Rating the Films: Billy Wilder
Submitted by ash_campbell on Tue, 10/14/2003 - 05:01
Tags:
- ****
- The Apartment (1960)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- ***1/2
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- ***
- Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
- The Lost Weekend (1945)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- **1/2
- Mauvaise Graine (1934)
Author Comments:
The late great Austrian was a master craftsmen in many a genre. Here's how Wilder's films rate.
I've rated the films from a zero (horrible!) to four (wonderful!) star scale, with the links going to my reviews. As usual, I've only included films I've seen.
Nice list! Wilder may be my favorite director of all-time. I would keep those three as four-star movies and probably make "Some Like It Hot" and "Witness for the Prosecution" four stars as well.
BTW, if you ever get the chance to see "One, Two, Three", a wildly funny screwball comedy about communism / capitalism, do so. It's absolutely hilarious.