Rear Window (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, confines its protagonist to a wheelchair in a New York apartment where he begins spying on his neighbors through his rear window — and becomes convinced he has witnessed a murder.

Why It Matters

• The film's single apartment set became a meditation on voyeurism, cinema-going, and the act of watching itself
• Every neighbor's window functions as a separate short film — each a commentary on romantic relationships at different stages
• Grace Kelly's Lisa Fremont is one of Hollywood's most glamorous and resourceful heroines

Hitchcock himself described the film as his most cinematic work — the entire story told through what a man can see from one spot. It is the most precise encapsulation of what cinema is and does.

Reference:

Wikipedia: Rear Window

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window