The Apartment

1960 Billy Wilder 2h 5m
Comedy Drama Romance

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.

Cast

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

Vibes

Chill Emotional Darkly Funny Deeply Moving Critic Favorite
The Filmatic Record No. 40 in The Filmatic 100

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Apartment

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

Build your own double feature