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Full-length media whose entire plot takes place during one day.

Television shows

  • 24 (2001-2014), each season of which is set over 24 hours
  • No Through Road (2009-2012)

1910s

Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1903 The Great Train Robbery 1918 From Nine to Nine by Leo Perutz

1920s

Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1925 Seven Chances 1922 Ulysses by James Joyce [1][2][3][4]
1929 Blackmail 1925 Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf [1][2][3][4]
1928 Last Post by Ford Madox Ford

1930s

Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1930 Juno and the Paycock 1933 Alastalon salissa by Volter Kilpi
1935 Scrooge 1932 Time, Forward! by Valentin Katayev
Ah, Wilderness! 1935 The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
1936 Our Relations Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand [4]
1938 A Christmas Carol 1939 Party Going by Henry Green [4]

1940s

Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace 1941 Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf [4]
1946 While the Door Was Locked 1942 Embers by Sándor Márai [1][3]
1947 Odd Man Out 1947 A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin [4]
One Wonderful Sunday Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry [1][4]
1948 Bicycle Thieves [5] 1948 Concluding by Henry Green [4]
Rope [6][5]
Sorry, Wrong Number
1949 On the Town
The Set-Up

1950s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1950 Rashomon [7][8] 1956 A Cry in the Night 1956 Seize the Day by Saul Bellow [1][2][3][4]
1951 Cause for Alarm! 1957 12 Angry Men [6][5] 1957 Bunny Lake Is Missing by Evelyn Piper
Detective Story Invasion of the Saucer Men Second Thoughts by Michel Butor [4]
Scrooge 1958 The Blob 1959 Billiards at Half-past Nine by Heinrich Böll [4]
1952 High Noon [6][5] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Poorhouse Fair by John Updike
1954 The High and the Mighty Gideon's Day
Suddenly Touch of Evil
1955 Bad Day at Black Rock
Picnic
Rebel Without a Cause [6]

1960s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1961 La Notte 1966 Fantastic Voyage 1961 April Morning by Howard Fast
Through a Glass Darkly The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming 1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn [1][2][3][4]
1962 All Night Long Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1964 A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood [6][4]
Cléo from 5 to 7 [5] 1967 Dutchman 1965 The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge [4]
Long Day's Journey into Night The Eye Creatures 1967 Prajapati by Samaresh Basu
1963 Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Fire Within The Incident I Am Mary Dunne by Brian Moore [4]
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1968 Night of the Living Dead [6]
The Thursday Stress Is Three
Winter Light The Swimmer
1964 Dr. Strangelove [6][5]
Fail-Safe
Zulu

1970s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1970 Airport 1975 Dog Day Afternoon [6] 1971 Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy
The Boys in the Band The Rocky Horror Picture Show [8] 1973 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1976 Assault on Precinct 13 [6] 1977 Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge [4]
Scrooge Car Wash
1971 Duel Murder by Death
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? The Song Remains the Same
1973 American Graffiti [8][6][7] Two-Minute Warning
The Iceman Cometh Wet Wilderness
Long Day's Journey into Night 1977 Grand Theft Auto
1974 Airport 1975 Short Eyes
Earthquake A Special Day
The Front Page 1978 I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1979 1941
The Towering Inferno The Warriors

1980s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1980 Airplane! [6] 1986 Clockwise 1980 The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chinghiz Aitmatov
The Hollywood Knights Critters 1984 1982, Janine by Alasdair Gray
1981 Escape from New York [6] Ek Ruka Hua Faisla 1986 Gerald's Party by Robert Coover
The Evil Dead Ferris Bueller's Day Off [9][6] 1987 Jokers Wild by Wild Cards Trust
The Funhouse 'night, Mother The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind
Halloween II 1987 Adventures in Babysitting [6] 1988 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler [4]
Home Sweet Home Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker [1]
Kings and Desperate Men Three O'Clock High
My Dinner with Andre [9][5] 1988 Die Hard [6][9][5]
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel 1989 Do the Right Thing [5][8][6]
First Blood Intruder
The Slumber Party Massacre Las Vegas Bloodbath
1983 Losin' It Psycho Cop
1984 A Christmas Carol
Sixteen Candles
1985 After Hours [5]
The Breakfast Club [6][9]
Clue
The Goonies [6]
The Return of the Living Dead

