Vertigo (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 28 May 1958 |
| Genre | Mystery, Romance, Thriller |
| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Starring | James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes |
| Runtime | 128 min |
| Rated | PG |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 8.8/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 100/100 · IMDb 8.2/10 · TMDB users 8.1/10 |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $8 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Hitchcock built a man out of fear. Scottie Ferguson cannot look down, so he looks sideways, tracking a woman who seems to vanish into a copy of herself. The film is 128 minutes of vertigo, not just the kind that hits when you climb a bell tower, but the kind that settles in your chest when you realize you are the one being manipulated. Stewart plays the obsession with a stillness that makes the panic feel earned. It is a puzzle that hurts to solve.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes puts the consensus at 93%, a figure from January 2026. Metacritic goes further, assigning a perfect 100 out of 100, which usually means the site ran out of things to criticize. Rotten Tomatoes also calculates an average of 8.8/10 from its rated reviews, a number from October 2021 that still feels generous. IMDb, relying on a weighted average from February 2026, lands on 8.2/10, which is high but leaves room for the rest of us to argue. No dissent is recorded in the provided data, so the silence speaks for itself.
How it did with audiences
Vertigo cost $2 million to make. It took in $8 million in the United States and $8 million worldwide, which is the same number. The accounting works out. Audiences rate it 8.2/10 on IMDb as of February 2026. On TMDB, users give it an 8.1.
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Sources
- Vertigo on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q202548 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Vertigo (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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