Anthony Perkins’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Anthony Perkins has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Psycho.
Recurring themes

Nightwatch
1997
Drama · Horror

Christmas Evil
1980
Horror · Thriller

The Last Exorcism
2010
Horror · Thriller

Mommie Dearest
1981
Drama

The Town That Dreaded Sundown
1976
Horror · Mystery

Secret Window
2004
Mystery · Thriller

Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
Horror · Thriller

Frenzy
1972
Crime · Thriller

The Trial
1962 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Psycho II
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Prime Video · Included

Murder on the Orient Express
1974 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%MGM+ · Included

On the Beach
1959 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Tin Star
1957 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Prime Video · Included

Crimes of Passion
1984 · Movie · Actor
Top 70%Tubi · Free w/ ads

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.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
Dir. Orson Welles · With Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
Dir. Richard Franklin · With Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly, Vera Miles

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?
Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, James Mason

A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Dir. William Wyler · With Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Dir. John Huston · With Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.
Dir. Mick Garris · With Anthony Perkins, Henry Thomas, Olivia Hussey

When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
Dir. Anthony Perkins · With Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey

Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.
Dir. Ken Russell · With Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
Dir. Gary Nelson · With Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster