If you loved The Apartment, try Irma la Douce

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Irma la Douce has roughly 5.5× fewer votes than The Apartment — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Apartment

1960 · dir. Billy Wilder

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Irma la Douce

1963 · dir. Billy Wilder

What they share

Both films are directed by Billy Wilder, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Apartment, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Irma la Douce is

Wilder tackles prostitution, which is always a delicate subject. Our lovelorn ex-cop disguises himself as an elderly English lord to monopolize the attentions of his favorite Parisian working girl. It's exactly as believable as it sounds, and probably just as funny.

If you loved The Apartment, try Irma la Douce

The Apartment

Irma la Douce

What they share

What Irma la Douce is

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