# The best Billy Wilder movies

From Double Indemnity to The Apartment: the films of the Galician-born director who started out in Berlin (SlashFilm, Der Filmaffe, Gold Derby, Films Fatale).

- 12 votes · 12 items
- Nov 11, 2025 · Jonas Weiß
- https://even.best/en/l/2030/the-best-billy-wilder-movies

## Top 12

1. **Double Indemnity (1944)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The quintessential film noir.
2. **Ace in the Hole (1951)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A cynical reporter turns a tragedy into a circus.
3. **Sabrina (1954)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Audrey Hepburn between Humphrey Bogart and William Holden.
4. **Sunset Boulevard (1950)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hollywood destroying its stars, with biting wit.
5. **The Apartment (1960)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The high point of his career, Best Picture winner.
6. **Some Like It Hot (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two musicians in drag on the run from the mob.
7. **Witness for the Prosecution (1957)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Agatha Christie with masterful twists.
8. **One, Two, Three (1961)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Coca-Cola and the Cold War in divided Berlin.
9. **The Seven Year Itch (1955)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Marilyn Monroe over the subway grate.
10. **The Lost Weekend (1945)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An alcoholic in New York; Wilder's first Oscars for directing and writing.
11. **Stalag 17 (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A traitor in a POW camp.
12. **The Fortune Cookie (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau pairing.

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