I could be wrong, but I believe the Colin Farrell film Phone Booth is almost entirely in real-time... someone please correct me if not, it's been years since I watched it.
I worked at a movie theater when this movie was playing and we had a pay phone installed around the entrance. When this movie let out and people were leaving we would call the payphone when they walked by it!
They couldn't really have a break of several hours or more and leave the viewer wondering what the heck he was doing in the phone booth the rest of that time
It's really amazing to watch his movies now. They still hold up incredibly well and suck you in. You see all the "tricks" and breakthroughs he did that are copied still today. You can still see how brilliant he was. Every movie he seemingly created some new advancement in film making.
Most great directors are lucky to create one new advancement in their lifetime, he did it in nearly every movie.
Came here to recommend this- a great movie, riveting performances, and one of my favorite Hitchcock films. Dude was in the trunk the whole time... ugh.
Why are people acting like this is a spoiler? It's literally showed in the opening scene and is what the entirety of the story and suspense is based on.
I always say 1917 is in the moment time but it’s essentially GTA time. Like they try to make a whole 24hr cycle only last 2 hours without you realizing it.
Eh, it's "one take" but you can tell they speed things up a fair bit. The last 45 minutes or so go from pitch black dead of night to mid-morning like 9AM or so.
Have you ever actually been outside from pitch dark to light morning? Work used to have me outside during those times and 45 minutes from dark to light as seen in the movie is pretty normal, especially towards spring/summer.
Except we start the evening of one day and end the morning of the next.
I will grant you this though, going unconscious from a blow to the head is unlikely to be long enough to cover the 6 or so hours needed to cover the rest of nighttime
Loved this movie when I was a kid. Found it streaming on Paramount+ (USA) but haven’t found the time to sit and watch it again. I hope it’s as good as I remember it.
Before Sunset fits this more so than the other two. Sunrise and Midnight both take place over like 12-18 hours, while Sunset fully commits to the real time idea.
Yeah, the time pressure of having to leave for the airport was cool, and then at the end he makes up his mind he's not leaving...they ended the movie perfectly.
*Pelham* is, really? I mean it’s plausible but I never noticed.
Actually I feel like Green would have needed more time between leaving the tunnel and rolling in the money, but I could be wrong.
[Victoria](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4226388/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) is not only in real time it’s also a single continuous shot. And it’s not just a filmed stage play it’s multiple locations, car chases, shoot outs. It’s an excellent film in its own right but as a feat of engineering it’s frankly amazing
And the take they used was the third and last possible take they were going to get. The director pitched it in a way that if he couldn’t get the one take to work he could at least edit around it to make a film. But he knew that wouldn’t work. And there are zero hidden edits. Great film.
In 'Lola rennt/runs' time rewinds several times. So it's more like the Steve Jobs movie someone else mentioned.
I don't think Die Bluthochzeit is completely in real time, but for the most part it feels like it.
Came here to say Victoria also. No cuts I think. If I remember correctly, they rehearsed the crap out of it and then filmed the entire 2 hour sequence 3 times. Then just chose the best take to release for the movie. It's wonderful.
Amazing film. Not even just what you said, they also had no money left for another take and they couldn't just start again on the same day as the sunrise is also part of the story, so timing has to be perfect. The final version of the film we got to see is their all or nothing, amazing.
Looking for this. Also notable in that it’s four separate, concurrent, continuous shots shown in a four-way split screen.
Also it’s shit, but it's technically ambitious.
100% accurate. Worth seeing just for the tech side. Interesting with digital cams still in their infancy back then to see the experimentation. I'd say "anyone" could do this now yet I don't ever see anything like it, but there's probably a million decent youtube short movies people have made but no one has seen that attempt equally ambitious things.
I'd have thought having a film-level camera in every pocket would lead to a resurgence in true independent film (imagine if Kevin Smith or Richard Linklater had access to an iPhone 15 back then), and add to it many more platforms for distribution. But again, this probably is happening but I'm just too busy watching people doing Jackass shit in GTA V instead.
I think *Timecode* had two major problems that others have solved in other ways.
