The genius of Alfred Hitchcock - in pictures

The Pleasure Garden (1925), Hitchcock's debut silent film, based on a novel about chorus girls at London's Pleasure Garden Theatre
Photograph: BFI

Ivor Novello in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), about a landlady who suspects her new lodger is a killer on the rampage Photograph: BFI

Carl Brisson in The Ring (1927), focusing on a love triangle between one woman and two boxers Photograph: BFI

Blackmail, the director's 1929 silent film starring Anny Ondra, which will be screened outside the British Museum as part of the Genius of Hitchcock season Photograph: BFI

Robert Donat in The 39 Steps (1935), often hailed as the best of four film versions of John Buchan's novel Photograph: BFI

Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in Rebecca (1940), the first film to be produced under Hitchcock's contract with David O Selznick Photograph: BFI

Leo G Carroll, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951), based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith Photograph: BFI

James Stewart and Grace Kelly in Rear Window (1954), which received four Academy Award nominations Photograph: BFI

James Stewart and Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958), the story of a retired detective hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance Photograph: BFI

Cary Grant in North by Northwest (1959), a stylish thriller based on the theme of mistaken identity Photograph: BFI

Alfred Hitchcock with a clapperboard on the set of Psycho in 1960 Photograph: BFI

Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960), now seen as one of Hitchcock's greatest works. It brought a new level of acceptability of violence and sexuality in films Photograph: BFI

Alfred Hitchcock posing for the release of The Birds (1963), based on the 1952 book by Daphne du Maurier Photograph: BFI

The Birds was billed as introducing Tippi Hedren, who played a young, wealthy socialite subjected to vicious attacks from the air Photograph: BFI

Hitchcock holding a waxwork of his face on the set of Frenzy (1972), the penultimate feature film of his career Photograph: BFI