Netflix is expanding its U.S. streaming library in June with a collection of films by Alfred Hitchcock, including The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, Family Plot, Frenzy, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. The lineup joins Psycho, which is already available on the service.
The platform will also present a six-week film series titled “HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer” at the Paris Theater in New York City. The retrospective, running from May 16 through June 29, will include more than 50 films, 36 of which were directed by Hitchcock. Thirty-five of those titles will be screened in 35mm prints. The program is co-presented by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Screenings will include Rear Window, Vertigo, and North by Northwest, along with films that draw on Hitchcock’s style, such as François Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black and Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Diabolique. Also featured is Hitchcock, the 2012 biopic directed by Sacha Gervasi.
Two more contemporary titles—Jordan Peele’s Us and Zach Cregger’s Barbarian—will also be part of Netflix’s curated digital collection. Both films have drawn attention for their structural tension and directorial precision, traits often associated with Hitchcock’s influence on suspense and horror.
The screenings coincide with the 90th anniversary of the Paris Theater, which opened in 1948 and remains Manhattan’s only single-screen cinema. Built by the French distributor Pathé as a showcase for its films, the venue was acquired by Netflix in 2019 after a brief closure. The company uses the 545-seat space for exclusive theatrical engagements, premieres, and curated series.
The Paris Theater joins the Bay Theater in Los Angeles and the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood as part of Netflix’s limited theatrical presence. The company has used these spaces for special screenings and festival events while continuing to focus on global streaming distribution.
Netflix’s decision to invest in these venues has drawn attention given the company’s broader stance on theatrical distribution. At the Time100 Summit last week, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he views the traditional movie theater model as increasingly inaccessible to much of the U.S. population.
“The communal experience of moviegoing is an outmoded idea,” he said. “Most people in the U.S. can’t walk to a multiplex and see a movie.” He added that Netflix acquired the Paris Theater not to preserve the theater business but to preserve what he called “the theater experience.”
According to Netflix, the upcoming Hitchcock series is designed to highlight both the director’s influence and the continued relevance of large-screen presentations. The films in the series have been selected to reflect Hitchcock’s technical innovation, visual control, and long-standing impact on thriller and suspense genres.
While the streaming platform has historically emphasized original programming, this move reflects an expanded approach that incorporates classic and repertory content. The addition of Hitchcock titles and related works to the U.S. catalog follows similar efforts in other regions, where Netflix has previously featured curated collections tied to specific filmmakers or genres.
The Paris Theater event marks one of the largest public retrospectives Netflix has presented in a single location. With a mix of classic 35mm prints and curated programming, the series stands as a high-profile showcase of legacy cinema within a company otherwise known for digital-first strategies.
