"The mirror... It's broken.""Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel."
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Directed by Billy Wilder
The Apartment
An acclaimed, rewatchable comedy.
Comedy
Drama
Romance
1960
2h 6m
4.4(380k)via LetterboxdJack Lemmon + 4 more
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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6What people say
100 "Night like this, it sorta spooks you, walking into an empty apartment.""I said I had no family. I didn't say I had an empty apartment." A film of deliciously dark and humbling set-ups and payoffs, each built with an inherent comic purpose, eventually crumbling into tragedy.
now i know what i gotta do to get a promotion at work, you did good movie, advice-wise
Common questions
What is The Apartment about?+
A downtrodden office clerk in 1960s New York City attempts to advance his career by letting executives use his apartment for extramarital affairs, a scheme that complicates his life when he finds himself falling for his boss's mistress.
Who directed The Apartment?+
Billy Wilder directed this 1960 film, an Austrian-born filmmaker known for his acerbic wit and work on projects like Some Like It Hot and Sunset Boulevard.
Has The Apartment won any awards?+
The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Tickets on Mood.
