Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American comedy directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as musicians who, after witnessing a gangland killing, disguise themselves as women to join an all-female band and evade the mob, with Marilyn Monroe co-starring as the band's singer. The film's premise loosely echoes real Prohibition-era gang violence and combines broad farce with a more knowing treatment of gender disguise than was typical of mainstream American comedy at the time. Some Like It Hot is frequently ranked among the greatest American comedy films ever made, including topping the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American films.