Sunset Boulevard
Directed by Billy Wilder
Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return. Enticing him with the prospect of script work she puts him up in her mansion and he becomes ever more involved and entangled in her life.
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- Elliot047February 12, 2026This is the reality of Hollywood, and perhaps any film industry; it's a cutthroat competition out there. You take a break for a few years, and you're lost. Nobody is a permanent star in this world.
- mickerdooJanuary 2, 2026A storybook tale narrated in a romantic style. Holden and Olson are the cool, cute couple you look for from the era. Swanson delivers big.
- Steve Zodiac5d ago"SUNSET BLVD" is the very definition of a true timeless CLASSIC Along with "All About Eve" and "The Bad and the Beautiful" it's the greatest film ever made about the motives, personalities and pitfalls of how Hollywood really works🎭
- Scoots_MagootsFebruary 22, 2026pretty good kinda spooky
- Ricardo Arnaz CPA, ACCA USN-retiredMarch 16, 2026Another Wilder gem. The name says it all. Sunset for the silent queen: Gloria Swanson as her delusion of grandeur still affect her thinking she's relevant, sunset for Richard Widmark (my grandma loved him). Sunset for us all. It doesn't kill us Hollywood fast. It lets us linger slowly face down in a pool.
- The Gutter MonkeyNovember 27, 2025It feels both narratively and stylistically ahead of its time. It's no wonder it's influenced so much that followed.
- hairydemonOctober 20, 2025a perfect fable that set the style for how film can be used.
- John MossSeptember 16, 2025One of the greatest movies ever made.75 years old and it still plays fresh today. Watching the movie in VR replicates the big theater experience unlike anything on the small screen.
- Lyngrove26August 28, 2025Good characters and story
- makdelartFebruary 2, 2026A melancholic, nostalgic tale of passing time with a predictable tragic ending. A grandmaster performance by Gloria Swanson.
- LivewireAdminDecember 6, 2025"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!" Yeah....Wilder might be one of the goats. Gloria Swanson gives a powerhouse performance as Norma Desmond. You can tell she came from the silent era of acting, she's able to do so much with just her eyes. William Holden is excellent too, delivering maybe the best ever voice-over/narration in a noir. This one is sharp, stylish, and unforgettable, even seventy years later.
- N01DNovember 17, 2025Just a pretty basic film. I dont see anything bad neither good in this
- TIM LANDRYAugust 21, 2025So much truth in this film. The boat bed is also seen in 1925’s Phantom of the Opera.
- Rowan KrzysiakFebruary 13, 2025There's real quality there of course but the issue for me was that it was all a bit boring and one-note.
Sunset Boulevard Trivia
Sunset Boulevard was released on August 4, 1950.
Sunset Boulevard was directed by Billy Wilder.
Sunset Boulevard has a runtime of 1h 50m.
Sunset Boulevard was produced by Charles Brackett.
Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return. Enticing him with the prospect of script work she puts him up in her mansion and he becomes ever more involved and entangled in her life.
The key characters in Sunset Boulevard are Joe Gillis (William Holden), Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim).
Sunset Boulevard is rated Passed.
Sunset Boulevard is a Drama, Film-Noir film.
Sunset Boulevard has an audience rating of 9.5 out of 10.
Sunset Boulevard had a budget of $1.8M.
Sunset Boulevard has made $5M at the box office.