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While Polanski's Rosemary's Baby is a better apartment film, this one is pretty sweet itself. I had it at #20, maybe could've been a few spots lower though, but again it's a true classic.
Here's what I said in the 2nd HoF thread, which I believe this film won:
My List
1.Persona (1966)
2.Rosemarys Baby (1968)
3.Knife in the Water (1962)
5.La Jetee (1962)
7.The Trial (1962)
11.La Dolce Vita (1960)
12. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
16. The Birds (1963)
19.Woman in the Dunes (1964)
20.The Apartment (1960)
21.Breathless (1960)
23.Peeping Tom (1960)
24. Elmer Gantry (1960)
Here's what I said in the 2nd HoF thread, which I believe this film won:
I watched The Apartment. From the very start I knew I would enjoy this film. I didn't bother looking at the cast before ordering it, I already knew that the film's considered one of Billy Wilders' classics, but I wasn't aware that Jack Lemmon was in the film, an that came as a pleasant surprise. Personally there's something cozy to me about large office buildings, with rows of workers typing away. This opening scene on the 19th floor is something beautiful to me. I loved this kind of shot when I saw one in Orson Welles' The Trial, and I love how it looks on screen with The Apartment. The first hour, the best one, is where the film had me laughing. Adult style humor, and remains classy while being all about middle age (and older) swingers. Once, the protagonist, CC Baxter earns his promotion, the film starts getting more into a touching setiment. While at first this was balanced fine for me with the comedy, eventually it lost its magic. It became predictable and somewhat bland. Yet I still have a positive view of the film. The Aprtment is no doubt a comedic classic. It has all the aspects of what a classic should be, and I loved the first half enough to overlook my boredom at the end.
My List
1.Persona (1966)
2.Rosemarys Baby (1968)
3.Knife in the Water (1962)
5.La Jetee (1962)
7.The Trial (1962)
11.La Dolce Vita (1960)
12. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
16. The Birds (1963)
19.Woman in the Dunes (1964)
20.The Apartment (1960)
21.Breathless (1960)
23.Peeping Tom (1960)
24. Elmer Gantry (1960)
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"The Apartment" is in my top 40 but not my top 25. I am still happy to see it on the list, though. 
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The Apartment was on my list, also at #8.
My List:
3. A Hard Day’s Night (#53)
4. Persona (#11)
5. Playtime (#31)
7. High and Low (#23)
8. The Apartment (#8)
9. Bonnie and Clyde (#45)
10. The Wild Bunch (#15)
13. Midnight Cowboy (#10)
14. Cool Hand Luke (#12)
15. Rosemary’s Baby (#9)
16. The Hustler (#26)
18. Peeping Tom (#33)
19. Woman in the Dunes (#19)
20. Night of the Living Dead (#20)
21. Andrei Rublev (#55)
My List:
3. A Hard Day’s Night (#53)
4. Persona (#11)
5. Playtime (#31)
7. High and Low (#23)
8. The Apartment (#8)
9. Bonnie and Clyde (#45)
10. The Wild Bunch (#15)
13. Midnight Cowboy (#10)
14. Cool Hand Luke (#12)
15. Rosemary’s Baby (#9)
16. The Hustler (#26)
18. Peeping Tom (#33)
19. Woman in the Dunes (#19)
20. Night of the Living Dead (#20)
21. Andrei Rublev (#55)
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I absolutely loved The Apartment! I considered it for my top spot, and it could've made it there on another day. I had it at #4.
My list-
#1 Elmer Gantry
#2 Onibaba
#3 Contempt
#4 The Apartment
#6 Hud
#7 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*
#8 Harakiri
#9 The Hustler
#11 Inherit the Wind
#12 High and Low
#13 Breakfast at Tiffany's
#14 Planet of the Apes
#15 An Autumn Afternoon
#16 Woman in the Dunes
#18 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
#22 The Battle of Algiers
#23 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
#25 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
My list-
#1 Elmer Gantry
#2 Onibaba
#3 Contempt
#4 The Apartment
#6 Hud
#7 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*
#8 Harakiri
#9 The Hustler
#11 Inherit the Wind
#12 High and Low
#13 Breakfast at Tiffany's
#14 Planet of the Apes
#15 An Autumn Afternoon
#16 Woman in the Dunes
#18 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
#22 The Battle of Algiers
#23 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
#25 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Top 10 prediction:
1. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
2. Psycho
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. 2001
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. The Graduate
8. The Apartment
9. Rosemary's Baby
10. Midnight Cowboy
I didn't have Psycho in my top 25.
1. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
2. Psycho
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. 2001
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. The Graduate
8. The Apartment
9. Rosemary's Baby
10. Midnight Cowboy
I didn't have Psycho in my top 25.
Damn, I'm pretty sure I saw someone here who has had three predictions in a row correct now! Impressive! 
The Apartment rules! It's a movie that is psychologically realistic and quite powerful as well. A masterpiece among Hollywood movies.
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The Apartment was my #19. I remember I wasn't particularly fond of the ending when I saw it, but other than that it's great.
