smirnoffski

BEST film directed by Billy Wilder?



Films to condsider for 'Other':

The Major and the Minor (1942)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Avanti! (1972)
The Front Page (1974)
Fedora (1978)
Buddy Buddy (1981)



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D-Ball

Sunset Blvd.

mookiemeister

Sunset Blvd is probably one that will get the nod. But the ones I enjoy the most are Sabrina and Double Indemnity.

Gyno Rhino

Double Indemnity

Calculon

Sunset Blvd.

DVD Smurf

Double Indemnity (1944)

PopcornTreeCt

Sunset Boulevard

Johnny Zhivago

A LOT of excellent films, great body of work... But Sunset Blvd is such an amazing film... That one has been hanging around my personal top 10 of all time list, definitely in the top 20.

MrN

The Apartment gets my vote.

cdoug57

Double Indemnity

After seeing Fred MacMurray in all those Disney movies and in My Three Sons, I was very surprised to learn of all the dark characters he played in the earlier part of his career. I really enjoyed this fine movie. One of my favorites.

sundog

Not a big fan of Wilder, but Ace in the Hole aka The Big Carnival really impressed me.

Charlie Goose

Stalag 17 is one of my favorite movies but I admit it's a little stagey. Sunset Boulevard is better directed.

Big Quasimodo

Double Indemnity.

And I wish these polls read "Favorite" instead of "Best". It is probably a minor quibble, but I would rather vote for my favorite film (the one I enjoy the most) than the best film (the one I admire the most).

Geofferson

Tough call, but I voted for Sunset Blvd. I watched the DVD recently and it's as good as its ever been.

harpoonipa

"Some like it hot" for a laugh


"Stalag 17" for a drama

Eplicon

I'd go for Double Indemnity, which was the first Wilder film I ever saw, and one that still has the biggest impact on me compared to his other works. It was this film that also made me a fan of film noir.

Barbara Stanwyck was quite a hottie in the film, particularly when she's spouting off all those double-entendres to MacMurray.

Kinyo

Some Like It Hot got my vote.

theneobez

I really liked The Apartment. Sunset didn't do much for me.

Debaser

Stalag 17 and The Apartment get the nods from me.

jdpatri

An easy vote for Sunset Boulevard. I've seen it three or four times and each time it never ceases to entertain and captivate.

I like Some Like it Hot and The Apartment, but if I had to pick one of the three to watch - it'd be Sunset Blvd. everytime.

Ginwen

That's a hard question.

I picked The Apartment, but could've just as easily picked Sunset Boulevard or Double Indemnity.

mljones99

Double Indemnity