List of films set in a single location

This page lists films that are set fully, or almost entirely, in only one location. Such films are sometimes referred to as "bottle movies"^[1] or "chamber pieces".^[2][3][4] 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.^[5]

List of films

Film	Year	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
10 Cloverfield Lane	2016	Dan Trachtenberg	Set in a bunker.	[6]
12 Angry Men	1957	Sidney Lumet	Set almost entirely in a jury room.	[7]
12 Angry Men	1997	William Friedkin		[8]
127 Hours	2010	Danny Boyle	Set in a canyon.	[9]
1BR	2019	David Marmor	Set in an apartment complex.	[10]
The Antares Paradox	2022	Luis Tinoco	Set in a single room	[11]
All Is Lost	2013	J. C. Chandor	Set in the Indian Ocean, first in a damaged yacht and then in a life raft.	[12]
All Is Vanity	2021	Marcos Mereles	Set in photography studio.	[13]
Almanac of Fall	1984	Béla Tarr	Set in a claustrophobic apartment.	[14]
Assault on Precinct 13	1976	John Carpenter	Set in a decommissioned police precinct.	[15]
ATM	2012	David Brooks	Located in and around an ATM booth.	[16]
The Big Kahuna	1999	John Swanbeck	Set in a hotel hospitality suite.	[17]
Biosphere	2022	Mel Eslyn	Located in a shelter.	[18]
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant	1972	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Almost totally restricted to the protagonist's bedroom.	[19]
The Boat	2018	Winston Azzopardi	Set on a sailboat.	[20]
Bodies Bodies Bodies	2022	Halina Reijn	Set at a house party.	[21]
Boiling Point	2021	Philip Barantini	Set in a restaurant.	[22]
Brake	2012	Gabe Torres	Set inside a car trunk.	[23]
The Breakfast Club	1985	John Hughes	Set in high school detention.	[6]
Brink of Life	1958	Ingmar Bergman	Set in a maternity ward.	[24]
Bullet Train	2022	David Leitch	Set in a fictionalized version of the Tokaido Shinkansen.	[25]
The Bullet Train	1975	Junya Satō	Set on a bullet train.	[26]
Buried	2010	Rodrigo Cortés	Set in a coffin.	[27]
Carnage	2011	Roman Polanski	Set in an apartment.	[28]
Circle	2015	Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione	Set in a darkened room.	[29]
Clerks	1994	Kevin Smith	Set in a convenience store.	[30]
Clue	1985	Jonathan Lynn	Set in a mansion.	[30]
Coherence	2013	James Ward Byrkit	Set at a dinner party.	[29]
Copshop	2021	Joe Carnahan	Set in a police station.	[31]
Craving	2023	J. Horton	Set in a roadside bar.	[32]
Cube	1997	Vincenzo Natali	Set in a large unidentified cube.	[33]
Cujo	1983	Lewis Teague	Set in a car.	[34]
Daddio	2024	Christy Hall		[35]
Deathtrap	1982	Sidney Lumet	Set in a secluded home.	[36]
Deterrence	1999	Rod Lurie	Set in a diner.	[37]
Devil	2010	John Erick Dowdle	Set in an elevator.	[29]
Dial M for Murder	1954	Alfred Hitchcock	Set in an apartment.	[30]
Exam	2009	Stuart Hazeldine	Set in an exam hall.	[38]
Failure!	2023	Alex Kahuam	Set in a three-story family home.	[39]
Fall	2022	Scott Mann	Set on top of a TV tower.	[40]
Feast	2005	John Gulager	Set in a tavern.	[41]
Free Fire	2016	Ben Wheatley	Set in an abandoned factory.	[42]
Friend of the World	2020	Brian Patrick Butler	Set in a bunker.	[43][44]
Glorious	2022	Rebekah McKendry	Set in a public bathroom.	[45]
Grave Encounters	2011	The Vicious Brothers	Set in a psychiatric hospital.	[46]
Knock at the Cabin	2023	M. Night Shyamalan	Set in a cabin in the woods.	[47]
The Guilty	2018	Gustav Möller	Set in a police emergency call center.	[29]
The Guilty	2021	Antoine Fuqua	Remake of the 2018 film.	[29]