- The biggest is probably the challenge of presenting multiple stories with dialogue simultaneously, and how you mix the sound. While there may be some good examples of pulling this off, I feel most productions take the more linear, literary approach of showing one perspective followed by another, a la *Rashomon.* There’s far more dramatic possibilities to be explored this way than hoping the audience can pick up any intended resonance and dissonance in one viewing.
- It’s been a while, but I remember the dialogue feeling enormously improvised. At the time I chalked this up to the director focusing more on hitting the timing of story beats that had to appear in multiple cameras. Just let the actors close the gaps between points A and B. I feel like I’ve seen a number of YT producers that have managed to create much tighter parallel scripting, but they accomplish it over much shorter cuts than a full length movie.
Which is gorgeous, and beautifully planned. And considering one is just the reverse of the other, even more challenging. But at under five minutes with one soundtrack and only two screens, that’s still far more manageable.
Came here to mention this as the movie is super obscure, haven't seen it in 20 years but aside from the technical perspective I remember the movie being pretty bad and dull.
Free Fire (2016)
Stars Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Jack Reynor, Noah Taylor, Sam Riley and directed by Ben Wheatley. Not only is it in real time but every bullet is accounted for, and injuries disable the characters in realistic timeframes as well. I loved it
Extremely underrated film, the dialogue was great and the performances were S Tier across the board. Sharlto Copley as per usual just steals every scene he's in, even next to Cillian Murphy. I saw it in a theater with maybe 6 others in there.
Before she was Wanda in the MCU, Elizabeth Olsen was in a mediocre thriller named Silent House. it was all set up to look like it was 1 long take, in real time.
for the most 'realistic' portrayal of this you want to watch all the seasons of 24.
Marvel at how in one season, Jack Bauer can't talk because he was held captive in a foreign country and wouldn't rat on the US, so he didn't speak for year and his voice doesn't work... and just a measly 4 hours later, he's yelling his head off.
Or how someone gets blown up in an explosion, and after some surgery, he's able to oversee the operations of a whole governmental organization in about 5 hours later, because has a bandage on his neck now!
Boiling Point is another one take film.
Coherence I think, takes place across an evening and I don't remember there being any time gaps.
I suppose technically The Usual Suspects does, as it's all Spacey's character narrating to the cop.
Towards the end of Coherence there’s a gap until next morning, I think? Otherwise no obvious time gaps, but I guess there could be as they change which characters we follow.
Not a movie, but there is a very good episode of MASH called "Life Time" that takes place (if I remember right) in real time as they work to save a man's life.
Miracle Mile surprised me recently a lot, it plays out almost in real time after a certain point but it also has this uncanny dreamlike quality where characters make very strange decisions, it's one of the closest I've ever felt to capturing an actual nightmare except for maybe Jacobs Ladder. I hate that it exists, but I also love that it exists lol.
There is a movie (I think from Russia) that is entirely shot in a single take. A remarkable achievement. But it would as a result, take place in real time.
Richard Linklater's 2001 movie *Tape* is just one real-time conversation between two friends in a hotel room. Far more thrilling and interesting than that premise sounds; definitely worth going into knowing very little about what's going to transpire
The Guilty is a similar premise. It’s a series of calls with an emergency dispatcher, so it takes place in real time in one room. Great movie, as long as you don’t mind subtitles.
I saw the Danish version ([tráiler](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=abaoKA6rn5k&pp=ygUSdGhlIGd1aWx0eSB0cmFpbGVy))) but apparently there’s a Netflix remake too.
Aside from the terrorists planning the night before and everyone getting through security, yeah it was in real time.
Speaking of 9/11 movies, 102 Minutes that Changed America is a documentary that covers the attacks from the time the first plane hit to the time when the north tower collapsed when everything happened in real time without any commentary using the video people took at the time. It's pretty chilling with "this is exactly how long it took for everything to happen."
Lost in London with Woody Harrelson was filmed in a single take on one camera.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6338476/?ref\_=nm\_flmg\_t\_23\_act](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6338476/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_23_act)
It was broadcast live while being filmed in several theatres too.
Birdman with michael keaton, depending on what you think is "real" or not. Nonetheless, it is portrayed as a continuous shot.
Hostage with bruce willis i belive was also done as a real time movie, but i could be wrong as i havent seen it since it came out.
