Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959) boasts the greatest closing joke in cinema history with its final line, 'Well, nobody's perfect.' Billy Wilder's cross-dressing comedy earns a 9.0 rating on Letterboxd and a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, faster to 100 million viewers in its opening year than the average 1950s comedy. The film stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, generating 2 million more box office admissions than Dr. Strangelove in the US during its initial release. It remains the top-grossing comedy of 1959 at $40 million adjusted, beating This Is Spinal Tap's cult status by a wide margin.