• Director(s)

    Billy Wilder

  • Production Year

    1960

  • Release date

    31/01/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    126m

  • Cast

    Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

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The Apartment

suicide references, moderate sex references, sexual harassment

An insurance clerk who wants to rise in his company lets his bosses use his apartment for their extramarital affairs in this darkly comic romance from 1960 which features references to suicide and sexual harassment. …

An insurance clerk who wants to rise in his company lets his bosses use his apartment for their extramarital affairs in this darkly comic romance from 1960 which features references to suicide and sexual harassment.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

injury detail

suicide and self-harm

sexual violence and sexual threat

alcohol and smoking

threat and horror

  • Director(s)

    Billy Wilder

  • Production Year

    1960

  • Release date

    31/01/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    126m

  • Cast

    Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

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suicide references, moderate sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
violence
A man punches another man in a brief scene of mild violence.
language
The film features very mild bad language ('God', 'damn').
sex
A woman implies that her lover is treating her like a sex worker when he gives her some cash. Frequent references are made to extramarital affairs.
injury detail
A small amount of blood trickles from a man's mouth after another man hits him. Later, he has a black eye.
suicide and self-harm
It is implied that a woman attempts an overdose, after which she can be heard vomiting offscreen as a doctor assists her. There are also further references to suicide.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man smacks his female colleague's bottom. It is also implied that male employers sexually exploit female members of staff.
alcohol and smoking
Men and women drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes.
Contains mild sex references, violence and suicide attempt
Classified Date:
04/06/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
violence
Two characters fight and a couple of mild punches are thrown.
sex
There are some comic references to characters being a 'sex pot', as well as a scene in which a woman takes offence when her lover gives her money as if he were paying her for sex.
suicide and self-harm
A woman overdoses on sleeping pills. The overdose itself is only implied, but the character is shown throwing up in the subsequent scene in order to expel the contents of her stomach. After the attempt, the character's friend worries that their friend may and try and harm themselves again so precautions are taken to hide razor blades, other pills and also to lock the bedroom window.
additional issues
There are uses of mild bad language such as 'hell' and 'damn'.
Contains mild scenes involving self-harm
Classified Date:
16/11/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Downtown Pictures Ltd
Classified Date:
25/05/1960
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
United Artists Corp. Ltd
Contains mild sex references, violence and suicide attempt
Classified Date:
24/07/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd
violence
Two characters fight and a couple of mild punches are thrown.
sex
There are some comic references to characters being a 'sex pot', as well as a scene in which a woman takes offence when her lover gives her money as if he were paying her for sex.
suicide and self-harm
A woman overdoses on sleeping pills. The overdose itself is only implied, but the character is shown throwing up in the subsequent scene in order to expel the contents of her stomach. After the attempt, the character's friend worries that their friend may and try and harm themselves again so precautions are taken to hide razor blades, other pills and also to lock the bedroom window.
additional issues
There are uses of very mild bad language such as 'hell' and 'damn'.
Classified Date:
23/02/1988
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
Classified Date:
13/05/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional Material THEATRICAL TRAILER
Classified Date:
02/05/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
Classified Date:
15/11/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Downtown Pictures Ltd
Classified Date:
13/05/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary with Film Historian Bruce Block
Classified Date:
13/05/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional Material THE APARTMENT

  • Classified date

    17/01/2025

  • Language

    English