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Billy Wilder
Born: June 22, 1906
Died: March 27, 2002
Overall Director Rating
3.080
Last Director Ranking
1.500
21 of 10,221 All-time
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1
Double Indemnity (1944)

Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband for his life insurance money. But after the murder they each become suspicious of each other and paranoia takes over. ... more about Double Indemnity (1944)

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Some Like It Hot (1959)

Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when they witness a murder by the mob. Now, to evade the gangsters the men dress up as women and join an all girl musical band. Their predicament becomes ... more about Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Struggling screenwriter, Joe Gillis, accidentally stumbles upon the mansion of washed up and eccentric actress Norma Desmond while hiding from his creditors. When Desmond discovers him, she immediately hires him to pen her cinematic comeback. Joe G ... more about Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

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. ... more about Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

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Seven Year Itch, The (1955)

Like many other Manhattan husbands, Richard Sherman sends his wife and son to the country for the summer, while he stays behind to toil. ... more about Seven Year Itch, The (1955)

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Stalag 17 (1953)

Set in a German POW Camp for enlisted American airmen, a spy is discovered to be living in one of the prison barracks after an escape attempt fails resulting in the deaths of two inmates. The prisoners at once suspect Sefton, an unscrupulous inside d ... more about Stalag 17 (1953)

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Lost Weekend, The (1945)

Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a fo ... more about Lost Weekend, The (1945)

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Apartment, The (1960)

Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. ... more about Apartment, The (1960)

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Sabrina (1954)

Linus and Davis 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 wife and family. David is all play -- technically he is employed by the family business, but nev ... more about Sabrina (1954)

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Major and the Minor, The (1942)

New York working girl Ginger Rogers is desparate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Ray Milland, an Army major teaching at a military school. ... more about Major and the Minor, The (1942)

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Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957)

Biography of Charles Lindburgh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy to his design of a small transatlantic plane and the vicissitudes of its takeoff and epochal flight from New York to Paris in 1927. ... more about Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957)

12
Love in the Afternoon (1957)

Director Billy Wilder salutes his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a middle-aged playboy fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client. ... more about Love in the Afternoon (1957)

13
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

Debauched big-time second-rate crooner Dino is stranded in a small town, Climax, Nevada, while driving from Vegas to L.A. to star in a Bing Crosby t.v. special. His car is sabotaged by gas-station owner and budding lyricist Barney Milsap and piano ... more about Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

14
Irma la Douce (1963)

Naive, by the book French police officer Nester Patou, is transferred to the Red Light district. Upon witnessing what must be a brothel, he calls the station and organizes a raid, transporting all the 'ladies' to the jail. This unfortunatel ... more about Irma la Douce (1963)

15
Fortune Cookie, The (1966)

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 it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him ... more about Fortune Cookie, The (1966)

16
Foreign Affair, A (1948)

A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost, appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty, hears rumors that cafe singer Erika, former mistress of a wanted war criminal, is "protect ... more about Foreign Affair, A (1948)

17
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border--Corporal John Bramble, who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel...soon to be German HQ. To survive, Bramble assumes an identity which ... more about Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

18
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)

Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman who ... more about Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)

19
One, Two, Three (1961)

Berlin, after the Second World War: C.R. MacNamara presides over the Coca-Cola branch of Germany. He is working hard and trying his very best to impress the Atlanta headquarters, since he has heard that the European headquarters in London will soon b ... more about One, Two, Three (1961)

20
Front Page, The (1974)

Hildy Johnson is the top reporter on a Chicago newspaper during the 1930s. Tired of the whole game he's determined to quit his job to get married. His scheming editor, Walter Burns, has other plans though. It's the day before guilty (but in ... more about Front Page, The (1974)

21
Avanti! (1972)

Wendell (Lemmon) goes to Italy to pick up his father's body after an automobile accident. He soon finds that his self righteous elderly father had been having an affair with Pamila's (Mills) mother for the past 10 years and were known as th ... more about Avanti! (1972)

22
Fedora (1978)

Fedora, an aging and reclusive film star, dies in Paris, struck by a train. At her funeral, a film producer thinks back over the past two weeks and the part he might have played in her death. He'd gone to Corfu to track her down, pushing himself ... more about Fedora (1978)

23
Emperor Waltz, The (1948)

Traveling Salesman Virgil Smith wants to sell his Grammophones in pre-WWI Austria. To enhance this, he especially wants to sell one to Emperor Franz Joseph, but at first the Austrian palace guards think he is carrying a bomb. He meets the Countess ... more about Emperor Waltz, The (1948)

24
Buddy Buddy (1981)

Walter Matthau plays a professional killer going by the name of Trabucco, who is on his way to rub out gangster Rudy "Disco" Gambola, set to testify against the mob. As Trabucco heads off to a hotel across the street from the courthouse whe ... more about Buddy Buddy (1981)

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