If you loved Ace in the Hole, try The Apartment
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Billy Wilder, and they both carry the pitch black mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ace in the Hole, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Apartment is
New York, rainy nights, a lonely elevator. A minor clerk's apartment becomes a secret office perk, a place for executives to hide their affairs. Wilder's lens views corporate America with a cynical eye.

