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'The Invitation' (2015) -

Karyn Kusama's 2015 supernatural horror tells of a dinner party among friends where tensions sizzle and old wounds are reopened. 

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'Locke' (2013) -

Tom Hardy's titular character is in fact the only character we see, as the entire film is shot from his car. The film's other characters only feature with their voices.

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'The Platform' (2019) -

This Spanish Netflix original about a vertically shaped prison with different layers is an interesting essay on the nature of capitalism and human kindness.

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'Panic Room' (2002) -

David Fincher's taut thriller centers entirely on the panic room in a New York apartment.

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'The Hateful Eight' (2015) -

Tarantino's western about a bounty hunter and his prisoner is almost entirely set in a cabin in Wyoming. 

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'Rear Window' (1954) -

Hitchcock's classic film on voyeurism sees  James Stewart house-ridden because of a broken leg, distracting himself with spying on his neighbors and all but ignoring an absolutely radiant Grace Kelly, who plays his love interest.

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'The Breakfast Club' (1985) - John Hughes's classic teen comedy is set completely on the grounds of the fictitious Shermer High School.

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'Reservoir Dogs' (1992) - Tarantino's directorial debut is an adrenaline-fueled roller coaster of a film. The crime thriller is almost entirely set in an abandoned warehouse.

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'Phone Booth' (2002) - Colin Farrell receives phone calls from sniper in a film that takes place entirely in a phone booth.

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'Alien' (1979) -

Sigourney Weaver and the team try to fight off an alien life-form that has invaded their spaceship, the Nostromo. 

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'My Little Eye' (2002) -

This slow-burning but ultimately terrifying horror film has been dubbed "Big Brother meets The Blair Witch Project." Not for the faint of heart...

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'Buried' (2010) -

Ryan Reynolds finds himself literally buried alive with his phone and a limited amount of oxygen. 

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'Get Out' (2017) -

Jordan Peele's racially charged horror film is set almost entirely at a family estate. It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2018.

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'12 Angry Men' (1994) -

The entire film is set in a jury deliberation room right after the closing arguments in a trial of a man accused of murdering his father.

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'The Diary of Anne Frank' (1959) -

Based on Anne Frank's diary, the movie is set entirely in their hide-out in Amsterdam.

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'Clerks' (1994) - Kevin Smith's first and arguably best film tells the story of two resentful shop workers and the clients they despise, hilariously capturing the essence of a listless generation.

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'Elevator to the Scaffold' (1957) -

Louis Malle's proto-French New Wave crime drama might not be set in one place, but one of its characters is trapped inside an elevator for the entirety of the film.

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'Home Alone' (1990) - Another John Hughes classic set in one location. This time it's the home of little Kevin MacAllister who has to keep a couple of burglars at bay.

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'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1992) -

Another play adaptation, this time by David Mamet, directed by James Foley. Jack Lemmon won the Best Actor Oscar for the film set in a real estate agency.

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'Gosford Park' (1998) -

Robert Altman's satire on class is set in a British country house between the wars.

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'Key Largo' (1948) -

This ensemble crime drama sees a number of characters finding themselves holed-up in a hotel on the Florida Keys as a hurricane approaches.

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'John Carpenter's The Thing' (1982) -

A group of researchers in Antarctica encounter a deadly extraterrestrial life-form that can imitate other life-forms.

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'Dial M for Murder' (1954) -

Another Alfred Hitchcock/Grace Kelly collaboration shot in a single location. This time it's the apartment of a retired tennis-player plotting to murder his two-timing socialite wife.

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'Lifeboat' (1943) -

This Hitchcock curio is set entirely on a lifeboat on the Atlantic in the middle of WWII.

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'Separate Tables' (1958) -

Set at the Beauregard hotel on the English south coast in the fall, 'Separate Tables' tells of the rootless and drifting characters peopling the establishment during its off-season.

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'Wait Until Dark' (1967) -

Audrey Hepburn does some of her best work as a blind woman besieged by burglars in her house. 

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'The Shining' (1980) -

The Stephen King adaptation by the great Stanley Kubrick is set in the eerie Overlook Hotel and follows an alcoholic writer's descent into madness.

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'Diner' (1980) -

Steve Guttenburg is one of the stars in this classic coming-of-age drama. 

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