North by Northwest fingerprintRelentless energy, funny.
Nerve-racking and pulse-pounding
Fast from start to finish.
Nostalgic and cathartic
Plenty of sharp wit and absurdist humor
Mystery and crime
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, storytelling, and dialogue
Standout cinematography, editing, and score
Nerve-racking and pulse-pounding
Fast from start to finish.
North by Northwest is nerve-racking, pulse-pounding, and fast-paced.
Nostalgic and cathartic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic and cathartic.
Plenty of sharp wit and absurdist humor
Expect plenty of sharp wit and absurdist humor.
Mystery and crime
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around mystery and crime. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, storytelling, and dialogue
The direction, storytelling, and dialogue stand out.
Standout cinematography, editing, and score
Look and sound: the cinematography, editing, and score stand out.
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North by Northwest is included with a subscription to Philo and YouTube TV in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Plex and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 91/100 (IMDb 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, and Metacritic 98). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated G in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
2 h 17 min
North by Northwest runs 2 h 17 min.
Not quite. Critics rate North by Northwest higher (98) than audiences (87). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $4 million to make and earned $13 million worldwide, 3.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+77GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for North by Northwest in 91 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 189 storytelling tropes for North by Northwest, including Five-Second Foreshadowing, Shout-Out, Overly Narrow Superlative.
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