"High Anxiety" - references

[johnaries]

Help me make a list : Mel Brooks "High Anxiety".

It's such a great movie, but only if you have seen the Hitchcock films that it is referencing. I love Hitchcock (greatest movie maker EVER, and most copied moviemaker ever) , but for someone who has never seen a "real" Hitchcock film.... What Hitchcock films would you suggest viewing in order to "get" the comedy in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety"?

I'll start with the most obvious:

The Birds

Ok, I'm going to stop there so that you can add your own favorites. No, "Vertigo" is not the most obvious because it is not as well known as The Birds. Even if it is the inspiration for the title. /Flame on.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. North by Northwest

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[no_hypocrisy]

2. Psycho