The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson, from a story by Anderson and Hugo Guinness, inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig, to whom Anderson wrote the film as a tribute. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, and introducing Tony Revolori.

Set in the fictional war-torn European country Zubrowka in the 1930s, The Grand Budapest Hotel tells the story and friendship of two people: a concierge and the lobby boy as they team up for several misadventures while trying to prove Gustave's innocence after he was framed for murder.

The film is an American-German co-production[2] that was financed by German financial companies and film-funding organizations and filmed in Germany.[5][6][7] The Grand Budapest Hotel released to widespread critical acclaim and was financially successful, grossing about $175 million worldwide on a $25 million budget, and was included in several critics' year-end top-10 lists.

The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and garnered three more Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Director for Anderson.[12] It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Anderson, and won four Oscars for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design and Best Original Score.[13] In a 2016 BBC poll, several critics voted the film the 21st greatest film of the 21st century.