Notorious

Notorious

Deep their love! Great the risk!

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, Vanguard Films

1946103 min7.7 / 10

A tense, visually elegant spy thriller built on the anguish of two people in love forced into betrayal and surveillance by patriotic duty.

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Notorious one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 89% of films.

  • Is Notorious sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Notorious scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Does Notorious end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Notorious violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Notorious easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

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Rarity90

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Surprise79

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Love93

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