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Sunset Boulevard
1950
· Movie
· 110 min
A
MEANRANK
88/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #35
- IMDb #72
- Google retired #831
- Rotten Tomatoes #30
- Metacritic #45
- Letterboxd #30
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #99
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #86
- Metacritic Critics #85
- Metacritic Audience #106
- Criticker #14
- Douban #142
- Kinopoisk #306
- AlloCiné #149
- Trakt #192
Every rating
78–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A struggling young screenwriter accidentally becomes involved with a reclusive and forgotten silent film star. She lives in a decaying mansion, deluded into believing she is still a great star. She hires him to work on her script for a grandiose comeback, pulling him into her world of fantasy and madness, where he becomes a trapped spectator to her tragic unraveling.
Details
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Writers
- Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr.
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 10 August 1950
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 37 →8 major awards won · 18 wins from 37 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1950 | Best Story and Screenplay | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1950 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Art Direction: Hans Dreier and John Meehan ; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1950 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Franz Waxman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1950 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1950 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gloria Swanson | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1950 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Billy Wilder | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1950 | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Franz Waxman | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1950 | Best Written American Drama | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. | Winner |
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Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gloria Swanson | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Billy Wilder | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Franz Waxman | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Black and White | John F. Seitz | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Erich von Stroheim | Nominee |
Academy Awards
11 nominations, 3 won
| Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Art Direction: Hans Dreier and John Meehan ; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer | Winner |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Franz Waxman | Winner |
| Best Story and Screenplay | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. | Winner |
| Best Actor | William Holden | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Gloria Swanson | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | John F. Seitz | Nominee |
| Best Director | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt and Doane Harrison | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | Paramount Pictures | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Erich von Stroheim | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nancy Olson | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Drama | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Gloria Swanson | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Gloria Swanson | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | Billy Wilder | Winner |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Billy Wilder | Winner |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best American Film | Billy Wilder | Winner |
Jussi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Gloria Swanson | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Gloria Swanson | Nominee |
| Best Director | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
Picturegoer Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | William Holden | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Gloria Swanson | Nominee |
Cahiers du Cinéma
1 nomination
| Best Film | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
DVD Exclusive Awards
1 nomination
| Best Overall New Extra Features – Library Release | John Barbour (for the "Special Collector's Edition") | Nominee |