The Hateful Eight	2015	Quentin Tarantino	Set in a ranch waystation.	[48]
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea	2023	Tony Olmos	Set in an apartment complex.	[49][50]
Humane	2024	Caitlin Cronenberg	Set in a large home.	[51]
The Immaculate Room	2022	Mukunda Michael Dewil	Set in a large white room.	[52]
Inside	2023	Vasilis Katsoupis	Set in a billionaire's penthouse.	[53]
The Invitation	2015	Karyn Kusama	Set at a dinner party.	[54]
It's a Disaster	2012	Todd Berger	Set in a suburban home.	[6]
Last Shift	2014	Anthony DiBlasi	Set in a police station.	[55]
The Last Stop in Yuma County	2024	Francis Galluppi	Set in a diner.	[56]
Late Night with the Devil	2024	Colin & Cameron Cairnes	Set on a late-night talk show.	[57][58]
Lifeboat	1944	Alfred Hitchcock	Set on a lifeboat.	[59]
Locke	2013	Steven Knight	Set in a car.	[60]
Lord of the Flies	1963	Peter Brook	Set on a desert island.	[6]
Lord of the Flies	1990	Harry Hook		[6]
Malum	2023	Anthony DiBlasi	Set in a police station.	[55]
The Man from Earth	2007	Richard Schenkman	Set in a farewell party.	[29]
Mass	2021	Fran Krantz	Set in a single room.	[61]
Miss Julie	2014	Liv Ullmann	Set in a manor house.	[62]
My Dinner with Andre	1981	Louis Malle	Set in Café des Artistes.	[63]
Next Door	2021	Daniel Brühl	Set in a pub.	[64][65]
Nine Dead	2009	Chris Shadley	Set in a room.	[29]
No Exit	2022	Damien Power	Set in road-side rest stop during a snowstorm.	[66]
No Through Road	2009	Steven Chamberlain	Set on a no through road.	[67]
One Night in Miami...	2020	Regina King	Set almost entirely in a motel room	[68]
The Outfit	2022	Graham Moore	Set in a tailor shop.	[69]
Panic Room	2002	David Fincher	Set in a New York City brownstone.	[6]
Penny Dreadful	2006	Richard Brandes	Set almost entirely in a stranded car in the woods.	[70]
Perfect Strangers	2016	Paolo Genovese	Set around the dinner table.	[71][72][73][74]
Phone Booth	2002	Joel Schumacher	Set mostly in a phone booth.	[75][76]
The Platform	2019	Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia	Set in a Vertical Self-Management Center.	[29]
Rear Window	1954	Alfred Hitchcock	Set in an apartment.	[30]
The Rental	2020	Dave Franco	Set mostly in a Pacific Northwest house.	[77]
Reservoir Dogs	1992	Quentin Tarantino	Set mostly in a warehouse.	[30]
Room	2015	Lenny Abrahamson	Largely confined to a shed.	[78]
Rope	1948	Alfred Hitchcock	Set in an apartment.	[79]
Sanctuary	2022	Zachary Wigon	Set in a hotel room.	[80]
Share?	2023	Ira Rosensweig	Set in a single room.	[81][82][83]
Shirin	2008	Abbas Kiarostami	Set inside a theater.	[84]
Shiva Baby	2020	Emma Seligman	Set almost entirely in a shiva home.	[85]
Shut In	2022	D.J. Caruso	Set in a single house; mostly in the kitchen pantry.	[86]
The Silent House	1929	Walter Forde	Set in a house.	[87]
The Silent House	2010	Gustavo Hernández	Set in a house.	[88]
Silent House	2011	Chris Kentis and Laura Lau		[89]
Sleuth	1972	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Set in a manor house.	[30]
Snowpiercer	2013	Bong Joon-ho	Set in a train.	[6]
Something	2018	Stephen Portland	Set in a house.	[90]
The Sunset Limited	2011	Tommy Lee Jones	Set in an apartment.	[91]
Tape	2001	Richard Linklater	Set in a hotel room.	[92]
Venus in Fur	2013	Roman Polanski	Set in a theater.	[93]
Wait Until Dark	1967	Terence Young	Set in an apartment.	[30]
The Whale	2022	Darren Aronofsky	Set in an apartment.	[94]
What Happened Was	1994	Tom Noonan	Set on a date.	[95]

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