Sunset Boulevard

1950 · directed by Billy Wilder

Rating

98/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, NFR

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Sunset Boulevard (1950), directed by Billy Wilder, rates 98/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• William Holden
• Gloria Swanson
• Erich von Stroheim
• Nancy Olson
• Fred Clark
• Lloyd Gough
• Jack Webb
• Franklyn Farnum
• Larry J. Blake
• Charles Dayton

Crew

• John F. Seitz — Director of Photography
• Arthur P. Schmidt — Editor
• Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer
• Billy Wilder — Screenplay
• Charles Brackett — Screenplay
• D.M. Marshman Jr. — Screenplay

More from Billy Wilder

1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
2. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
3. The Apartment (1960) — 97/100 · hit
4. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit
6. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) — 83/100 · hit

How these numbers work: Methodology