

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $25M
- Language
- English
- new year's eve
- new york city
- lovesickness
- clerk
- winter
- age difference
- suicide attempt
- office
- flat
- spaghetti
- tennis racket
- romcom
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Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PhysicalBlu-ray31 Jan 2012
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York15 Jun 1960
- TheatricalLos Angeles, California21 Jun 1960
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG20 Jul 1960
- TheatricalRe-release15 Jun 2012
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD26 Nov 2001
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical1 Jun 1961
- PhysicalPGDVD10 Aug 2004
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A29 Jun 1960
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical25 Oct 1960
AustriaAT
- Theatrical2 Dec 1960
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1415 Sept 1960
- Theatrical14Re-release13 Aug 2003
BrazilBR
- PhysicalLDVD5 Feb 2008
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1126 Dec 1960
- Theatrical15Re-release29 Jun 2001
EgyptEG
- PhysicalDVD13 Dec 2022
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The Apartment was released on 21 June 1960.
Audience reviews
4- A8/10
Andres Gomez
1/8/2013
A tiypical Billy Wilder comedy. Fun and with great script and performance from Jack Lemmon. A must to see.
- T9/10
tmdb47633491
5/9/2018
Essential viewing once a year for soul maintenance
- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
10/30/2022
**It's a good movie, but Best Picture at the Oscars? Frankly…** I really enjoyed this film, largely thanks to the lightness of its story, and the funny way in which the film plays with the situation in which the protagonist finds himself intertwined. The film was, in fact, the big winner of the Oscars in its year, with ten nominations and five statuettes (Best Editing, Best Art Direction in Black and White, Best O…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/4/2025
"Baxter" (Jack Lemmon) has hit on an unique way to work his way up the greasy pole. He sublets his apartment, by the evening, to his bosses at work so they can entertain their lady friends - all in the hope that promotion from his $90-a-week job will result. This policy frequently ends up with him standing around in the cold whilst they polish off all his liquor. Promises, and more promises - will he every get that b…
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