The Apartment

1960 Billy Wilder 2h 5m ★ 8.2
Comedy Drama Romance
The Apartment

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

Cast

Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon C.C. Baxter
Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine Fran Kubelik
Fred MacMurray Fred MacMurray Jeff D. Sheldrake
Ray Walston Ray Walston Joe Dobisch
Jack Kruschen Jack Kruschen Dr. Dreyfuss
David Lewis David Lewis Al Kirkeby
Hope Holiday Mrs. Margie MacDougall
Joan Shawlee Joan Shawlee Sylvia

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Apartment

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961
Lonely people in Manhattan. Two films about New Yorkers who perform independence because admitting loneliness feels like dying.