The Apartment
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
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.Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Humour
- Worldwide
- $25M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Apartment 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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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. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Apartment appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Romance Movies Ranked #27
Placed at #27 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Romance Movies Ranked #28
Placed at #28 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Comedies Ranked #39
Placed at #39 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Comedy Movies Ranked #41
Placed at #41 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #204
Placed at #204 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
6 wins · 10 nominations
Academy Awards
5 wins · 10 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Apartment returned 8.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Jun 21, 1960
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- 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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