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Billy Wilder was the six-time Oscar winner who left behind a series of classically quotable features from Hollywood’s Golden Age, crafting sharp witted and darkly cynical stories that blended comedy and pathos in equal measure. Let’s take a look back at 25 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Wilder was born to a family of Austrian Jews in 1906. After working as a journalist, he developed an interest in filmmaking and collaborated on the silent feature “People on Sunday” (1929) with fellow rookies Fred Zinnemann, Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer. With the rise of Adolph Hitler, Wilder fled to Paris, where he co-directed the feature “Mauvaise Graine” (1934). Tragically, his mother, stepfather and grandmother all died in the Holocaust.

After moving to Hollywood, Wilder enjoyed a successful career as a screenwriter, earning Oscar nominations for penning 1939’s “Ninotchka” and 1941’s “Hold Back the Dawn” and “Ball of Fire.” He...

FBI‘s Alana De La Garza guest stars as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille on the season four finale of CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted. Season four episode 22 was written by David Hudgins and directed by Ken Girotti and will air on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season four stars Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Alexa Davalos as Special Agent Kristin Gaines, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon.

“Heaven Falling” Plot: The team helps Remy try to catch his brother’s real killer 25 years after Mikey was murdered.

Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott in ‘FBI: Most Wanted season 4 episode 22

The FBI: Most Wanted Plot, Courtesy of CBS:

FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly...

The task force investigates the murder of a reporter on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season four episode 19. Directed by Ludovic Littee from a script by Spindrift Beck and Chris Salmanpour, episode 19 – “Bad Seed” – will air on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season four stars Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Alexa Davalos as Special Agent Kristin Gaines, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon.

“Bad Seed” Plot: When a news anchor is shot dead in the station’s parking lot, the Fugitive Task Force must dive into a story she was working on in order to track down her killer. Also, Remy debates revisiting the case around his brother’s murder.

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson and Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott in ‘FBI: Most Wanted...

Hey, "FBI: Most Wanted" fans. We're back at you to let you know that another new episode of FBI: Most Wanted is heading your way next Tuesday night, April 25, 2023. That's right, guys. The folks over at CBS are going to deliver the next, new episode 19 of FBI: Most Wanted's current season 4 next week, and we've got some new teaser information for it. We were able to collect a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for this new episode 19 straight from ABC's official episode 19 press release synopsis. So, we're going to take a deep dive into it right now. Let's go. The first thing we found out is that this new episode 19 of FBI: Most Wanted season 4 is officially named/titled, "Bad Seed." It sounds like episode 19 will serve up some very scandalous, intense, dramatic, interesting, action-filled and possible suspenseful scenes as a news anchor gets shot to death! Remy...

Mubi is exclusively showing Billy Wilder and Alexander Esway's Mauvaise Graine a.k.a. Bad Seed (1934) in the United States and most countries around the world from August 18 - September 16, 2016.In light of his illustrious Hollywood career to follow, Billy Wilder’s obscure directorial debut, Mauvaise Graine (1934), may seem like a mere curiosity. Making the film as he was passing through France by way of Germany en route to America, Wilder regarded the work with little adoration. For him, the experience was one rife with difficulty; it wasn’t fun, there was tremendous pressure, and he simply wasn’t accustomed to have such sweeping control over a production. But the writing was on the wall by 1933, and Wilder, like so many others, was keen to get out of Berlin while the getting was good. Arriving first in Paris, he met other film professionals seeking refuge from the burgeoning Nazi party,...

Danielle Darrieux turns 97: Darrieux has probably enjoyed the longest film star career in history (photo: Danielle Darrieux in ‘La Ronde’) Screen legend Danielle Darrieux is turning 97 today, May 1, 2014. In all likelihood, the Bordeaux-born (1917) Darrieux has enjoyed the longest "movie star" career ever: eight decades, from Wilhelm Thiele’s Le Bal (1931) to Denys Granier-Deferre’s The Wedding Cake / Pièce montée (2010). (Mickey Rooney has had a longer film career — nearly nine decades — but mostly as a supporting player in minor roles.) Absurdly, despite a prestigious career consisting of more than 100 movie roles, Danielle Darrieux — delightful in Club de femmes, superb in The Earrings of Madame De…, alternately hilarious and heartbreaking in 8 Women — has never won an Honorary Oscar. But then again, very few women have. At least, the French Academy did award her an Honorary César back in 1985; additionally, in 2002 Darrieux and her fellow 8 Women / 8 femmes co-stars shared Best Actress honors...

"I want to thank three persons,” said Michel Hazanavicius, accepting the 2012 Best Picture Oscar for “The Artist.” “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder.” He wasn’t the first director to namecheck Wilder in an acceptance speech. In 1994, Fernando Trueba, accepting the Foreign Language Film Oscar for "Belle Epoque" quipped, "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder... so, thank you Mr. Wilder." Wilder reportedly called the next day "Fernando? It's God."

So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?

Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...