Sunset Boulevard
1950 | 110 min | Drama
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (98%), audiences adore it (8.3/10), it won 3 Oscars and people are still talking about it. Make plans for this one.
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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
98% on Rotten Tomatoes, 94 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.3/10 from 3K viewers
- AwardsVery strong
5 wins, 8 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; won Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$5 million worldwide on a $2 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
501K Wikipedia readers in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Billy Wilder
- William HoldenJoe Gillis
- Gloria SwansonNorma Desmond
- Erich von StroheimMax von Mayerling
- Nancy OlsonBetty Schaefer
- Fred ClarkSheldrake
- Lloyd GoughMorino
- Jack WebbArtie Green
- Franklyn FarnumUndertaker
- Larry J. BlakeFinance Man #1
- Charles DaytonFinance Man #2