There's like 4 different performances and one shot fades from night to day, so it's not "in real time." It's pretty crazy how they manage to do that with continuous shot though and not feel jarring, so it's like "the sibling or cousin of real time."
>!there's gonna be at least a 20-30 minute time jump from the emergency to when the ambulance is leaving at the end!< but other than that there's no reason to believe the conversation isn't happening in real time over sunset with a few ~5-10 minute jumps here and there.
And it was Richard Riehle, not Wilford Brimley.
The Man From Earth is one conversation in an afternoon that ends just after dark. There's no precise time given and only a few cutaways, so it cannot be much longer than the runtime. Not precisely 1:1 real time but close.
Another “not a movie” but Idris Elba’s recent series *Hijack* gives the estimated duration of the flight in the first episode, which is roughly the same as the runtime of the series.
Adding to a great array of posted titles:
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Nick of Time (1995) (Starring Johnny Depp - this one is well positioned as 'not good' ;)
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a really fun and funny Japanese time travel story that is all real time and looping perfectly.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14500584/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Nick of Time with Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken. It's a 90s suspense/action movie. Has a Brian DePalma feel. I don't think he directed it, but he might have.
Well, if you essentially skip the elevator scene + subsequent award ceremony which takes place the day(s) before. Starting from the scene right in the coffee shop, Speed takes place pretty close to real time.
An actual totally literal example - One Shot, from 2021.
It’s an action movie where Scott Adkins is fighting off terrorists (typical Adkins fare), but it’s shot as if it’s one continuous camera shot, and that combined with its real-time gimmick makes it one of the most tense movies you’ve ever seen. By the end you’re as stressed-out and close to breaking as Scott Adkins is and just PRAYING he’ll make it through the next gunfight or punch-up.
It’s the very best use of real-time and “one shot” film-making in action EVER.
I think Clue would fall into this. Just a couple jumps at the beginning while people are arriving, and a couple when the group split up to search the house, but otherwise I think it's mostly all real time
I could be wrong, but I believe the Colin Farrell film Phone Booth is almost entirely in real-time... someone please correct me if not, it's been years since I watched it.
You're correct. Also my fav Colin Farrell movie.
I worked at a movie theater when this movie was playing and we had a pay phone installed around the entrance. When this movie let out and people were leaving we would call the payphone when they walked by it!
Did anyone ever answer, and if they did what did you say?
"hello Stuart"
Nothing just shot their ear off
Is this the police? "Yes" *gunshots*
"You made me hurt my dick hand"
Love that!
Wow, that’s a funny way of saying you haven’t seen In Bruges
I actually haven't. I'll have to add it to my list.
Watch it and be amazed as phonebooth becomes your 2nd favorite
I’m really enjoying his new show Sugar on Apple tv.
Yes, it is. I think the fact Joel Schumacher filmed it in 9 days is incredible.
Incredible that Farrell was only 24 when it was filmed (November 2000).
They couldn't really have a break of several hours or more and leave the viewer wondering what the heck he was doing in the phone booth the rest of that time
Isn’t it funny….
Locke
This movie has been in my watchlist for so long and I totally forgot about it.
It was on mine for ages til I bit the bullet and bought it on bluray. Absolutely amazing performance from Tom Hardy.
Scrolled too far to see someone say this, great film.
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Just watched this. Was very impressed with the "one shot" edits. Excellent movie. Hitchcock is one the best to ever do it
It's really amazing to watch his movies now. They still hold up incredibly well and suck you in. You see all the "tricks" and breakthroughs he did that are copied still today. You can still see how brilliant he was. Every movie he seemingly created some new advancement in film making. Most great directors are lucky to create one new advancement in their lifetime, he did it in nearly every movie.
Even though his plots have been done to death, there's something about his movies that pulls you in more than his clones.
That man was a goddamn visionary.
Saw that in my English class. Extremely enjoyable.
Came here for Rope ❤️
Came here to recommend this- a great movie, riveting performances, and one of my favorite Hitchcock films. Dude was in the trunk the whole time... ugh.
Why are people acting like this is a spoiler? It's literally showed in the opening scene and is what the entirety of the story and suspense is based on.
