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Alfred Hitchcock is more than just the master of suspense. Throughout his career, the legendary director transformed cinema as we know it today through his unique visual eye, masterful storytelling, and incredible showmanship. In celebration of his birthday on Sunday, we look back on his most memorable works -- ranging from the crowd-pleasing "Psycho" to a movie regarded as one of the best ever made, "Vertigo." Here are the 13 Alfred Hitchcock movies you need to watch in your lifetime:

<p>June 17, 2003 -- OSCARS are usually given to the wrong movie. But this past March, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences committed a special sort of hate crime when it handed out the Best Documentary trophy. The winner was Michael Moore, the fact-challenged America-loather, for his "Bowling for Columbine." It's certainly unfortunate that Moore can win any award other than the Stalin Prize, but the campaign some conversatives have started over the Internet to get the Oscar rescinded is kind of silly.</p>