1990s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
1990 Die Hard 2 1996 Albino Alligator 1990 Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker
House Party All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 Joy by Marsha Hunt
Night of the Living Dead Broken Arrow 1994 Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
The Prince and the Pauper Broken Arrow 1996 Popcorn by Ben Elton
Quick Change The Daytrippers 1997 253 by Geoff Ryman
Slacker Executive Decision Hogfather by Terry Pratchett [3]
1991 Night on Earth Faithful 1998 The Cambridge Quintet by John L. Casti
Out for Justice From Dusk Till Dawn [6] Eleven Hours by Paullina Simons
Run Jingle All the Way Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross [5] One Fine Day Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi [2][3]
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid The Stupids 1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Reservoir Dogs [8] 1997 12 Angry Men
The Muppet Christmas Carol Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1993 Dazed and Confused [9][6] Cube
Falling Down [9][6] Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
The House of Yes
Judgment Night Mad City
Psycho Cop 2 Nothing to Lose
1994 Baby's Day Out Turbulence
Burnt by the Sun Two Girls and a Guy
Clerks [6] 1998 An All Dogs Christmas Carol
Death and the Maiden Buffalo '66 [5]
Mixed Nuts Halloweentown
The Pagemaster Can't Hardly Wait [8]
The Paper Last Night
Radioland Murders The Negotiator
Speed The Rugrats Movie
What Happened Was Run Lola Run
1995 Before Sunrise [6][9] Snake Eyes
Die Hard with a Vengeance 1999 200 Cigarettes
Empire Records A Christmas Carol
Four Rooms Crash Landing
Friday Deterrence
Kids I Know Why Johnny Doesn't Go to Absaraka
La Haine Magnolia [6]
Mallrats The Trench
Monster Mash
Nick of Time [8]
Sudden Death

2000s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
2000 Dude, Where's My Car? [8] 2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [7] 2000 Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Next Friday 88 Minutes By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
Nine Queens Celebration Day 2001 The 25th Hour by David Benioff
Phantom of the Megaplex Cinderella III: A Twist in Time The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll
Timecode Déficit Cosmétique de l'ennemi by Amélie Nothomb
2001 The Debut Honor Guard 2003 Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
Frailty Mercedes Ray The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute REC If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
Rat Race Superbad The Light of Day by Graham Swift [2]
Slashers Trick 'r Treat Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Training Day [6] 80 Minutes This Town Will Never Let Us Go by Lawrence Miles
Wet Hot American Summer 2008 24: Redemption Windows on the World by Frédéric Beigbeder
2002 25th Hour [5] Cloverfield [6] 2004 After Dark by Haruki Murakami [3]
Barbershop Connected Grado. Süße Nacht by Gustav Ernst
Changing Lanes Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2005 One Night @ the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat
Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon My Dear Enemy The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket
Friday After Next Quarantine Operation Hell Gate (2005) and the other novels in the 24 series
Heart of America Repo! The Genetic Opera 2006 The Act of Roger Murgatroyd by Gilbert Adair
Irréversible [8] The Strangers Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk [2]
Panic Room Vacancy 2: The First Cut Eleven by David Llewellyn
Phone Booth [9] Vantage Point 2007 The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Roger Dodger While She Was Out The Birthday Party by Panos Karnezis
2003 11:14 A Christmas Carol The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Cat in the Hat 2009 Aliens in the Attic Tomorrow by Graham Swift
Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor Cornered! 2008 Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Elephant Enter the Void [8] The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho
Pieces of April The Killing Room 2009 The Dinner by Herman Koch
PTU I Love You, Beth Cooper
2004 Before Sunset [9] Laid to Rest
Cellular The Last Hurrah
Collateral [9][5] Lebanon
Criminal Pandorum
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle [6] A Single Man
New York Minute Stan Helsing
The Polar Express The Taking of Pelham 123 [6]
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Women in Trouble
2005 Are We There Yet?
Assault on Precinct 13
Flightplan
Hard Candy
The Ice Harvest
Nine Lives
Red Eye
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Twitches
Waiting...
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2006 10 Items or Less
13 Beloved
16 Blocks
Ad-lib Night
Crank [5]
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem
Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
First Day High
Grilled
Offside
Penny Dreadful
Poseidon
Running Scared
Ultraviolet
United 93
When a Killer Calls
World Trade Center

