Janet Leigh’s Typical Vibe
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Janet Leigh has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Psycho.
Recurring themes

Targets
1968
Thriller · Crime

Cairo Station
1958
Crime · Drama

State of Siege
1972
Thriller · Drama

The Boston Strangler
1968
Drama · Crime

Mad City
1997
Thriller · Drama

Hidden Agenda
1990
Drama · Thriller

The Zone
2007
Thriller · Drama

The Clearstream Affair
2015
Thriller · Drama

The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

The Fog
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Shudder · Included

Act of Violence
1949 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%Max · Included

The Vikings
1958 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%MGM+ · Included

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 43%Max · Included

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

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Dir. Orson Welles · With Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Jamie Lee Curtis

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · With June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Dir. George Sidney · With Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan

Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.
Dir. Steve Miner · With Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Dir. Jack Smight · With Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
Dir. George Sidney · With Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives rise to giant rabbits that terrorise the town.
Dir. William F. Claxton · With Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun
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