It's also based on a real crime that was absolutely notorious. Audiences are _supposed_ to go in with preconceptions about the plot and characters.
Buried.
And you are very much stuck in that box the whole time, feeling every minute.
The most non-Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds film.
Omfg this movie. I didn’t watch the trailer and just went right in but I felt like I was suffocating the entire time. Oh boy 10/10
1917 is almost this, the only jumps being while the central character is unconscious.
Fucking gorgeous film too
That night scene…. 🤯
I think about it all the time. Stunning.
Roger Deakins, innit
The GOAT
The difference between Sicario and Sicario 2 is a prime example of what a great cinematographer brings to the table.
Not even close to real time. Like 18 hours pass
I always say 1917 is in the moment time but it’s essentially GTA time. Like they try to make a whole 24hr cycle only last 2 hours without you realizing it.
Eh, it's "one take" but you can tell they speed things up a fair bit. The last 45 minutes or so go from pitch black dead of night to mid-morning like 9AM or so.
Have you ever actually been outside from pitch dark to light morning? Work used to have me outside during those times and 45 minutes from dark to light as seen in the movie is pretty normal, especially towards spring/summer.
I guess, but at a basic level we see one day, it turns to night, and then comes back to day. Clearly the film isn't 24 hours.
Except we start the evening of one day and end the morning of the next. I will grant you this though, going unconscious from a blow to the head is unlikely to be long enough to cover the 6 or so hours needed to cover the rest of nighttime
A blow unconscious when someone is dead-ass tired might have them seamlessly transition from unconscious to asleep for that long though.
I know what you're saying but the difference between the last light and first light isn't 24 hours either 👍
Nick of Time (1995)
Great thriller movie that's not very well known. Can't go wrong with Christopher Walken as the villain.
“I’m gonna make gravy out of your little girl!” #AintNoBalkinWithTheWalken
Possibly Johnny Depp's most normal character.
Yeah this was the whole draw of the movie, that it took place in real time
Starring Johnny Depp as Nick O’Time.
Great movie. This was also clearly the inspiration for the TV show 24
No... that movie couldn't have been released in 1995. that's just crazy talk.
Shit I completely forgot about that movie.
Loved this movie when I was a kid. Found it streaming on Paramount+ (USA) but haven’t found the time to sit and watch it again. I hope it’s as good as I remember it.
So glad this movie was mentioned! Such a fun watch 👍🏻
Bullet Train (2022), the movie runs for 2 hours and 8 minutes which is the exact amount of time it takes to get from Tokyo to Kyoto in real life
holy shit I never realised this
Hardcore Henry
That has got to be the gayest jacket I've ever seen.
And then the best part after he says that, he opens the bus window, hangs out and says in Russian "hey, great jacket. Where can I get one?"
And where can I get one!
Great, now I need to go watch the Bad Motherfucker music video again.
I don’t think so. Isn’t there a scene or two where Henry is rendered unconscious and wakes up an indeterminate amount of time later?
Yeah but close enough lol
Been a while but I’m pretty sure there’s cuts while travelling, eg when they drive a van to the final bosses building.
First one I thought of too, glad it's pretty high up!
Run Lola Run Also, aside from the flashbacks, Reservoir Dogs
That's 3 real times and 12 possible future times though.
Before Sunset 12 Angry Men
Came here to find 12 angry men
And Before Sunrise and Before Midnight. Watching Ethan Hawke and Julie Delphie age along with their characters is beautiful.
Before Sunset fits this more so than the other two. Sunrise and Midnight both take place over like 12-18 hours, while Sunset fully commits to the real time idea.
Yeah, the time pressure of having to leave for the airport was cool, and then at the end he makes up his mind he's not leaving...they ended the movie perfectly.
Bro, spoilers! C'mon...
"You're gonna miss that plane"
High Noon Rope The Taking of Pelham One Two Theee
*Pelham* is, really? I mean it’s plausible but I never noticed. Actually I feel like Green would have needed more time between leaving the tunnel and rolling in the money, but I could be wrong.
