technically speaking any shrubs can be made into a nice living fence. Informal fences such as flowering bushes can be used. Roses, rose of sharon, pg hydrangea, to name a few. informal fencing - barberries, burning bush, etc. Formal fencing (meaning it needs pruning) - yews (dense lovely foliage but slow growing), boxwood, holly, privet, beech, hawthorns, etc.

Laurel Rhododendren - not all all evergreen Azalea - not all all evergreen Viburnum - not all all evergreen Hydrangeas are not evergreen, but come in different sizes/colors. Clumping bamboo should work, but please avoid the running variety, unless you want it coming right through your foundation. Shade makes things difficult. It rules out most evergreens and grasses. If you buy from the big box stores, keep your receipt. I have ~ 60% success rate.

How's the drainage? I have clay soils and grow some 100+ different species of trees and shrubs. Never fertilize, do not mulch. Bought 10 acres of a place with about 4 trees. Something like Chionanthus virginicus grows fine, is deer resistant, but needs well drained land. It absolutely needs sloping ground if you have clay. The shape is a mound about 15 ft. tall (after about 10 years from a sprig). Native evergreen Hollies (like Ilex opaca) make a decent screen after just a few years. If you want to put up a trellis, you can hide anything in 3 years with Aristolochia durior (macrophylla is a synonym). Doesn't spread all over, thrives in shade that is not to deep. If your idea is to plant it and forget it, forget it. Even the best situated, native or foreign plant needs a pruning to eliminate crossing or dead branches. Pruning to shape is also often needed. Spending every weekend is not required, but 10 hours/tree/year should be expected. (Pruning, weeding etc.)

You will in general have best blooming if you plant them where there is at least some sun. I will often plant in brighter areas and along the edges of my woods to get the best bloom, but many plants will grow loosely in deeper shade. What is your soil like, both in texture and pH? I have acid fine sandy loam, and if your area is at all similar to mine, I will have lots of suggestions, but they all require acid soil.