The Apartment (1960)
Directed by Billy Wilder · 126 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
94.3 TOPICAL score · #38 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
The Apartment (1960, directed by Billy Wilder) has a TOPICAL score of 94.3 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on awards and audience. It won 6 awards from 11 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94. Audiences: TMDB 8.2/10 (2,803 ratings) · IMDb 8.3/10. Wikipedia covers it in 58 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94
- AudienceTMDB 8.2/10 (2,803 ratings) · IMDb 8.3/10
- Awards6 wins, 11 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 58 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read41,721 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jack Lemmon (actor #11), Shirley MacLaine (actor #115), Fred MacMurray (actor #1,398), Ray Walston (actor #1,213)
“The Apartment has come to be regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, appearing in lists by the American Film Institute and Sight and Sound magazine.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10