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|''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' || 1954 || [[Alfred Hitchcock]] || Set in an apartment. || <ref name=top10/>
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|''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' || 2022 || [[Daniels (directors)|Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert]] || Set in the IRS building. || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Topel |first1=Fred |title=Movie review: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' fulfills its epic promise |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2022/03/22/Everything-Everywhere-At-Once-review/8251647970050/ |website=UPI |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=en |date=March 22, 2022}}</ref>
|''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' || 2022 || [[Daniels (directors)|Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert]] || Set in the IRS building. || <ref>{{cite web |last=Topel |first=Fred |title=Movie review: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' fulfills its epic promise |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2022/03/22/Everything-Everywhere-At-Once-review/8251647970050/ |website=UPI |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=en |date=March 22, 2022 |quote=Kwan and Scheinert turn IRS hallways into an epic multiverse. Most of the film takes place in that one location, transformed in many different ways by lighting, production design and shot composition.}}</ref>
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|[[Exam (2009 film)|''Exam'']] || 2009 || [[Stuart Hazeldine]] || Set in an exam hall. || <ref>{{cite journal|title=Exam Review|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/exam-1|date=21 December 2009|journal=[[Total Film]]|access-date=25 August 2013}}</ref>
|[[Exam (2009 film)|''Exam'']] || 2009 || [[Stuart Hazeldine]] || Set in an exam hall. || <ref>{{cite journal|title=Exam Review|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/exam-1|date=21 December 2009|journal=[[Total Film]]|access-date=25 August 2013}}</ref>

Revision as of 07:53, 25 June 2023

This page lists films set fully, or almost entirely, in only one location. Such films are sometimes called "chamber pieces".[1][2][3] In June 2023, film critic Chris Stuckmann speculated that the limitations that chamber pieces bring not only make writers self-conscious but also drive their creativity.[4]

List of films

Film Year Director Notes Ref(s)
10 Cloverfield Lane 2016 Dan Trachtenberg Set in a bunker. [5]
12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet Set almost entirely in a jury room. [6]
12 Angry Men 1997 William Friedkin Remake of 1957 film. [7]
The Antares Paradox 2022 Luis Tinoco Set in a single room [8]
All Is Lost 2013 J. C. Chandor Set in the middle of the Indian Ocean, first in a damaged yacht and then in a life raft. [9]
Almanac of Fall 1984 Béla Tarr Set in a claustrophobic apartment. [10]
ATM 2012 David Brooks Located in and around an ATM booth. [11]
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Almost totally restricted to the protagonist's bedroom. [12]
Bodies Bodies Bodies 2022 Halina Reijn Set at a house party. [13]
Brake 2012 Gabe Torres Set inside a car trunk. [14]
The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes Set in highschool detention. [5]
Brink of Life 1958 Ingmar Bergman Set in a maternity ward. [15]
Bullet Train 2022 David Leitch Set in a fictionalized version of the Tokaido Shinkansen. [16]
The Bullet Train 1975 Junya Satō Set on a bullet train. [17]
Buried 2010 Rodrigo Cortés Set in a coffin. [18]
Carnage 2011 Roman Polanski Set in an apartment. [19]
Circle 2015 Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione Set in a darkened room. [20]
Clerks 1994 Kevin Smith Set in a convenience store. [21]
Clue 1985 Jonathan Lynn Set in a mansion. [21]
Coherence 2013 James Ward Byrkit Set at a dinner party. [20]
Cube 1997 Vincenzo Natali Set in a large unidentified cube. [22]
Cujo 1983 Lewis Teague Set in a car. [23]
Deterrence 1999 Rod Lurie Set in a diner. [24]
Devil 2010 John Erick Dowdle Set in an elevator. [20]
Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock Set in an apartment. [21]
Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Set in the IRS building. [25]
Exam 2009 Stuart Hazeldine Set in an exam hall. [26]
Fall 2022 Scott Mann Set on top of a TV tower. [27]
Feast 2005 John Gulager Set in a tavern. [28]
Free Fire 2016 Ben Wheatley Set in an abandoned factory. [29]
Friend of the World 2020 Brian Patrick Butler Set in a bunker. [30][31]
Glorious 2022 Rebekah McKendry Set in a public bathroom. [32]
Grave Encounters 2011 The Vicious Brothers Set in a psychiatric hospital. [33]
The Guilty 2018 Gustav Möller Set in a police emergency call center. [20]
The Guilty 2021 Antoine Fuqua Remake of the 2018 film. [20]
The Hateful Eight 2015 Quentin Tarantino Set in a ranch way station. [34]
The Immaculate Room 2022 Mukunda Michael Dewil Set in a large white room. [35]
Inside 2023 Vasilis Katsoupis Set in a billionaire's penthouse. [36]
The Invitation 2015 Karyn Kusama Set at a dinner party. [37]
It's a Disaster 2012 Todd Berger Set in a suburban home. [5]
Lifeboat 1944 Alfred Hitchcock Set on a lifeboat. [38]
Locke 2013 Steven Knight Set in a car. [39]
Lord of the Flies 1963 Peter Brook Set on a desert island. [5]
Lord of the Flies 1990 Harry Hook Set on a desert island. [5]
The Man from Earth 2007 Richard Schenkman Set in a farewell party. [20]
Miss Julie 2014 Liv Ullmann Set in a manor house. [40]
My Dinner with Andre 1981 Louis Malle Set in Café des Artistes. [41]
Nine Dead 2009 Chris Shadley Set in a room. [20]
No Exit 2022 Damien Power Set in road-side rest stop during a snowstorm. [42]
No Through Road 2009 Steven Chamberlain Set on a no through road. [43]
The Outfit 2022 Graham Moore Set in a tailor shop. [44]
Panic Room 2002 David Fincher Set in a New York City brownstone. [5]
Penny Dreadful 2006 Richard Brandes Set almost entirely in a stranded car in the woods. [45]
Phone Booth 2002 Joel Schumacher Set in a phone booth. [46][47]
The Platform 2019 Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Set in a Vertical Self-Management Center. [20]
Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock Set in an apartment. [21]
Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino Set in a warehouse. [21]
Room 2015 Lenny Abrahamson Largely confined to a shed. [48]
Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock Set in an apartment. [49]
Shirin 2008 Abbas Kiarostami Set in a living room. [50]
Shiva Baby 2020 Emma Seligman Set almost entirely in a shiva home. [51]
The Silent House 1929 Walter Forde Set in a house. [52]
The Silent House 2010 Gustavo Hernández Set in a house. [53]
Silent House 2011 Chris Kentis and Laura Lau Remake of 2010 film. [54]
Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz Set in a manor house. [21]
Snowpiercer 2013 Bong Joon-ho Set in a train. [5]
Tape 2001 Richard Linklater Set in a hotel room. [55]
Wait Until Dark 1967 Terence Young Set in an apartment. [21]
The Whale 2022 Darren Aronofsky Set in an apartment. [56]
What Happened Was... 1994 Tom Noonan Set on a date. [57]

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