Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

June 22, 1906 · 120 years old

Billy Wilder, born Samuel Wilder; (22 June 1906 - 27 March 2002) was an Austrian-born director, screenwriter and producer who is regarded as one of the most successful filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Today he is best known for his comedies, although he also directed dramas and film noirs. Wild…

Known For

27 titles
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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959 · 2h 1m · Movie

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · 1h 50m · Movie

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

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The Apartment

The Apartment

1960 · 2h 5m · Movie

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.

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Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

1944 · 1h 47m · Movie

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

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Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · 1h 56m · Movie

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

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Sabrina

Sabrina

1954 · 1h 53m · Movie

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved ...

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Stalag 17

Stalag 17

1953 · 2h 0m · Movie

After two American prisoners are killed by the guards in the act of escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

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The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

1955 · 1h 45m · Movie

When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a sexy new neighbor.

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The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945 · 1h 41m · Movie

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

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Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951 · 1h 51m · Movie

Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.

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Ninotchka

Ninotchka

1939 · 1h 50m · Movie

A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

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Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce

1963 · 2h 27m · Movie

When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.

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Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon

1957 · 2h 10m · Movie

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.

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The Front Page

The Front Page

1974 · 1h 45m · Movie

A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.

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The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

1966 · 2h 5m · Movie

A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.

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Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

1941 · 1h 51m · Movie

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970 · 2h 5m · Movie

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

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Avanti!

Avanti!

1972 · 2h 24m · Movie

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.

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The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957 · 2h 15m · Movie

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

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Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964 · 2h 5m · Movie

Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife Zelda away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.

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A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

1948 · 1h 56m · Movie

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.

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Midnight

Midnight

1939 · 1h 34m · Movie

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.

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Fedora

Fedora

1978 · 1h 54m · Movie

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938 · 1h 25m · Movie

After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.

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People on Sunday

People on Sunday

1930 · 1h 13m · Movie

Two couples spend an interesting day together.

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The Emperor Waltz

The Emperor Waltz

1948 · 1h 46m · Movie

A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.

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Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940 · 1h 50m · Movie

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

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