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Here is my list, excluding the film that will show up later on the list
3) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 Stanley Kramer) (#35)
6) Inherit the Wind (1960 Stanley Kramer) (#64)
7) The Apartment (1960 Billy Wilder) (#8)
8) Viridiana (1961 Luis Bunuel) (#92)
9) Ma Nuit chez Maude (1969 Eric Rohmer) (#89)
10) A Man For All Seasons (1966 Fred Zinnemann) (#101+)
11) Goldfinger (1964 Guy Hamilton) (#46)
12) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 Robert Mulligan) (#13)
13) Un Homme et une Femme (1966 Claude Lelouch) (#101+)
15) Cool Hand Luke (1967 Stuart Rosenberg) (#12)
16) For a Few Dollars More (1965 Sergio Leone) (#22)
17) Z (1969 Costas-Grava) (#44)
18) Le Trou (1960 Jacques Becker) (#50)
19) Harakiri (1962 Masaki Kobayashi) (#27)
20) Jules et Jim (1961 François Truffaut) (#101+)
21) The Face of Another (1966 Hiroshi Teshihagara) (#101+)
22) Farhenheit 451 (1966 François Truffaut) (#101+)
23) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (#21)
24) The Train (1964 John Frankenheimer) (#101+)
25) La Dolce Vita (1960 Federic Fellini) (#25)
3) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 Stanley Kramer) (#35)
6) Inherit the Wind (1960 Stanley Kramer) (#64)
7) The Apartment (1960 Billy Wilder) (#8)
8) Viridiana (1961 Luis Bunuel) (#92)
9) Ma Nuit chez Maude (1969 Eric Rohmer) (#89)
10) A Man For All Seasons (1966 Fred Zinnemann) (#101+)
11) Goldfinger (1964 Guy Hamilton) (#46)
12) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 Robert Mulligan) (#13)
13) Un Homme et une Femme (1966 Claude Lelouch) (#101+)
15) Cool Hand Luke (1967 Stuart Rosenberg) (#12)
16) For a Few Dollars More (1965 Sergio Leone) (#22)
17) Z (1969 Costas-Grava) (#44)
18) Le Trou (1960 Jacques Becker) (#50)
19) Harakiri (1962 Masaki Kobayashi) (#27)
20) Jules et Jim (1961 François Truffaut) (#101+)
21) The Face of Another (1966 Hiroshi Teshihagara) (#101+)
22) Farhenheit 451 (1966 François Truffaut) (#101+)
23) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (#21)
24) The Train (1964 John Frankenheimer) (#101+)
25) La Dolce Vita (1960 Federic Fellini) (#25)
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Cool! Maybe you will become the second Sexy Celebrity?!
I already got 3 movies in a row out of 10 movies, the probability of that happening is, hum, hum, 1/720.
So yes, I already equaled Sexy Celebrity. If I get the next movie right, it would be an almost impossible feat with odds around 1/5000.
To get all 10 movies right, well the odds are 1/3,628,800. Impossible, essentially, like winning the lottery.
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Well there goes my predictions. Oh well. Did not vote for this film.
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Well, in Sexy Celebrity's case there were 6 movies everybody knew were going to show up and he got the order right. The probability of that happening was , hum,hum, 1/720.
I already got 3 movies in a row out of 10 movies, the probability of that happening is, hum, hum, 1/720.
So yes, I already equaled Sexy Celebrity. If I get the next movie right, it would be an almost impossible feat with odds around 1/5000.
To get all 10 movies right, well the odds are 1/3,628,800. Impossible, essentially, like winning the lottery.
I already got 3 movies in a row out of 10 movies, the probability of that happening is, hum, hum, 1/720.
So yes, I already equaled Sexy Celebrity. If I get the next movie right, it would be an almost impossible feat with odds around 1/5000.
To get all 10 movies right, well the odds are 1/3,628,800. Impossible, essentially, like winning the lottery.
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My #16 spot was The Apartment. I thought I was the only person who knew about it until I got to MoFo.
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You know that scene near the beginning of The Apartment where Jack Lemmon comes home after a long day's work and then waits for some executive and his escort to vacate his apartment? He eats a TV dinner and drinks a bottle of Coke (a sly preview of Wilder's next film, One, Two, Three) while he's watching late-night TV. The channel is going to show the classic Grand Hotel, but instead they list all the cast and just when Jack's excited, they go to those late-night TV commercials they had during all-night movies back in the day. That scene really reminded me of how I'd stay up all night at the neighbors' house babysitting and watch tons of old movies with those lousy, ridiculous commercials. Another anecdote I can tell you about The Apartment was that when I bought my first VCR, it was one of the movies I bought along with it. I used to watch it every time it was on TV, but I hadn't seen the film for a few years, and it was the best film I could buy at a reasonable price.
I didn't vote for this Billy Wilder movie, but I did for another. This really is an acerbic drama masquerading as a "light romantic comedy". But it's really about a bunch of wealthy, misogynistic creeps taking advantage of women and Jack Lemmon's poor schmuck. But Jack gets blamed for the poor behavior, and Shirley MacLaine is demeaned so much, she tries to commit suicide! Light entertainment? It does have Billy Wilder and writing partner I.A.L. Diamond's usual quota of wit and dark satire, but it's one of Wilder's most dramatic films, at least since Some Like It Hot. But it's also a very good movie and obviously one of his most beloved.
I didn't vote for this Billy Wilder movie, but I did for another. This really is an acerbic drama masquerading as a "light romantic comedy". But it's really about a bunch of wealthy, misogynistic creeps taking advantage of women and Jack Lemmon's poor schmuck. But Jack gets blamed for the poor behavior, and Shirley MacLaine is demeaned so much, she tries to commit suicide! Light entertainment? It does have Billy Wilder and writing partner I.A.L. Diamond's usual quota of wit and dark satire, but it's one of Wilder's most dramatic films, at least since Some Like It Hot. But it's also a very good movie and obviously one of his most beloved.
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Guap, I'm thinking of ten numbers from 1 to 10 in a certain reverse order. What are they? If you even get the first number, I'd be impressed. 
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I know! I know!
It's a tricky question! The order is normal, so it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
It's a tricky question! The order is normal, so it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
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