The Birds (1963, 96%)
Up against waves of monsters — who cannot be reasoned or negotiated with, and whose motive is unknown — a motley crew hole up in a house, board the windows, and try to survive the night. The original zombie movie? Hitchcock’s follow-up to Psycho saw him still playfully mucking around with genre expectations: The Birds is a screwball comedy up until a prop bird is thrown from off-screen (by Hitchcock himself, no doubt) at Tippi Hedren’s head.