# The best movies shot as a single long take

No cuts (or almost none): feature films built as one continuous shot, real or disguised, from Hitchcock's Rope to 1917, according to CinéSérie, Vol au-dessus du 7e art and Born To Watch.

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- Oct 1, 2026 · Chloé
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## Top 10

1. **1917 (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sam Mendes follows two British soldiers across the lines, as if in one take.
2. **Russian Ark (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alexander Sokurov crosses the Hermitage and three centuries of history in a 96-minute shot.
3. **Victoria (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Berlin night that turns into a robbery, filmed in one take of over two hours.
4. **Rope (1948)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hitchcock strings long, hidden-cut takes together in a single apartment.
5. **Birdman (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Emmanuel Lubezki make a Broadway backstage look like one continuous shot.
6. **Timecode (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mike Figgis shoots four simultaneous long takes, shown in split screen.
7. **Utøya: July 22 (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The July 2011 massacre in Norway, lived in real time and in one shot.
8. **Silent House (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Elizabeth Olsen trapped in a haunted house, in a single apparent take.
9. **Irreversible (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gaspar Noé tells the story backwards in a dozen long takes.
10. **Hardcore Henry (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An action film shot entirely in first person, like one long run without a break.

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