The Apartment

The Apartment

1960 · 126 min · EN · 8.2 (2,664 votes)
Dir. Billy Wilder · Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis · Music Adolph Deutsch

Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

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This film offers a bittersweet blend of sharp wit and genuine heartache, wrapped in a classic New York City winter aesthetic. It feels like a cozy, yet emotionally resonant, journey through loneliness and the complexities of human connection, all delivered with a sophisticated, melancholic charm.

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