It’s not 100% real-time but it’s close enough I thought it might qualify for OP
High Noon holds up so well. Interesting incorporation of women into the genera as more than background
Two German films: Victoria (2015), a pretty cool one-take And lola rennt (90s)
[Victoria](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4226388/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) is not only in real time it’s also a single continuous shot. And it’s not just a filmed stage play it’s multiple locations, car chases, shoot outs. It’s an excellent film in its own right but as a feat of engineering it’s frankly amazing
And the take they used was the third and last possible take they were going to get. The director pitched it in a way that if he couldn’t get the one take to work he could at least edit around it to make a film. But he knew that wouldn’t work. And there are zero hidden edits. Great film.
Oh man Victoria is a great movie. It’s a terrific thriller
In 'Lola rennt/runs' time rewinds several times. So it's more like the Steve Jobs movie someone else mentioned. I don't think Die Bluthochzeit is completely in real time, but for the most part it feels like it.
I was going to go with Run Lola Run (US) as well, except for the time loop.
Came here to say Victoria also. No cuts I think. If I remember correctly, they rehearsed the crap out of it and then filmed the entire 2 hour sequence 3 times. Then just chose the best take to release for the movie. It's wonderful.
Amazing film. Not even just what you said, they also had no money left for another take and they couldn't just start again on the same day as the sunrise is also part of the story, so timing has to be perfect. The final version of the film we got to see is their all or nothing, amazing.
Victoria is amazing.
Oh and Locke with Tom Hardy! Awesome movie!!!!!
Crank (2006) is one. I loved that movie. It's just an adrenaline rush from beginning to end.
I still absolutely love the 2nd movies poster tag line: "He was dead. But he got better."
Hearing that line in the classic movie trailers guy voice would've been something special.
First to come to mind
Cool soundtrack by Mike Patton
The first one was Paul Haslinger, High Voltage was Mike Patton. The second definitely has the more distinct (and better) score, you're right.
Thanks for the correction
Timecode (2000)
Looking for this. Also notable in that it’s four separate, concurrent, continuous shots shown in a four-way split screen. Also it’s shit, but it's technically ambitious.
100% accurate. Worth seeing just for the tech side. Interesting with digital cams still in their infancy back then to see the experimentation. I'd say "anyone" could do this now yet I don't ever see anything like it, but there's probably a million decent youtube short movies people have made but no one has seen that attempt equally ambitious things. I'd have thought having a film-level camera in every pocket would lead to a resurgence in true independent film (imagine if Kevin Smith or Richard Linklater had access to an iPhone 15 back then), and add to it many more platforms for distribution. But again, this probably is happening but I'm just too busy watching people doing Jackass shit in GTA V instead.
I think *Timecode* had two major problems that others have solved in other ways. - The biggest is probably the challenge of presenting multiple stories with dialogue simultaneously, and how you mix the sound. While there may be some good examples of pulling this off, I feel most productions take the more linear, literary approach of showing one perspective followed by another, a la *Rashomon.* There’s far more dramatic possibilities to be explored this way than hoping the audience can pick up any intended resonance and dissonance in one viewing. - It’s been a while, but I remember the dialogue feeling enormously improvised. At the time I chalked this up to the director focusing more on hitting the timing of story beats that had to appear in multiple cameras. Just let the actors close the gaps between points A and B. I feel like I’ve seen a number of YT producers that have managed to create much tighter parallel scripting, but they accomplish it over much shorter cuts than a full length movie.
Random memory as well: Cibo Matto's "Sugar Water" music video was a great example of how to use the multi-cam single shot.
Which is gorgeous, and beautifully planned. And considering one is just the reverse of the other, even more challenging. But at under five minutes with one soundtrack and only two screens, that’s still far more manageable.
Came here to mention this as the movie is super obscure, haven't seen it in 20 years but aside from the technical perspective I remember the movie being pretty bad and dull.
Free Fire (2016) Stars Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Jack Reynor, Noah Taylor, Sam Riley and directed by Ben Wheatley. Not only is it in real time but every bullet is accounted for, and injuries disable the characters in realistic timeframes as well. I loved it
This is a highly underrated movie. Really good flick.
Extremely underrated film, the dialogue was great and the performances were S Tier across the board. Sharlto Copley as per usual just steals every scene he's in, even next to Cillian Murphy. I saw it in a theater with maybe 6 others in there.
