I feel a little dirty watching this while having an alcoholic drink lol. The Lost Weekend was the first movie of Wilder’s to win best picture and even though it won best picture, I still consider it an underrated movie of his. I feel it gets lost in the shuffle of his other movies like Some Like It Hot, Double Indemnity and The Apartment. Yet, I’m deeply engrossed by this simple story of an alcoholic having difficulty defeating his addiction while going on a bender. It’s definitely one of his darker movies, but also one of my favorites of his.
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Double Indemnity 1944
I don’t love this as much as some of Wilder’s other movies, but even so, I consider this one of the best film noir movies I’ve seen!
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Sunset Boulevard 1950
In my opinion, this was Billy Wilder’s magnum opus. A classic masterpiece with a bunch of quotable lines!
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Mister Roberts 1955
Didn’t realize the movie was a comedy beforehand. The film feels pretty dated but it’s overall still relatively entertaining.
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13: The Musical 2022
When 13: The Musical was on broadway, I was a huge fan. I was on the cusp of 13 myself, so I felt like I could really relate to the character and themes. The main gimmick of the broadway show was that the entire cast was all kids. As far as I know, this had never really been done on broadway before where not a single adult was featured, and I thought it added extra life and originality into the…
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