Search results for "Billy Wilder"
Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy
IMDb: 6.5
96

During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Fedora

Fedora

Fedora
IMDb: 6.8
114

An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star whom he tries to lure out of retirement.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Front Page

The Front Page

The Front Page
IMDb: 7.3
105

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Genre: Comedy
Avanti!

Avanti!

Avanti!
IMDb: 7.2
144

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father’s body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
IMDb: 7
125

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle,…

The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie
IMDb: 7.2
125

A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he’s still knocked out. The cameraman is against…

Genre: Comedy
Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid
IMDb: 6.9
125

While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic’s songwriting partner, Orville, offers…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce
IMDb: 7.3
147

Nester Patou, a naive police officer, is transferred to the red light district in Paris and organizes a raid on a dodgy hotel running as a brothel. In doing so…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three
IMDb: 7.9
115

C.R. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Hazeltine’s rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. When Scarlett visits Berlin, where C.R. is…

Genre: Comedy
The Apartment

The Apartment

The Apartment
IMDb: 8.3
125

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…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
IMDb: 8.2
122

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution
IMDb: 8.4
116

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis
IMDb: 7.1
135

Charles ‘Slim’ Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.

Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon
IMDb: 7.1
130

Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch
IMDb: 7.1
104

With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor’s life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Sabrina

Sabrina

Sabrina
IMDb: 7.6
113

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Stalag 17

Stalag 17

Stalag 17
IMDb: 8
120

It’s a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War
Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole
IMDb: 8.1
111

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Genre: Drama
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard
IMDb: 8.4
110

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Genre: Drama
A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair
IMDb: 7.3
116

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

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Emperor Waltz

The Emperor Waltz

The Emperor Waltz
IMDb: 6
106

At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend
IMDb: 7.9
101

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst… but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend…

Genre: Drama
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity
IMDb: 8.3
107

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo
IMDb: 7.3
96

The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel’s…

Genre: Thriller, War
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor
IMDb: 7.4
100

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn’t enough money for the train fare,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance