Billy Wilder
Director · 42 credits · 29 in highly-rated films
Best known for Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Frequent collaborators: Jack Lemmon, I. A. L. Diamond, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, Volker Schlöndorff
Best Billy Wilder movies by genre
Directed movies (27 total, ranked by score)
1Sunset Boulevard
1950 · ★ 8.3 (2,983 votes)
Drama
2Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · ★ 8.2 (1,750 votes)
Drama, Mystery, Crime
3The Apartment
1960 · ★ 8.2 (2,752 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
4Some Like It Hot
1959 · ★ 8.1 (3,970 votes)
Comedy, Romance, Crime
5Double Indemnity
1944 · ★ 8.1 (2,069 votes)
Crime, Thriller
6Sabrina
1954 · ★ 7.5 (1,384 votes)
Comedy, Romance, Drama
7Ace in the Hole
1951 · ★ 7.8 (762 votes)
Drama
8Stalag 17
1953 · ★ 7.7 (677 votes)
Comedy, Drama, War
9One, Two, Three
1961 · ★ 7.5 (430 votes)
Comedy
10Irma la Douce
1963 · ★ 7.4 (482 votes)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
11The Front Page
1974 · ★ 7.3 (388 votes)
Comedy
12The Lost Weekend
1945 · ★ 7.6 (668 votes)
Drama
13The Seven Year Itch
1955 · ★ 7.0 (1,010 votes)
Comedy, Romance
14The Fortune Cookie
1966 · ★ 7.2 (357 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Crime
15Love in the Afternoon
1957 · ★ 7.0 (343 votes)
Comedy, Romance
16A Foreign Affair
1948 · ★ 7.1 (161 votes)
Romance, Comedy
17Avanti!
1972 · ★ 6.9 (272 votes)
Comedy, Romance
18Five Graves to Cairo
1943 · ★ 7.0 (155 votes)
War, Thriller, Drama
19The Major and the Minor
1942 · ★ 7.1 (149 votes)
Comedy, Romance
20Fedora
1978 · ★ 6.7 (155 votes)
Drama, Mystery
21The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · ★ 6.8 (329 votes)
Adventure, Mystery, Crime
22The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · ★ 6.7 (146 votes)
Adventure, Drama, History
23Kiss Me, Stupid
1964 · ★ 7.0 (214 votes)
Comedy, Romance
24Buddy Buddy
1981 · ★ 6.2 (111 votes)
Comedy, Crime
25The Emperor Waltz
1948 · ★ 6.2 (28 votes)
Romance, Comedy, Music
26Bad Seed
1934 · ★ 5.7 (39 votes)
Crime, Drama, Comedy
27Death Mills
1945 · ★ 6.7 (12 votes)
War, Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.