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51. 10 pelis (2011)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At video store Akaba you can find Forti, the guy who likes movies, Doc, the guy who knows everything about movies, and Nic, who wants to make movies. Along with them you'll discover the ... See full summary »
Director: Borja Álvarez Ramírez | Stars: Borja Álvarez Ramírez, Fernando Hernández Barral, Luis López Rosario, Mariana Calderón
Votes: 39
52.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Jack Going Back Into Pictures
(1962)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack's all excited because he's going to make his first film in many years, directed by Billy Wilder. It's supposed to be a secret yet he calls Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons right away, ... See full summary »
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Votes: 34
53. The Major and the Minor (1942)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley
Votes: 7,646 | Gross: $6.38M
54. Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980)
59 min | Documentary
French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and film-making.
Directors: Annie Tresgot, Michel Ciment | Stars: Billy Wilder, Michel Ciment, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Votes: 265
55. Irma la Douce (1963)
Approved | 147 min | Comedy, Romance
When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell
Votes: 21,417 | Gross: $25.25M
56. The Front Page (1974)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 15,305 | Gross: $17.30M
57. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Thriller, War
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova
Votes: 6,836
58. A Foreign Affair (1948)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell
Votes: 8,560
59. People on Sunday (1930)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Rochus Gliese, Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen, Christl Ehlers
Votes: 3,548
60. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda
Votes: 2,514
61. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen
Votes: 2,806
62. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
G | 133 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
The second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 2,436 | Gross: $6.54M
63. Lottery Lover (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right ... See full summary »
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson, Peggy Fears, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 38
64. Her Grace Commands (1931)
96 min | Comedy
A pretty young princess, incognito, has a romance with a handsome young lieutenant who is pretending to be a clerk in a delicatessen.
Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch, Reinhold Schünzel, Paul Hörbiger
Votes: 57
65. The Exiles (1989)
116 min | Documentary, War
A chronicle of the rescue of oppressed intellectuals and artists from Europe before the outbreak of World War II. It studies the cultural and intellectual impact of this emigre population on American life.
Director: Richard Kaplan | Stars: Hans Bethe, Bruno Bettelheim, Arthur Cunningham, Felicia Deyrup
Votes: 28
66.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck
(1987)
Documentary
Director: Dwight Hemion | Stars: Ann-Margret, Eve Arden, Robert Cummings, Linda Evans
Votes: 166
67.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder
(1986)
72 min | Documentary
Legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder becomes the 14th recipient of The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award as clips from a number of his classic films are unreeled: "The Major and ... See full summary »
Director: Don Mischer | Stars: Billy Wilder, Don Ameche, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett
Votes: 201
68.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
Sunset Boulevard
(1956)
Drama
In this adaptation of the 1950 film, an opportunist writer grudgingly plays love interest to delusional silent film star Nora Desmond. In her fantasy world she's still the world's biggest ... See full summary »
Director: Tad Danielewski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Mary Astor, Darren McGavin, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 26
69. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Not Rated | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
Directors: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, George Seaton | Stars: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 17,890 | Gross: $13.68M
70. Avanti! (1972)
R | 144 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews
Votes: 11,670 | Gross: $3.30M
71. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Passed | 125 min | Comedy, Romance
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West
Votes: 15,581
72. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven
Votes: 4,543
73. Love, Marilyn (2012)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography
Modern day celebrities interpret excerpts from memoirs written by people who knew Marilyn Monroe as well as her recently discovered personal journals and letters.