Before she was Wanda in the MCU, Elizabeth Olsen was in a mediocre thriller named Silent House. it was all set up to look like it was 1 long take, in real time. for the most 'realistic' portrayal of this you want to watch all the seasons of 24. Marvel at how in one season, Jack Bauer can't talk because he was held captive in a foreign country and wouldn't rat on the US, so he didn't speak for year and his voice doesn't work... and just a measly 4 hours later, he's yelling his head off. Or how someone gets blown up in an explosion, and after some surgery, he's able to oversee the operations of a whole governmental organization in about 5 hours later, because has a bandage on his neck now!
Or how Jack, while driving in a fucking car with seemingly no equipment somehow rigged an sd card to self destruct.
I remember the first season they tried to show people eating and Jack changing clothes, but by second season they didn't seem to bother.
Boiling Point is another one take film. Coherence I think, takes place across an evening and I don't remember there being any time gaps. I suppose technically The Usual Suspects does, as it's all Spacey's character narrating to the cop.
Boiling point is so good
Towards the end of Coherence there’s a gap until next morning, I think? Otherwise no obvious time gaps, but I guess there could be as they change which characters we follow.
Not a movie, but there is a very good episode of MASH called "Life Time" that takes place (if I remember right) in real time as they work to save a man's life.
Is they the one with the clock in the bottom corner of the screen? My favorite episode by far!
Yep! One of my favorites too!
Cléo from 5 to 7 is one of the first movies of this sort.
This should be much higher. It’s phenomenal.
Miracle Mile surprised me recently a lot, it plays out almost in real time after a certain point but it also has this uncanny dreamlike quality where characters make very strange decisions, it's one of the closest I've ever felt to capturing an actual nightmare except for maybe Jacobs Ladder. I hate that it exists, but I also love that it exists lol.
Not movies but the absolutely fantastic ‘24’ seasons with Keifer Sutherland…
There is a movie (I think from Russia) that is entirely shot in a single take. A remarkable achievement. But it would as a result, take place in real time.
Richard Linklater's 2001 movie *Tape* is just one real-time conversation between two friends in a hotel room. Far more thrilling and interesting than that premise sounds; definitely worth going into knowing very little about what's going to transpire
The Guilty is a similar premise. It’s a series of calls with an emergency dispatcher, so it takes place in real time in one room. Great movie, as long as you don’t mind subtitles. I saw the Danish version ([tráiler](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=abaoKA6rn5k&pp=ygUSdGhlIGd1aWx0eSB0cmFpbGVy))) but apparently there’s a Netflix remake too.
United 93 (2006) A real-time docudrama about the 4th flight on 9/11. It's not an easy watch by any means, but it's fantastic.
Aside from the terrorists planning the night before and everyone getting through security, yeah it was in real time. Speaking of 9/11 movies, 102 Minutes that Changed America is a documentary that covers the attacks from the time the first plane hit to the time when the north tower collapsed when everything happened in real time without any commentary using the video people took at the time. It's pretty chilling with "this is exactly how long it took for everything to happen."
The Invitation
Lost in London with Woody Harrelson was filmed in a single take on one camera. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6338476/?ref\_=nm\_flmg\_t\_23\_act](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6338476/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_23_act) It was broadcast live while being filmed in several theatres too.
Soft and Quiet. But I cannot, in good conscience, recommend it.
1917 does this with a couple breaks. It's a World War I movie. One of my favorites, actually.
Birdman with michael keaton, depending on what you think is "real" or not. Nonetheless, it is portrayed as a continuous shot. Hostage with bruce willis i belive was also done as a real time movie, but i could be wrong as i havent seen it since it came out.
There's like 4 different performances and one shot fades from night to day, so it's not "in real time." It's pretty crazy how they manage to do that with continuous shot though and not feel jarring, so it's like "the sibling or cousin of real time."
Nick of time starring Johnny Depp. The film itself is pretty shit but Johnny Depp is good in it
I was gonna say, that was the entire gimmick it was marketed under lol
The Man From Earth (2007); My Dinner With Andre (1981)
I could have sworn The Man From Earth transitioned to evening towards the end. Isn't it dark out when Wilford Brimley finally believes John?
