Sunset Boulevard
A Hollywood Story.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $5M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Sunset Boulevard actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Sunset Boulevard appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #152
Placed at #152 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
5 wins · 11 nominations
Academy Awards
3 wins · 11 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Sunset Boulevard returned 2.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Aug 10, 1950
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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