The best movies that take place in one location
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: 12 Angry Men (1957) · Rope (1948) · Dog Day Afternoon (1975). (Updated May 11, 2026.)
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.
Top 15
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1
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sidney Lumet.
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2
Rope (1948)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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3
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Sidney Lumet.
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4
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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5
Locke (2013)
Steven Knight.
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6
The Mist (2007)
Frank Darabont.
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7
The Invitation (2015)
Karyn Kusama.
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8
Mass (2021)
Fran Kranz.
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9
The Breakfast Club (1985)
John Hughes.
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10
Phone Booth (2002)
Joel Schumacher.
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11
Shiva Baby (2020)
Emma Seligman.
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12
Frozen (2010)
Adam Green.
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13
The Shallows (2016)
Jaume Collet-Serra.
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14
Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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15
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
John Carpenter.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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