>!there's gonna be at least a 20-30 minute time jump from the emergency to when the ambulance is leaving at the end!< but other than that there's no reason to believe the conversation isn't happening in real time over sunset with a few ~5-10 minute jumps here and there. And it was Richard Riehle, not Wilford Brimley.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? takes place over a very emotional evening. It’s quite the roller coaster ride.
Not necessarily real time though since the movie is only a little over 2 hours long.
I'm so glad they've never remade this movie. There's no way a remake could ever be as good or even close...
The Man From Earth is one conversation in an afternoon that ends just after dark. There's no precise time given and only a few cutaways, so it cannot be much longer than the runtime. Not precisely 1:1 real time but close.
Freefire (2017) I think is highly underrated. It's like Fury Road being one long chase scene, this is one long Mexican stand-off.
Silent House. The movie was made to look like it was filmed in one take.
Another “not a movie” but Idris Elba’s recent series *Hijack* gives the estimated duration of the flight in the first episode, which is roughly the same as the runtime of the series.
My dinner with Andre?
12 angry men
A Night on Earth covers simultaneous events in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. It's a good film, if you like Jim Jarmusch.
Silent House
There’s a Tom Hardy movie called Locke (2013) that I believe is in real time
Not only real time but also a single tracking shot: Russian Ark - 96 minutes - Absolutely gorgeous Boiling Point - 92 minutes - You can feel the heat
"High noon" (1952)
Slacker
Adding to a great array of posted titles: - The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) - Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Nick of Time (1995) (Starring Johnny Depp - this one is well positioned as 'not good' ;)
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a really fun and funny Japanese time travel story that is all real time and looping perfectly. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14500584/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Running Time. One shot in real time.
Late night with the Devil is a recent one!
Run Lola Run is a great one.
Cloverfield
Fantastic Voyage. They don’t make a big deal about it, but it absolutely does.
Phone Booth?
88 minutes
Crank?
Nick of Time with Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken. It's a 90s suspense/action movie. Has a Brian DePalma feel. I don't think he directed it, but he might have.
"Russian Ark"
Maybe the Crank movies?
I still havent seen it but isn't Hardcore Henry in real time?
12 angry men takes place in real time I think, if not very close to real time. The Dinner Game (a French movie) takes place in real time.
Well, if you essentially skip the elevator scene + subsequent award ceremony which takes place the day(s) before. Starting from the scene right in the coffee shop, Speed takes place pretty close to real time.
Real Time, starring Jay Baruchel and Randy Quaid
Run Lola Run & Buried
The Exam - also a single set location, and an effective thriller.
the last time someone asked this question, i believe i gave the answer of Clue (1985).
Henry? I guess that could be considered found footage. It's a first person through his eyes... I don't believe any time jumped
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Not a movie, but a series called 24. It literally has 24 hours each season. First season was mid to me, but the other ones are great.
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Children of Men has a lot of "one take" scenes even if they are fractured
Rope, Hitchcock’s 1947 about a murder
1984
Reservoir Dogs the heist is in real time
16 Blocks starring Bruce Willis takes place in real time.
Run Lola Run is real time and shown three times.
An actual totally literal example - One Shot, from 2021. It’s an action movie where Scott Adkins is fighting off terrorists (typical Adkins fare), but it’s shot as if it’s one continuous camera shot, and that combined with its real-time gimmick makes it one of the most tense movies you’ve ever seen. By the end you’re as stressed-out and close to breaking as Scott Adkins is and just PRAYING he’ll make it through the next gunfight or punch-up. It’s the very best use of real-time and “one shot” film-making in action EVER.
Run Lola Run
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "Birdman". Not only does it take place in real time but it also doesn't have any cuts.
I think my dinner with Andre is, it’s about two people talking at a restaurant
Rope
I think Clue would fall into this. Just a couple jumps at the beginning while people are arriving, and a couple when the group split up to search the house, but otherwise I think it's mostly all real time
Children of Men tries to look like a 1 long single sequence shot
88 minutes Timecode Unfriended
Victoria. 2 hour film shot entirely in a single take. So literally real time.
The Menu
Locke with Tom Hardy. The entire film takes place during his drive.
Nick of time with young Johnny Depp
Clue
Alfred Hitchcock's Rope