10 Gripping Movies That Were Shot In Just One Room

While we do appreciate movies with vast sets and rich locations, some movies have a premise so innovative, you can watch it without a break and with full attention.

This list features movies that happen in just one room. Some of them have many characters and some are carried by just one lead.

But the common factor is they are as nail-biting and crisp as any conventional thriller.

Check them out.

1. 12 Angry Men

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Probably the best movie in the genre, the 12 Angry Men is gripping from start to finish. It sheds light on the subtle ways people interact with each other and come to a conclusion.

 

2. The Man From Earth

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What would you do when your favorite professor reveals the biggest secret of his life? The movie is a perfect masterclass in how to unfurl a plot to make the audience squirm in their seats.

 

3. Cube

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A motley crew of learned professionals wake up in a room with bare clothes and nothing else. Although the movie doesn’t technically happen in one single room, the rooms they navigate through are all the same. The movie refreshed the concept of basing the entire story in a room.

 

4. 1408

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How many ways can you scare an audience when the set is based in a single room? Turns out, there are many ways, and this movie is a perfect example of a one room horror movie.

 

5. The Mist

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This movie is an adaptation of the short story of the same name written by Stephen King. The movie takes place in a supermarket where a group of people are holed up while an unexplained thick mist engulfs the building. Watch the movie for the twisted end that surprised the book readers.

 

6. Rear Window

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If everything happening in a room isn’t enough, Alfred Hitchcock gave us this gem where we see everything happen from a perspective of a wheelchair-bound person with a camera. He spies on the neighbors in the other buildings, and that’s when something catches his attention and grips us like no other movie.

 

7. Saw

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Gory, horrific and darkly imaginative, this movie fascinated all of us with its premise that pushed this genre of one-room thrillers.

 

8. Buried

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The walls close in even closer in this movie where a military contractor is trapped in a coffin during one of his assignments in Iraq. Probably Ryan Reynold’s best performance to date, this movie is not recommended for claustrophobics.

 

9. Exam

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Another imaginative movie, Exam features a trippy plot where candidates are attempting an examination that has wicked rules. You can see the plot escalate as the candidates realize that the it is not a regular examination. Appropriate viewing for people who are grumpy after a bad exam.

 

10. Phone Booth

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Phone booth, as the name suggests takes place in a phone booth. Like Buried, a majority of the movie takes place with just the lead on screen. But it keeps you held to the movie nonetheless. Also, Colin Firth’s acting is perfect.

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