The best movies shot as a single long take
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: 1917 (2019) · Russian Ark (2002) · Victoria (2015). (Updated Oct 1, 2026.)
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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Top 10
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1
1917 (2019)
Sam Mendes follows two British soldiers across the lines, as if in one take.
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2
Russian Ark (2002)
Alexander Sokurov crosses the Hermitage and three centuries of history in a 96-minute shot.
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Victoria (2015)
A Berlin night that turns into a robbery, filmed in one take of over two hours.
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4
Rope (1948)
Hitchcock strings long, hidden-cut takes together in a single apartment.
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5
Birdman (2014)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Emmanuel Lubezki make a Broadway backstage look like one continuous shot.
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6
Timecode (2000)
Mike Figgis shoots four simultaneous long takes, shown in split screen.
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7
Utøya: July 22 (2018)
The July 2011 massacre in Norway, lived in real time and in one shot.
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8
Silent House (2011)
Elizabeth Olsen trapped in a haunted house, in a single apparent take.
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9
Irreversible (2002)
Gaspar Noé tells the story backwards in a dozen long takes.
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10
Hardcore Henry (2015)
An action film shot entirely in first person, like one long run without a break.
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