of 98 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". In 2016, Empire ranked the film at No. 82 on their list of "The 100 best British films". In 2022, Time Out magazine ranked the film at No. 54 on its list of "The 100 best thriller films of all time". Awards and honours The Lady Vanishes was named Best Picture of 1938 by The New York Times. In 1939, Hitchcock received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, the only time Hitchcock received an award for his directing. Spin-offs The cricket-obsessed Charters and Caldicott were created for the film, but became popular in their own right, and appeared in a series of films, radio programmes and a much later TV series. Copyright and home video status The Lady Vanishes, like all of Hitchcock's British films, is copyrighted worldwide. His British films were public domain in the United States for a while. They have been heavily bootlegged on home video. Despite this, various licensed releases have appeared on Blu-ray, DVD and video on demand worldwide from the likes of Network Distributing in the UK and The Criterion Collection in the United States. See also BFI Top 100 British films References Citations Bibliography Further reading . External links Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Lady Vanishes at Brenton Film The Lady Vanishes essay by Michael Wilmington at the Criterion Collection The Lady Vanishes Revisited essay by Robin Wood at the Criterion Collection The Lady Vanishes: All Aboard! essay by Geoffrey O'Brien at the Criterion Collection 1938 films 1930s psychological thriller films 1930s spy thriller films British spy films British black-and-white films Films about missing people Films based on British novels Films based on mystery novels Films set on trains Films set in Europe Films set in a fictional country Gainsborough Pictures films Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock Films with screenplays by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat British comedy thriller films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films