... one of Alfred Hitchcock’s undisputed masterpieces, a thriller of demented wish fulfillment turned into a waking nightmare that turns on a chance meeting.

| Feb 8, 2025

The punch-line Hitchcock serves is clear: don’t talk to strangers.

| Jul 8, 2024

Despite some questionable changes from Patricia Highsmith's source material, Strangers on a Train showcases Hitchcock at his most gleeful, emphatically building suspense before an explosive climax.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2024

Hitchcock frequently subverts expectations, particularly in how he involves secondary characters. The obvious queerness of one (if not both) leads is undeniable and the film boasts two iconic set pieces: Miriam's murder and the carousal climax.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 13, 2024

The taut narrative of Strangers on a Train is supported by some of the best visual filmmaking of Hitchcock’s career.

| Jul 6, 2023

Hitchcock’s latest film, Strangers on a Train , is fun to watch if you check your intelligence at the box office.

| Jun 20, 2023

Strangers on a Train is one of the best Alfred Hitchcock films.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 27, 2023

The unyielding sharpness of his obsession eventually proves to be his downfall, solidifying him as not only one of the great queer antagonists, but also as a darkly tragic figure who inspires as much fascination as he does revulsion.

| Oct 26, 2022

I know no other recent film, in fact, which better conveys the condition of modern man, who must escape his fate without the help of the gods.

| Sep 1, 2021

All this is quite incredible, but it is not lacking in excitement at any time.

| Aug 20, 2021

Showcases the technical prowess and brilliant editing that are among the hallmarks of Hitchcock's work.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 11, 2021

It's the kind of crime setup that is unable to face scrutiny by even slightly more modern detective practices - and, by extension, modern audiences.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 23, 2020

Strangers on a Train (1951) was director Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful, noirish black and white thriller about two train passengers: tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) and psychopathic dandy Bruno Antony (Robert Walker)...

| Original Score: A+ | Sep 29, 2019

...a solid premise that's employed to consistently captivating effect by Alfred Hitchock...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 20, 2019

...one of the most effectively suspenseful films of Hitchcock's career.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 21, 2019

"Is there even a more ideal place to hatch a murder, than a train? Easily one of my favorite Hitch flicks!"

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 28, 2019

The upshot is a perfect Alfred Hitchcock thriller...with a ingenious plot taken from a Patricia Highsmith novel and a memorably seductive villain.

| Nov 2, 2018

Strangers on a Train is an admirable demonstration of Alfred Hitchcock's virtuosity in the area of suspense dramas.

| Jun 30, 2017

Rousing thriller with creative fairground scenes and much about technology.

| Aug 2, 2013

With typical consummate verve, Hitch unfolds a story filled with twists, turns and dramatic contrasts.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 30, 2013