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Sunset Blvd. 1950

Directed by Billy Wilder

All-time standing

#28 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1950s #8 of 316 Top 3% 1950 #1 of 28 Top 4%

Ballots (69)

All time 65

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #7
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #16
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
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  • Ranked #16
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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  • Ranked #17
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #19
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
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  • Ranked #20
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #25
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #28
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
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  • Ranked #30
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #45
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
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  • Ranked #58
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #82
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #95
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2023
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  • Included, unranked
Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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  • Included, unranked
Positif

Positif

  • Published 2019
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

PopMatters

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2006
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2006
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IGN

  • Published 2005
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Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2003
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
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Salon

Salon

  • Published 2002
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2001
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Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 1995
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

  • Published 1989
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

  • Published 1982
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R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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  • Included, unranked

Decade 4

1950s

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1959
  • Decade list · 1950s
  • Ranked #2
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1959
  • Decade list · 1950s
  • Ranked #5
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1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Ranked #45
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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Included, unranked
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