What's the greatest "single location" film?

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Locke

Not the greatest by far, but it fits.
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Anders wrote:Locke

Not the greatest by far, but it fits.
and if it fits, you sits
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Gosford Park
This movie sucks so hard
Too much acting?
Too much everything except interesting. That movie has zero interesting.
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Anders wrote:Locke

Not the greatest by far, but it fits.
It gets a lot better after you watch Keye.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Wtf epilogue, what is your problem with Gosford Park?
I should probably revisit the movie. But I saw it in theaters when it was first released and I hated every minute of it. Over long, tedious, cold, uninteresting, noisy, busy, bland, obvious, pretentious, indulgent, flat.

Nothing about that movie worked for me.
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I found the coldness interesting.
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epilogue wrote:
Anders wrote:Locke

Not the greatest by far, but it fits.
It gets a lot better after you watch Keye.
Hehe, well it's acually a pretty decent movie. Just no 12 Angry Men. But few movies are that great.
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127 hours

The Lighthouse
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tree_ wrote:127 hours

The Lighthouse
Love 127 Hours, never "got" The Lighthouse.

I like that Buried flick with Ryan Reynolds.
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12 Angry Men is probably the answer. Otherwise it’s Evil Dead 2. The airport scene and the ending arent disqualifying.
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McParadigm wrote:12 Angry Men is probably the answer. Otherwise it’s Evil Dead 2. The airport scene and the ending arent disqualifying.
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no idea what "the greatest" are but these are some I like:

10 Cloverfield Lane
The Invitation
Creep
The Lighthouse
Bug
Resolution (2012)
Frozen (2010)
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bart wrote:
McParadigm wrote:12 Angry Men is probably the answer. Otherwise it’s Evil Dead 2. The airport scene and the ending arent disqualifying.
Yes they are!
Sir I checked with a team of scientists what homework did YOU do
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Ms Harmless wrote:no idea what "the greatest" are but these are some I like:
Bug
Bug is a great choice, especially interesting because it is the ideal of a single, claustrophobic location fixed in space; but, more interestingly, a space that changes drastically over the course of the movie.
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It's not the greatest, but The Outfit starring Mark Rylance is a pretty good single location film.
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Farmer John wrote:It's not the greatest, but The Outfit starring Mark Rylance is a pretty good single location film.
is that the one where he has actual sex on camera?
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tree_ wrote:
Farmer John wrote:It's not the greatest, but The Outfit starring Mark Rylance is a pretty good single location film.
is that the one where he has actual sex on camera?
Unfortunately, no.
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Tape is another strong, underrated single location film. Like Bug, Tape is also based on a play.
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