2010s

Year Films Ref Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
2010 Au Revoir Taipei 2013 Atom Heart Mother 2011 The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Buried Before Midnight [9] 2016 Serious Sweet by A. L. Kennedy
Certified Copy [7] Chennaiyil Oru Naal Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
Cocktail Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea 2019 Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
Devil The Dinner
The Killing Jar Fruitvale Station [5]
My Soul to Take Gravity
Orr Eravuu Grown Ups 2
Room in Rome Locke
Shrek Forever After White House Down
The Silent House 2014 Before We Go
Unstoppable The Fatal Encounter
Valentine's Day Non-Stop
2011 Arthur Christmas Premature
Attack the Block 2015 Cop Car
Britain in a Day Grandma
The Cabin in the Woods [9] The Hateful Eight
Carnage 2016 Autopsy of Jane Doe
Jeff, Who Lives at Home Free Fire
Life in a Day Money Monster
Margin Call Nerve
New Year's Eve Perfect Strangers
Mars Needs Moms Three
Oslo, August 31st 2017 Happy Death Day
Quarantine 2: Terminal 2018 Bad Times at the El Royale
Sanctum Ben Is Back
Silent House The Commuter
The Sitter An Elephant Sitting Still
Source Code Intimate Strangers
Take Me Home Tonight 2019 1917
Traffic The Captain
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas The Vigil
2012 Changing the Game
Cosmopolis
Dredd [6]
Friday
Fun Size
Holy Motors
The Longest Daycare
Premium Rush
Project X [8]
Shutter

2020s

Year Films Ref Year Novels Ref
2020 The Boys in the Band
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2021 Malcolm & Marie
We All Die Alone
Willy's Wonderland
2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies
Bullet Train [9]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mahishasur Marddini - A Night to Remember
Shttl
The Outfit
2023 Failure!
Retribution

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Massara, Kathleen (27 September 2011). "10 Novels That Take Place in a Single Day". http://flavorwire.com/213838/10-novels-that-take-place-in-a-single-day. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named guardian
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Barnard, Loretta (7 December 2017). "All in a day's work: Five circadian novels you should know about - The Big Smoke". http://thebigsmoke.com.au/2017/12/07/all-in-days-work-circadian-novels-should-know-about/. 
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 Higdon, David Leon (1992). "A First Census of the Circadian or One-Day Novel". The Journal of Narrative Technique 22 (1 (Winter, 1992)): 57–64. 
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Marsh, Calum (2013-07-10). "What a Difference A Day Makes: 20 Films That Take Place in Under 24 Hours". MTV. https://www.mtv.com/news/f53e1c/movies-that-take-place-in-one-day. 
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 Looker, Matt (21 August 2013). "30 Greatest Movies That Take Place In One Day" (in en). https://www.gamesradar.com/30-greatest-movies-that-take-place-in-one-day/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "10 Best Movies That Take Place in One Day". The Cinemaholic. 2022-07-04. https://thecinemaholic.com/best-movies-take-place-one-day/. 
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Saadi, Ziyad (2 May 2014). "Here's the 10 Best Films That Take Place Over 24 Hours (And The 5 Worst)". http://www.indiewire.com/2014/05/heres-the-10-best-films-that-take-place-over-24-hours-and-the-5-worst-27127/. 
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 Armsden, Amy (2022-08-29). "10 Best Movies That Take Place In One Day, According To Reddit". ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/best-movies-take-place-in-one-day-reddit/. 



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