The Apartment fingerprintMasterful craft, big heart.
Calm and low-key
Deeply moving and romantic
Plenty of sharp wit and satire
Everyday modern life, society, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
Standout cinematography and editing
Calm and low-key
The Apartment is calm and low-intensity.
Deeply moving and romantic
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, romantic, and melancholic.
Plenty of sharp wit and satire
Expect plenty of sharp wit and satire.
Everyday modern life, society, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, society, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
The direction, performances, and storytelling stand out.
Standout cinematography and editing
Look and sound: the cinematography and editing stand out.
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Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
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The Apartment is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Philo, YouTube TV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 90/100 (IMDb 8.3, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, and Metacritic 94). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: sexual content.
2 h 6 min
The Apartment runs 2 h 6 min.
Yes. Critics average 94 and audiences 88 out of 100, so both groups see The Apartment much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $3 million to make and earned $25 million worldwide, 8.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+110GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Apartment in 124 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 50 storytelling tropes for The Apartment, including Sexual Euphemism, Sudden Principled Stand, I "Uh" You, Too.
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