The Apartment
Movie • 1960 • Comedy
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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Abandonment
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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A character runs out on her horrible boyfriend without saying anything.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Not quite brutalized but there is a scene where a woman is slapped repeatedly by a doctor and it honestly felt a bit over-the-top.
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No domestic violence, but there's one scene that may be triggering, where a doctor slaps a woman's face very hard several times. This is part of an attempt to revive her from unconsciousness and save her life.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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A woman briefly returns to the man who manipulated and used her but it doesn't last long.
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A married man tells his girlfriend one thing and others another, lying to and manipulating her, and he also tells her to pretend she never attempted suicide. He tries to make her feel bad when she calls him out, saying she is twisting his words. I wouldn't say it was clear gaslighting but definitely manipulative and evil.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone stalked?
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The main character tells a woman he's interested in that he looked up her personal information in the company's database. It's brushed off and treated as benign/romantic.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Multiple scenes of characters drinking
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A character overdoses on sleeping pills
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Does a horse die?
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The main character briefly watches a Western movie on TV in which several horses scream and fall over in battle. Not clear whether they died. It's just a few seconds from around 10:52 to 11:04 on my copy of the movie.
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Are there bugs?
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A boy discusses putting flies in a toy rocket.
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Assault
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A man slaps a female coworker's backside, nonconsensually.
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Is someone drugged?
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No, however there is a suicide attempt using sleeping pills which causes the character to experience symptoms which might be triggering.
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yes but it's by a doctor to wake her up, and not done to be violent. however its still pretty aggressive so be cautious.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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There's a visual joke, no words, of a woman threatening a man who just groped her that she will close the elevator's doors on his p***s if he does it again.
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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We see the main character shaving his face, but there's no cutting or blood. There's also a scene where he removes the razorblades from the razor and hides them.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A character chokes on coffee as she is partially unconscious
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Does someone break a bone?
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No, one character does joke however that if someone were to try to jump out the window they would break a leg.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There's a comment regarding jumping out a window, but it doesn't happen
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Does someone become unconscious?
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frequent scenes of a character going in and out of unconsciousness throughout the last half of the movie, after being unconscious for a long time
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Is there eye mutilation?
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A character is punched in the face and gets a black eye
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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*spoilers*
fran willingly ingests half a dozen sleeping pills and overdoses, but is saved by the doctor
fran willingly ingests half a dozen sleeping pills and overdoses, but is saved by the doctor
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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Cheating is a major theme throughout the movie (married businessmen use the main character's apartment for liaisons). However, the main protagonists don't cheat (Shirley MacLaine's character is the "other woman" in an affair but doesn't do any cheating herself).
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Fear
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Someone removes the razor blades from the bathroom to prevent another person harming themselves.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Vomiting is induced after someone overdoses. This isn't shown onscreen, but gagging noises are heard offscreen.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Only mentions of it. A woman mentions her husband is imprisoned in Cuba. Another woman, while discussing her former lovers, tells about one that is in prison and wants her to wait for him to get out.
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Medical
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We see an injection given to an unconscious person who has overdosed on pills (to help revive them).
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Is there a hospital scene?
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No hospital, but there's an extended scene where a doctor tends to a patient in an apartment.
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Mental Health
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There is a suicide attempt (by an overdose on pills) which is quite central to the film. The person survives. Another character also describes their own previous unsuccessful suicide attempt.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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No, though there is a scene that could be triggering for some where a woman is pressured, practically forced into eating when she says she isn't hungry.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Sorta. A man drinks himself into a stupor and is largely unresponsive to others.
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*spoilers*
fran ingests half a dozen sleeping pill in an attempt to kill herself, but she is revived
fran ingests half a dozen sleeping pill in an attempt to kill herself, but she is revived
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There is a suicide attempt via an overdose of sleeping pills, and some other methods for suicide are alluded to. Nothing graphic.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Near the very end of the movie, there is a sudden noise like a gunshot as Fran is running up the stairs of the apartment.
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Is there screaming?
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No, though there is a woman with a very loud and grating voice that the main character briefly takes back to his apartment.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Sex and infidelity is brought up a lot, but nothing explicit.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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A secretary eavesdrops on phone conversations, and later watches two characters knowingly in a bar.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
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A man jokes about how the woman he used to love gained 20 pounds.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A woman refers to her jockey husband using an unkind word for people of short stature that is now considered a slur.
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No, the doctor and his wife are Jewish and while some of their behavior is a bit stereotypical and played humorously ("be a Mensch!") it is done endearingly and definitely a positive depiction. Billy Wilder, the director, was Jewish himself.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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No but the only Black characters in the film are working in menial roles
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Relationships
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Yes! About 25 years between the female protagonist and the villain. Nearly a decade between the female and male protagonists.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sex is implied several times and is discussed throughout the movie, always in non-graphic terms. There's no nudity.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Men sexually objectify a female employee as well as generally lusting after young women who are not their wives
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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No but there is a reference to a doctor being an abortion doctor and he is nearly assaulted due to this misunderstanding.
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Is someone homeless?
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Not exactly, but a man has to sleep on a park bench outside because he lent his apartment out to someone else.
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Spoiler
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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In a bar scene, there's an obnoxious drunk man dressed as Santa and obviously not acting like the "real Santa". But the movie has adult themes which make it inappropriate for kids young enough to believe in Santa even without this scene.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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A man is punched and bleeds just a little.
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Is there gun violence?
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A "gunshot" is heard which turns out to be a champagne bottle opening.
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