Rope

1948 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

James Stewart John Dall Farley Granger Constance Collier Douglas Dick Edith Evanson Dick Hogan Joan Chandler Cedric Hardwicke Alfred Hitchcock

Alternative Titles

Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, La corde, 绳索, Ο Βρόχος, Nodo alla gola, Festim Diabólico, 로프

thriller crime

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Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 10

what’s up with dudes who went to harvard and accusing their friends of chicken cruelty
Review by Aaron Michael ★★★★ 11

This is so gay. I mean, this is SO gay. Maybe you think you know how gay this is. Maybe you thought, "Oh, this is a lil gay" or "Oh, I'm sensing some undertones of homo-eroticism." Except you were wrong because Rope is perhaps the gayest movie in the history of gay movies and I loved every single second of it.
Oh yeah, good long takes, too.
Review by Chris 🦑 ★★★★½

imagine being phillip and you just want to have a nice gay vacation in the country with your boyfriend but he turns out to be a homicidal maniac
Review by CinemaClown ★★★★★ 18

One of the most innovative films of its time, Alfred Hitchcock's Rope introduces a number of filmmaking experiments which, even today, remain widely unexplored in the world of cinema. It is an immensely captivating tale of two men who strangle one of their acquaintances, hide his body in their apartment, and then throw a party to determine the perfection of their crime.
Filmed in a manner that gives the illusion of being shot in a single take, the biggest strength of this film is how effortlessly it manages to engage the viewers in its expertly crafted plot & sustain the tension throughout its runtime even when the audience is aware of how the movie will end. The direction by Hitchcock is…
Review by maria ★★★★½ 3

the gay subtext, 1-shot (6 actually), 1948, alfred hitch(cock) dinner party murdery movie we all needed
Review by Those Eyebrows ★★★★ 1

We only ever see the "S" on that huge blinking neon sign outside but I'm pretty sure the rest of it reads "-U-B-T-E-X-T."
Review by Jim Cummings ★★★★★ 11

I'm ashamed to admit, but I watched this for the first time two nights ago.
It is unbelievable.
I added it to my queue when Letterboxd shared their list of movies for Pride month because it piqued my interest, I thought, "but really, a big studio movie in 1948, how gay can it be?" And I was pleasantly surprised!
The long takes, the set, the matte painting trade-outs, the performances, the controlled moves of the camera, the reveals, the ending, all incredible.
When they pan left to very simply introduce Jimmy Stewart, I shouted.
When they're talking about killing chickens in an uninterrupted 10 minute shot until Phillip shouts and they cut to Jimmy Stewart who realizes that something is…
Review by georgina ★★★★

fellas is it gay to murder your friend just to impress your prep-school housemaster?
Review by al 🐺 ★★★★ 2

this movie's got it all .... murder, gay subtext ... jimmy stewart yelling
Review by beca ★★★★

hot tip: when you're deciding which one of your friends to kill so you can have a murderous dinner party, don't kill the guy who's never late to parties..
Review by kailey ★★★½ 15

i. the plan will go perfect and it was executed in broad daylight-
i. the plan is to throw a party, while you laugh in their pompous faces and cover your full apartment in finger-prints-
i. the plan is to invite the people you claim to be your friends and wind them up around your finger-tips as they dance on the string they didn't even realize holds their bodies up. the lives they live are dull and meaningless, does it matter that you are pushing the dial just slightly to the right-
i. the plan is to impress the one man who ever mattered and to one-up him at his own game. there's a part of you who wants him…
Review by Two Cineasts ★★★★½

"Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them."
(John Dall as Brandon Shaw)
A "BIRDMAN" LIKE CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH THE IDEA OF "THE PURGE"

Recent reviews

Review by Lucas ★★★★½

i chuckled the moment i realized it was going to be a long take and had a stupid grin during the rest of it. fuck, man, hitchcock was a master
Review by frebat ★★★★

Pretty stupid for guys who went to Harvard
Review by Matthew St.Clair ★★★★½

*In Allison Janney in I, TONYA voice*
You two fuck yet?
Review by Ethan Domaingue ★★★½

I imagine most Ivy League sickos are like Brandon and Phillip.
The flashing neon the backlights Stewart as he opens the chest is very Vertigoesque
Review by Sydney🦋 ★★★★★

This should be required to watch in like any film or drama class because just yes
Review by bradley

Watched for FILM 302: Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Review by colbymiles ★★★★

The moment when Hitchcock crosses the 180 from the murderers to Jimmy Stewart is incredible. I never caught that until tonight. Genius
Review by Josue Garcia ★★★½

hitchcock does a fine job making this single location stage play feel relatively cinematic, at least until the denouement when it does start to feel quite stagey. snappy dialogue supports a fundamentally thrilling premise. never don’t watch jimmy stewart.
Review by rcarroll32 ★★★★½

Rope was a film shot in a single room which involved many contrasting yet entertaining characters. I liked the heavy difference in attitude between Brandon and Phillip as Brandon was very adamant with the plan while Phillip frequently worried about being caught. Both Farley Granger and John Dall were great as those too but James Stewart really took the crown as Rupert with his precise consistency and very outgoing yet wise demeanor. I really enjoyed the introduction sequence that introduced several characters who were mostly all related to David. They all had distinct personalities and I liked the city scenery that rest beyond them. I really liked the arc behind Brandon and Phillip’s characters and how they are very philosophy focused.…
Review by Justin Brewer ★★★★

Brandon is terribly frightening combination of charm, fakeness, politeness, intellect, and homicidal. Like seriously one of the more uncomfortably terrifying characters I can remember. Especially in today's mad world of people excusing their cruelty with faux intellectual superiority/wokeness (wake up sheeple).
Felt like I was watching a play too, that's kinda a by product of everything happening in one room I guess. But was this a play first or something, idk? Anyway, Hitchcock is a master of his craft yada yada.
Review by Duncan ★★★★

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Jimmy Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock have got to be one of the all time greatest actor/director pairings. It’s fun to watch Stewart’s character hint at what he knows, and it’s fun to watch Farley Granger’s character panic. Despite the short runtime I still felt like the movie was stretched out some, but it looked good enough that I didn’t really mind. The city skyline being visible throughout was a great touch, both making the background interesting and providing a sense of passing time. Recommended for Hitchcock fans.
Review by Daniel

Hitchcock’s mastery on full display. Outstanding.