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Film · 10 connectionsBud 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.
Directed byBilly Wilder
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1963 · 147 min · Comedy · Romance
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
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1961 · 109 min · Comedy
In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
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1955 · 105 min · Comedy · Romance
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
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1957 · 116 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
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1950 · 110 min · Drama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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1967 · 108 min · Drama · Romance
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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1971 · 92 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
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1971 · 98 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance
Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
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1947 · 96 min · Comedy · Drama · Family
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
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1951 · 103 min · Crime · Drama
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
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