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Movies that span a single day.

posted 17 years ago by la_cinematheque
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Let's make a list.

Rules
1) The main events of the movie fill up all or most of a single day and/or night.
2) Movies with prologues and epilogues that occur on a separate day are allowed.
3) Flashbacks and flashforwards are allowed, so long as the majority of the story takes place during one day/night.

The only ones I can think of are:
Mallrats
Clerks
Dazed and Confused
One Fine Day
Detroit Rock City
200 Cigarettes

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] poolshrk111 17 years ago

Falling Down

[–] JJaguars11 17 years ago

Not sure if anyone mentioned Do The Right Thing

[–] stormymac27 16 years ago

Judgment Night

[–] Mt_Heart_Attack 16 years ago

DOG DAY AFTERNOON.

i mean, c'mon, people.

[–] lidarose_granger 16 years ago

American Graffiti

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] kierna40 16 years ago

The Comebacks......oh wait, nevermind, that movie was just in theaters for a single day so I got confused.

[–] syntheea118-1 16 years ago

Wow this was a good thread.
Ok how about:

Go
Saw 1, 2, and 3
The Hills Have Eyes
Human Traffic

[–] Snooganz 16 years ago

The Goonies.

[–] Jul08259 16 years ago

cloverfield is close....shaun of the dead...night of the living dead.....the majority of eyes wide shut is one night..... i repeat, the Majority

Edit: Not Shaun of the Dead.

[–] canterbuycrap 16 years ago

Wilby Wonderful - which is brilliant.

[–] kierna40 16 years ago

Shaun of the Dead is spread over the span of two and a half days.

[–] gumbyz 16 years ago

Hollywood Knights

Phillipe: "It always pays to tell the truth, Lord. Thank you. I see that now."

[–] ThePirateKing 16 years ago

evil dead
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[–] nikkileforce1 16 years ago

Can't Hardly Wait is more than a day...