Movies in only one room

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#1 TryIt
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Movies that take place in only one room (for the majority of the story) that really surprised you.

I saw one last night, I really like that approach to story telling.

'Conspiracy' was the movie...I thought really good

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The Man From Earth

Primer

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I think that's called porn.

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@MonsieurX said:

The Man From Earth

Primer

The Man From Earth is a good example. Primer is not. Primer takes place in several locations.

I'd add "Buried" with Ryan Reynolds.

In general, movies based on stage plays tend to take place in a finite number of settings, for obvious reasons.

Clerks is a good example. Even the second one, technically.

12 Angry Men.

It depends on what you mean by "single location". Is it one overall location or literally one room/set?

Murder on the Orient Express.

[REC] takes place in a single building.

Rear Window is another classic example.

Reservoir Dogs is a great contemporary example, although there are snippets and flashbacks that take place in other locations.

Locke with Tom Hardy is a great one. The whole movie takes place in his car while he's driving and the story unfolds over the course of the phone conversations he has.

Phone Booth with Collin Feral is probably an example, but I have yet to see it.

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@Byshop: Yeah... I had the wrong movie in mind, wanted to list Coherence

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@Byshop said:
@MonsieurX said:

The Man From Earth

Primer

Clerks is a good example. Even the second one, technically.

Clerks took place in a few different locations, not just the Quick Stop. There was the neighboring RST Video store. There was a shot on the roof of the Quick Stop, as well as outside, and also a shot in the car to and from a funeral as well as the funeral parlor itself.

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@MonsieurX said:

@Byshop: Yeah... I had the wrong movie in mind, wanted to list Coherence

Ah, yeah. Coherence was really cool. Nice to see Xander from Buffy acting again.

@JustPlainLucas said:
@Byshop said:

Clerks is a good example. Even the second one, technically.

Clerks took place in a few different locations, not just the Quick Stop. There was the neighboring RST Video store. There was a shot on the roof of the Quick Stop, as well as outside, and also a shot in the car to and from a funeral as well as the funeral parlor itself.

It goes back to how you define "single location". The almost the whole movie took place at the QuickStop, if not in it. If you mean "single room" then yeah, not a great example. If you mean one place, like a specific house or something, then it works. I had forgotten about the scenes around the funeral, I just remembered that most of what happened there was anecdotal.

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I love these kind of movies they're call trapped movies here's some of my favorites.

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The Breakfast Club

The Hateful Eight

Not sure if either of those count but I enjoyed both.

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@warmblur: Exam was cool. I love cerebral, "solve the puzzle" type movies.

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Cube, Nine Dead... Something close. But not exactly one room.

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I like dialogue heavy, limited set movies. These three come to mind when I think of this movie style

-Conspiracy - was really good, maybe one of my favorites of this type.

-Rope - brilliant movie

-Rear Window

-Glengarry Glen Ross

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#14 Byshop  Moderator
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@tryit said:

I like dialogue heavy, limited set movies. These three come to mind when I think of this movie style

-Conspiracy - was really good, maybe one of my favorites of this type.

-Rope - brilliant movie

-Rear Window

-Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross is an amazing classic on so many levels, and it also illustrates why I'll never work in sales.

It stretches the definition a bit, like a few of my examples, because there's the restaurant, the parked car, etc.

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@Byshop said:
@tryit said:

I like dialogue heavy, limited set movies. These three come to mind when I think of this movie style

-Conspiracy - was really good, maybe one of my favorites of this type.

-Rope - brilliant movie

-Rear Window

-Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross is an amazing classic on so many levels, and it also illustrates why I'll never work in sales.

It stretches the definition a bit, like a few of my examples, because there's the restaurant, the parked car, etc.

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that is true on the multiple scenes, fair enough point.

It struck me on this topic because of the dialogue intensity of it. makes me think of it as a single room story

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@tryit said:
@Byshop said:

Glengarry Glen Ross is an amazing classic on so many levels, and it also illustrates why I'll never work in sales.

It stretches the definition a bit, like a few of my examples, because there's the restaurant, the parked car, etc.

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that is true on the multiple scenes, fair enough point.

It struck me on this topic because of the dialogue intensity of it. makes me think of it as a single room story

That was one of the first films that sprung to mind for me as well. Films based on stage plays are obvious choices.

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@Byshop said:
@tryit said:
@Byshop said:

Glengarry Glen Ross is an amazing classic on so many levels, and it also illustrates why I'll never work in sales.

It stretches the definition a bit, like a few of my examples, because there's the restaurant, the parked car, etc.

-Byshop

that is true on the multiple scenes, fair enough point.

It struck me on this topic because of the dialogue intensity of it. makes me think of it as a single room story

That was one of the first films that sprung to mind for me as well. Films based on stage plays are obvious choices.

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there is one that I havnet been able to find given I dont know the name.

I think it stared Dustin Hoffman (in his 30s) and it took place in a pawn shop. but havent found it

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@tryit: American Buffalo?

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#19  Edited By TryIt
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@Byshop said:

@tryit: American Buffalo?

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holy crap that is exactly it.

thanks

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@tryit: lol, I literally just Googled "dustin hoffman pawn shop".

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#21 TryIt
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@tryit: lol, I literally just Googled "dustin hoffman pawn shop".

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well those are some amazing skills, but yeah that is the movie. put it on my to-do list