# The best movies that take place in one location

A jury room, an apartment, a phone booth, a car on the motorway: 12 Angry Men, Rear Window, Rope, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club and Locke among the best single-location films picked by SlashFilm.

- 16 votes · 15 items
- May 11, 2026 · setlist_nashville
- https://even.best/en/l/4820/the-best-movies-that-take-place-in-one-location

## Top 15

1. **12 Angry Men (1957)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Sidney Lumet.
2. **Rope (1948)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Alfred Hitchcock.
3. **Dog Day Afternoon (1975)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sidney Lumet.
4. **The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
5. **Locke (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Steven Knight.
6. **The Mist (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Frank Darabont.
7. **The Invitation (2015)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Karyn Kusama.
8. **Mass (2021)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Fran Kranz.
9. **The Breakfast Club (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Hughes.
10. **Phone Booth (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Joel Schumacher.
11. **Shiva Baby (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Emma Seligman.
12. **Frozen (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Adam Green.
13. **The Shallows (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jaume Collet-Serra.
14. **Rear Window (1954)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Alfred Hitchcock.
15. **Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — John Carpenter.

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