Films that are set in the same place/room throughout

radiospan · 02-12-2008 06:11PM #1

Might seem like an odd request, but I'm looking for some recommendations of films which are almost entirely set in the same place or room. I've liked the ones I've seen :pac:

Some examples:
12 Angry Men
Cube
Phone Booth
Jim Henson's The Cube

Nevyn · 02-12-2008 06:23PM

Death and the maiden.

MagicMarker · 02-12-2008 06:25PM

The Man from Earth

mikemac · 02-12-2008 06:26PM

Not 100% sure but Glengarry Glenross

Gauge · 02-12-2008 06:27PM

The majority of Hard Candy takes place inside one apartment.

MikeHoncho · 02-12-2008 06:33PM

Off the top of my head.
The Hole
Haunted Mansion
Psycho
The Breakfast Club
Pans Labrynth
The Orphanage

Lots of horrors id say.

Pigman II · 02-12-2008 07:15PM

I recommend all of the following:

'Tape'. The entire movie is literally set in one motel room.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275719/

'Cube' is another one. Takes place in a maze/prison made up of rooms that are all exactly the same in construction. ie it's pretty much shot in the one single location for all intents and purposes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/

Finally 'Treed Murray'. Doesn't take place in a room but the entire movie does take place in (and under) a tree.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293664/

kings mistake · 02-12-2008 07:20PM

Dog Day Afternoon

02-12-2008 07:21PM

Rear Window

02-12-2008 07:21PM

A good percentage of Resevoir dogs was shot in the one room I think

MisterAnarchy · 02-12-2008 07:22PM

Sleuth is set in one house.

Carturo · 02-12-2008 07:30PM

Deathtrap, Misery, The 'Burbs (to some extent).

Shacklebolt · 02-12-2008 07:46PM

Most of Das Boot is set entirely within the U-Boat.

ronnie3585 · 02-12-2008 07:57PM

Downfall.

monkeyfudge · 02-12-2008 08:48PM

The Star Wars films are set entirely within a galaxy far, far away.

Narcissus · 02-12-2008 08:55PM

try this:
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/single-set-production/

Latchy · 02-12-2008 08:57PM

micmclo wrote: »

Not 100% sure but Glengarry Glenross

At least 90% of that film is set in the same office /room throughout .

02-12-2008 09:00PM

It's amazing how a made-for-tv (I think) low-budget movie like Man From Earth is up there with the likes of Rear Window, 12 Angry Men etc.

It's a fantastic movie though.

Pugsley · 02-12-2008 10:33PM

For films the best example off hand would be Downfall, most of it takes place in the same Bunker

Best I've seen of this has to be the Babylon5 Season 4 Episode 18, 'Intersections in Real Time', the whole episode involves 2 people, in a plain, dark, square room.

dooloo · 02-12-2008 10:35PM

Rope

Hitchcock film with Jimmy Stewart.

Whole film set in an apartment

BeautifulLoser · 02-12-2008 10:51PM

Dogville? Well, technically it's set in a whole town but if you've seen it you'll catch my drift..

bnt · 03-12-2008 12:07AM

micmclo wrote: »

Not 100% sure but Glengarry Glenross

I was thinking of Glengarry Glen Ross too, but I can't quite remember if that's true of the film version. I know the stage play has two acts, set in a restaurant, then in the office. Other films based on plays could be good examples e.g. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Death and the Maiden, The Odd Couple - though I think these have some external scenes because, well, it's film.

You could argue that The Matrix takes place within a space even smaller than one room... one head. :pac:

rednik · 03-12-2008 12:10AM

Streamers an excellent film from the eighties directed by Robert Altman.

daisykc · 03-12-2008 12:23AM

4 months 3 weeks and 2 days
(hotel room)

PeakOutput · 03-12-2008 12:25AM

probably not what your looking for but lions for lambs has very few settings

each set of characters is pretty much in the same place for the entire film iirc

Average-Ro · 03-12-2008 12:55AM

Saw

Panic Room (All but 5-10 minutes are set in the same house)

Rabies · 03-12-2008 01:35AM

The Truman Show. Its just one big ass tv set.

Tomohawk · 03-12-2008 01:48AM

Groundhog Day

Hell in the Pacific - set on a remote island.

Cast Away - set on different remote island.

Blind Flight - the story of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's hostage experiences in Beirut back in the 1980.

The Wizard of Oz - set on a Kansas farm and in Dorothys head really!

longshanks · 03-12-2008 01:51AM

albino alligator is mostly set in a bar
open water is set in, eh, open water

Miguel_Sanchez · 03-12-2008 11:24AM

Average-Ro wrote: »

Saw

Except for all the flashbacks that take place all over the shop.

D-FENS · 03-12-2008 12:45PM

MikeHoncho wrote: »

Psycho

Apart from the first 15-20 mins where Janet Leigh's travelling across an entire state!

Another Hitchcock - Lifeboat, was set entirely in , yes you've guessed it, the lifeboat

Most of Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder was set in the one apartment, apart from when

Grace Kelly is in "court" near the end, which was probably a toilet or something because we never actually see anything except her and the Judge's voice

Films that are set in the same place/room throughout

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