain. And so we have catalogued 21 Alfred Hitchcock films that you can watch online – completely for free.

All Hitchcock films appear in our big meta collection of Free Movies Online. We will update this list on an ongoing basis.

  • Bon VoyageFree – A French language WWII propaganda film by Alfred Hitchcock. Also see Aventure Malgache. (1944)
  • DownhillFree – In this silent film, a public schoolboy “takes the blame for a friend’s theft and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures.” Also released under the title, When Boys Leave Home. (1927)
  • Easy Virtue Free – Early silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Loosely based on a play by Noël Coward. (1928)
  • Foreign Correspondent - Free - On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. Spy thriller was Hitchcock’s second Hollywood production. (1940)
  • Jamaica Inn - Free – A young woman discovers that she’s living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. Stars Maureen O’Hara, Robert Newton and Charles Laughton. (1939)
  • Juno and the Paycock - Free – Early sound film by Hitchcock also released under the name The Shame of Mary Boyle. (1930)
  • Number SeventeenFree - 1932 Hitchcock movie about jewel thieves gathered at a house (number 17) after a robbery. Alternate version here.
  • Rich and Strange Free -  This Alfred Hitchcock film was released during a dry period between The Lodger (1927) and his breakthrough hits The Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps, both listed here. (1931)
  • Sabotage – Free – Alfred Hitchcock directs this British thriller based on Joseph Conrad’s novel The Secret Agent. Also released as The Woman Alone. (1936)
  • Secret Agent Free - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this film was loosely based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham. Stars John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young. (1936)

  • Spellbound - Free – Hitchcock’s classic thriller stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. (1945)
  • The 39 StepsFree - One of Alfred Hitchcock’s first hits. British thriller is based on the novel with same name by John Buchan. (1935)
  • The Farmer’s Wife - Free – Early Hitchcock silent film based on a play by British novelist Eden Phillpotts. (1928)
  • The Lady Vanishes – Free – British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. (1938)
  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Free - One of Hitchcock’s silent classics. A landlady suspects her lodger is a murderer killing women around London. (1927)
  • The Man Who Knew Too MuchFree – Starring Peter Lorre, this film was the most acclaimed film of Hitchcock’s British period. Hitchcock remade the film for an American audience with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day in 1956. (1934)
  • The ManxmanFreeBuy DVD - This was Hitchcock’s last silent film. (1929)
  • The RingFree – This silent film focuses on a love triangle between two men and a woman. One of Hitchcock’s minor works. (1927)
  • The Skin GameFree – A 1931 Hitchcock film based on a play by John Galsworthy recounts the tragic tale of a family feud. (1931)
  • Waltzes From Vienna Free – Alfred Hitchcock told Francois Truffaut that this film (about the writing and performance of The Blue Danube) was the low point of his film career. (1934)
  • Young and InnocentFree – Originally released in the US as The Girl Was Young, this Alfred Hitchcock film was based on Josephine Tey’s novel A Shilling for Candles. (1937)

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