List of films set in a single location
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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) |
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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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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.
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