One Location Movies
A list of movies that plays out in One location for the majority of the film. I love these movies, even low budget movies like this could be very cool because you build up the characters so much.
I did not include movies like Panic Room and such because too many scenes are played out in different rooms. I try to keep the movies that has like 90% in one single room/location
I did not include movies like Panic Room and such because too many scenes are played out in different rooms. I try to keep the movies that has like 90% in one single room/location
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- DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.To me, One of the most fantastic introduction scenes.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsColin FarrellKiefer SutherlandForest WhitakerPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.Stuck in a phone booth. If he leaves a sniper will kill him. What to do :)
There's also a copycat movie called Cell phone, same premise. - DirectorJonathan LiebesmanStarsNick CannonClea DuVallTimothy HuttonFour individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.Great movie, a classic. Must see movie.
The 12 elected jury members needs to unite in a vertict against the accused. Can they..dum dum dum... - DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.Really cool build up. Spoiler alert* I didn't like the end.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.Is listed as a Comedy and I can understand why, this is the Brat Pack. But it's not a comedy, it's a drama and a superb caption of time, you can feel the lovely 80s. Love this movie!
They're stuck in a library at detention in school, that's the premise. fun fact. The set of the library is a gymnasium. - DirectorOliver StoneStarsEric BogosianEllen GreeneLeslie HopeA rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.I think Pontypool glanced at this movie perhaps.
I don't know but it feels like this movie is based a bit on Howard Stern.
He's stuck in his radio broadcast studio anyways... - DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.Don't you think Steven King was/is so popular because he really knows how to build up characters, give them much more depth than most.
Anyways. The guy is on his way home from a book signing or something and flip his car over in the snow. A lady help him out, nurse him back to health.. - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJodie FosterKate WinsletChristoph WaltzTwo pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.Plays out in some guys home the entire movie.
Not very fun or intresting or anything in particular...which is odd because it's Roman Polanski..gees, have you seen The Pianist, what a fantastic movie..along with a bunch of other more well known hits :) - DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsNicole de BoerMaurice Dean WintDavid HewlettA group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.This is a great movie!
But making sequals to this is a terrible idea and there are like 5 or them.
"I know, in the sequal, how about we do another kind of trap in one room"...how can they make this fresh? They can't. It's just income slightly above expenses for the sequals, only reason. - DirectorAdam GreenStarsShawn AshmoreEmma BellKevin ZegersThree skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.No, Not the animated movie.
They're stuck on...well, you can just see it on the cover. - DirectorNeil MarshallStarsShauna MacdonaldNatalie MendozaAlex ReidA caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.95% of the movie the lovely ladies are stuck in a cave. Great movie!
They're in this big cave in the whole movie so maybe a bit off track with the "one room" rule. - DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.Wow! How cool is this, starts off like an action movie. Fire fighters called to a residence house in the city...and then the movie makes another turn.
Make sure you want both the American version and the originals. Do watch the sequals and all that but they suck in comparison. - DirectorRodrigo CortésStarsRyan ReynoldsJosé Luis García-PérezRobert PatersonPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.Ryan Renolds has what it takes for a lead, for sure. As long as it's not a comedy, leave that to ppl with a sense of humor.
So he wakes up buried in a crate or coffin, 6 feet under.
Panic of course. Soon he finds a cell phone and gets a call. We now know that he has been put there by Iraque terrorists whom demands a ransom for his release. (they refuse to call him a terrorist, but we all know what he is) - DirectorJ.C. ChandorStarsRobert RedfordAfter a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.Sweet movie! I think Robert says One line in the entire movie. Lovely gem of a movie.
If you've seen Into the Wild you'll Love this one and if you like this one and have not seen Into the Wild, than that is an even better movie. - DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.Yup.
I've seen 100thousand movies, I see about 4 movies a day since I was 12 and bought my first own TV and this movie is up on my Top 20 movies for sure. - DirectorDavid BrooksStarsAlice EveJosh PeckBrian GeraghtyOn a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.All movies have illogical bits in them but most of them you can ignore because they don't ruin the plot or throw you out of the story but this movie has some major newbie writers misstakes that are hard to overlook.
Still, I would like to see an ATM2 :) Because you could do a cool variation of this movie if you sat down and plot out cause and effect. - DirectorPhilippe MartinezStarsVal KilmerArmand AssanteEric RobertsA deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.Val Kilmer..gees. He's never been good.
I like Island of Dr Moroe, Heat and Top Secret but no credit to him for those movies. Anyways..here's a 2 star movie for you. - DirectorStuart HazeldineStarsAdar BeckGemma ChanNathalie CoxEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.
- DirectorLuis PiedrahitaRodrigo SopeñaStarsAlejo SaurasElena BallesterosLluís Homar4 mathematicians are invited to solve an enigma. Once there, they're locked in a mechanically shrinking room and given 1 minute to solve each puzzle via cellphone while also figuring out why they're there.A bit like Clue..
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsJohn CusackSamuel L. JacksonMary McCormackA man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.This is a great movie. Scarry, strange and not your typical paranormal thriller.
Cusack plays this dude that makes his living printing lists and info on hotels/motels around the country that claim to be haunted and stuff and so he follows a tip to this hotels room 1408.
To build up the expectation Samuel L give us some scarry stories.
But after all the jibber jabber Cusack check in and has to spend 24 hours in this hotel room. Very frightning.
Samuel L is worthless but they only put him in the movie for the cover attraction, he only has a few lines (as in most movies) so no matter. - DirectorSteve BuscemiStarsSienna MillerSteve BuscemiMichael BuscemiAfter falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.Buscemi is a journalist, gets a gig he doesn't care for, to interview a soup opera diva.
This is not a thriller..it's a drama, unconventional such.
You kinda sit there and watch the thing..and waits for the movie to start and then it's over. - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley GrangerTwo men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.One of my favorite Hitchcock movies.
Two smurky aristocrats has read Niche too much so they think they're privliage enough to kill a class mate with lower intellect than theirs.
One room explicitly. Great movie. - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.The third Hichcock movie on this list..The man was a genious.
If I can just stray away for a sec..look at Psycho from 1960.
He could profile serial killers 15-20 years before the police even began to think about that.
Anyways, Rare Window is my personal favorite Hichcock movie.
A photographer.. I think..has a broken leg so he's confined to home for a while. He has his assistant help bring him food and stuff but other than that he is bored out of his mind just wheeling around the home in his chair so he begin to peep on his naibours across the backyard and vitness something...the plot thickens. - StarsShane SpalioneAdam EpelbaumAlexia DoxThe Vault is a reality television show set in the year 2016, where 150 contestants get more than they bargained for.Not a movie, a TV series.
But a good one, a bunch of students sing up for an experiment. they each wake up in their own private room with just one or two things. Can they cooperate and work together to solve the puzzle..kinda.
I also heard that the 4th season of DR WHO is suppose to play out in a single room but I've not seen that one. - DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsHitoshi MatsumotoDavid QuinteroLuis AccinelliA man wakes up in a white room empty other than buttons on the walls, he must find out which button to push to get what he wants.The room he is in is some kinda mental patient room..the whole movie is so strange and weird I didn't have energy to watch it without skipping large sections.
One room for sure, so watch it..perhaps you like it better than I did. - DirectorRoland JofféStarsElisha CuthbertDaniel GilliesPruitt Taylor VinceA man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.A winning concept, a beautiful young lady is stuck...lets watch.
- DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsLogan Marshall-GreenEmayatzy CorinealdiMichiel HuismanWhen a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.meh