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 1,992
74. Emil and the Detectives (1931)
75 min | Adventure, Family, Drama
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach
Votes: 717
75. Cinépanorama (1956–1966)
Documentary
Stars: François Chalais, France Roche, Yves Montand, Martine Carol
Votes: 63
76. The Wrong Husband (1931)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Johannes Guter | Stars: Johannes Riemann, Maria Paudler, Gustav Waldau, Jessie Vihrog
Votes: 31
77. Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (1996 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Following the life of Marlene Dietrich through her films (including home movies) and interviews with family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, and presumed lovers. From the cabaret scene ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Hunt | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Maria Riva, David Riva, Steven Bach
Votes: 72
78. Ates gibi kadin (1965)
62 min | Romance
Director: Aram Gülyüz | Stars: Tanju Gürsu, Leyla Sayar, Kenan Pars, Suzan Avci
Votes: 28
79. 'Sunset Blvd.': A Look Back (2002 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious stories on the acclaimed Billy Wilder's masterpiece "Sunset Blvd."; its cultural importance... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Sikov, Nancy Olson, Andrew Sarris, A.C. Lyles
Votes: 147
80.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney
(1974)
75 min | Documentary
Actor James Cagney receives the Second Annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Award as co-workers pay tribute and clips from his films are shown.
Director: Bill Foster | Stars: James Cagney, Frank Sinatra, Mae Clarke, Doris Day
Votes: 250
81.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Sunset Boulevard
(1955)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, James Daly, Nancy Gates, John Wengraf
Votes: 9
82. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts
Votes: 42,491 | Gross: $12.00M
83. Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Not Rated | 130 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver
Votes: 17,070
84. Witness for the Prosecution (1982 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 1,120
85. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Approved | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson
Votes: 8,614
86. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
87. Dutta Vs. Dutta (2012)
124 min | Drama
Biren Dutta is a lawyer. He is unsuccessful in his career and does not have any client. His wife is an alcoholic.The couple has one son and one daughter. Biren Dutta has an extra-marital affair with his only client.
Director: Anjan Dutt | Stars: Ranodeep Bose, Arpita Chatterjee, Roopa Ganguly, Rita Koiral
Votes: 473
88. The Man You Loved to Hate (1979)
PG | 78 min | Documentary
Erich von Stroheim was an director of silent movies, as well as an actor in both silents and talkies. Uncompromising and rigid, he battled the studio system for control over his pictures' ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Montgomery | Stars: Edward Binns, Paul Kohner, Marcel Dalio, Leonard Spigelgass
Votes: 210
89. Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
Director: Gene Feldman | Stars: Ossie Davis, Edward Dmytryk, Julie Harris, Leonard Hirshan
Votes: 44
90.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
(1988)
60 min | Documentary
Jack Lemmon is honored by the AFI with a Life Achievement Award hosted by Julie Andrews featuring clips from his films and reminiscences from co-workers.
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, James Cagney
Votes: 209
91. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page
Votes: 13,316 | Gross: $3.30M
92. Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street (1952)
6 min | Short
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Votes: 37
93.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to David Lean
(1990)
Documentary
American Film Institute annual Life Time Achievement Award awarded to Sir David Lean becoming the first non- American to claim the award. Known for Oliver Twist, Brief Encounter, Great ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Chevy Chase, James Fox, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston
Votes: 139
94.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gregory Peck
(1989)
Documentary
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Angie Dickinson, Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn
Votes: 185
95. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Romance
Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr
Votes: 8,615 | Gross: $5.00M
96. A Song Is Born (1948)
Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey
Votes: 2,800
97. One Exciting Adventure (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy
Singer Rina Sorel goes about Europe stealing diamonds on impulse because she loves the way they glitter. In Paris, when she steals a diamond from a jewelry store, a strange man pays for the... See full synopsis »
Director: Ernst L. Frank | Stars: Binnie Barnes, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 20
98. Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III, was born on February 8, 1925. An only child, he was raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and was that rarity among Hollywood stars, a man with affectionate ... See full summary »
Directors: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter | Stars: Charles Durning, Betty Garrett, Garson Kanin, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 50
99. The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006 Video)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Lemmon, Curtis and Wilder discuss the making of a masterpiece, and the challenges of working with Marilyn Monroe.
Director: Mike Thomas | Stars: Steven Jay Rubin, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis
Votes: 51
100. Un rêve blond (1932)
95 min | Musical
Directors: André Daven, Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Piérade
Votes: 31