6 Best Frank Albertson Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 23, 2026

Frank Albertson built a remarkably long Hollywood career, from silent films to the 1960s, and turned up in some of cinema’s most enduring classics. Psycho sends a secretary on the run to a remote motel, The Man Who Knew Too Much entangles an American couple abroad in an assassination plot, Bachelor Mother mistakes a clerk for an abandoned baby’s mother, and Room Service has a producer scheming to keep his cast fed and housed. Fury and Alice Adams round out the list.

Psycho (1960)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 97% Metacritic 97

A secretary's impulsive theft leads her to a motel run by a deeply disturbed young man.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 49m · Rated R

Nominated for 4 Oscars8 wins & 14 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Peacock Premium, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Alan Mowbray features in this thriller where a couple's holiday is upended after they uncover an assassination plot.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 2h 01m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bachelor Mother (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A department store clerk is mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby.

Directed by Garson Kanin · 1h 22m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Room Service (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.5

A broke Broadway producer schemes to keep his cast and crew fed and housed until opening night.

Directed by William A. Seiter · 1h 18m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Fury (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A wrongly accused man narrowly survives a lynch mob's attempt to burn down his jail cell.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 32m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Alice Adams (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A social-climbing young woman's efforts to impress a rich suitor run into her family's modest reality.

Directed by George Stevens · 1h 39m

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Frank Albertson Movies

Psycho (1960)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Room Service (1938)

Fury (1936)

Alice Adams (1935)

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