The Apartment (1960)
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue
Some Like It Hot (1959)
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in
Sabrina (1954)
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his familys chauffeur, but its his more serious brother who would be the better man for her
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbbor
Double Indemnity (1944)
An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murderinsurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise
Sunset Blvd (1950)
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four day drinking bout
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
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
The Major and the Minor (1942)
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
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
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
Fedora (1978)
Down on his luck Hollywood producer Barry Dutch Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
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
The Front Page (1974)
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement
Stalag 17 (1953)
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P O W camp barracks black marketeer, J J Sefton, is suspected of being an informer
Ace in the Hole (1951)
A frustrated former big city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out of control circus
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother in law to feign a serious injury
Irma la Douce (1963)
When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesnt want her to see other men, so he creates an alter ego who will be her only customer
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Charles Slim Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing
A Foreign Affair (1948)
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex Nazi cafe singer and the U S congresswoman investigating her
One, Two, Three (1961)
In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss socialite daughter
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommels headquarters He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Josephs endorsement in turn of the century Austria
Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man: Billy Wilder (1982)
French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and film making
Buddy Buddy (1981)
During a high profile Mafia testimony case in Californias Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next door neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems