also List of films considered the best The Man on Lincoln's Nose, a 2000 documentary film "North by North Quahog," an episode of American animated sitcom Family Guy parodying the Hitchcock film Silver Streak'', a 1976 action-comedy film with a similar tone and plot elements References Citations Bibliography External links North by Northwest essay by Thomas Leitch on the National Film Registry website 1959 films 1950s action films 1950s action thriller films American action thriller films American chase films American comedy thriller films American mystery thriller films American road movies American spy thriller films Cold War spy films Edgar Award-winning works Films about assassinations Films about the United Nations Films adapted into plays Films scored by Bernard Herrmann Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock Films produced by Alfred Hitchcock Films set in Chicago Films set in Long Island Films set in New York City Films set in South Dakota Films with screenplays by Ernest Lehman Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Rail transport films United States National Film Registry films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films