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Full-length media whose entire plot takes place during one day.
Novels
1982, Janine
253
The 25th Hour
A Girl in Winter
A Single Man
The Act of Roger Murgatroyd
After Dark
Alastalon salissa
The Almost Moon
Angels & Demons
April Morning
Arlington Park
The Art of the Engine Driver
Between the Acts
Billiards at Half-past Nine
The Birthday Party
Breathing Lessons
The British Museum Is Falling Down
Bunny Lake Is Missing
By Night in Chile
The Cambridge Quintet
Concluding
Cosmopolis
Cosmétique de l'ennemi
The Da Vinci Code
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
Death of a River Guide
The Dinner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Eleven
Eleven Hours
Embers
The Fear Index
Fear Nothing
From Nine to Nine
Gerald's Party
Golf in the Kingdom
Grado. Süße Nacht
Hogfather
The Hours
The House in Paris
I Am Mary Dunne
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
Injury Time
Intimacy
Jokers Wild
Joy
Last Post
The Mezzanine
Mrs Dalloway
Night Boat to Tangier
Odd Thomas
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Night @ the Call Center
Operation Hell Gate
and the other novels in the
24
series
Party Going
The Penultimate Peril
The Pigeon
The Poorhouse Fair
Popcorn
Prajapati
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Room Temperature
Saturday
Second Thoughts
Seize the Day
Snuff
Serious Sweet
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
This Town Will Never Let Us Go
Time, Forward!
Today Will Be Different
Tomorrow
Ulysses
Under the Volcano
Untouchable
Windows on the World
The Winner Stands Alone
Television shows
24
(2001-2014), each season of which is set over 24 hours
No Through Road
(2009-2012)
Films
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
10 Items or Less
11:14
12 Angry Men
(1957)
12 Angry Men
(1997)
13 Beloved
16 Blocks
1917
1941
200 Cigarettes
24: Redemption
25th Hour
4:44 Last Day on Earth
30 Minutes or Less
80 Minutes
88 Minutes
A Cry in the Night
Ad-lib Night
Adventures in Babysitting
After Hours
Ah, Wilderness!
Airplane!
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airport
Airport 1975
Albino Alligator
Aliens in the Attic
All Dogs Go To Heaven 2
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
All Night Long
American Graffiti
Are We There Yet?
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arthur Christmas
Assault on Precinct 13
(1976)
Assault on Precinct 13
(2005)
Atom Heart Mother
Attack the Block
Au Revoir Taipei
Baby's Day Out
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Times at the El Royale
Barbershop
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Before Midnight
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before We Go
Ben Is Back
Bicycle Thieves
Blackmail
(1929)
The Blob
Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Boys in the Band
(1970)
The Boys in the Band
(2020)
The Breakfast Club
Britain in a Day
Broken Arrow
(1996)
Buffalo '66
Bullet Train
Buried
Burnt by the Sun
Can't Hardly Wait
The Captain
Car Wash
Carnage
(2011)
The Cat in the Hat
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cause for Alarm!
Celebration Day
Cellular
Certified Copy
Changing Lanes
Changing the Game
Chennaiyil Oru Naal
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
(1984)
A Christmas Carol
(1999)
A Christmas Carol
(2009)
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Cléo from 5 to 7
Clerks.
Clockwise
Cloverfield
Clue
Cocktail
(2010)
Collateral
The Commuter
Connected
Cop Car
Cornered!
Cosmopolis
Crank
Crash Landing
Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor
Criminal
Critters
The Daytrippers
Dazed and Confused
Death and the Maiden
The Debut
Déficit
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem
Detective Story
Deterrence
Devil
(2010)
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon
Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!
The Dinner
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Do the Right Thing
Dog Day Afternoon
Dr. Strangelove
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
Dredd
Dude, Where's My Car?
Duel
Dutchman
Earthquake
(1974)
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla
Elephant
An Elephant Sitting Still
Empire Records
Escape from New York
Executive Decision
The Eye Creatures
Fail-Safe
Failure!
Faithful
Falling Down
Fantastic Voyage
The Fatal Encounter
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Fire Within
First Blood
First Day High
Flightplan
Four Rooms
Frailty
Free Fire
Friday
(1995)
Friday
(2012)
Friday After Next
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Front Page
Fruitvale Station
Fun Size
Gideon's Day
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Goonies
Grand Theft Auto
Grandma
Gravity
(2013)
The Great Train Robbery
(1903)
Grilled
Grown Ups 2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Halloween II
(1981)
Halloweentown
Happy Death Day
Hard Candy
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
The Hateful Eight
Heart of America
The High and the Mighty
High Noon
The Hollywood Knights
Holy Motors
Home Sweet Home
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
The House of Yes
House Party
House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute
I Love You, Beth Cooper
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Ice Harvest
The Iceman Cometh
(1973)
The Incident
Intimate Strangers
(2018)
Intruder
(1989)
Invasion of the Saucer Men
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jingle All the Way
Judgment Night
Juno and the Paycock
Kids
The Killing Jar
The Killing Room
Kings and Desperate Men
La Haine
La Notte
Laid to Rest
Las Vegas Bloodbath
The Last Hurrah
Last Night
(1998)
Lebanon
Life in a Day
(2011)
Locke
Long Day's Journey into Night
(1962)
Long Day's Journey into Night
(1973)
The Longest Daycare
Losin' It
Mahishasur Marddini - A Night to Remember
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mad City
Magnolia
Malcolm & Marie
Mallrats
Margin Call
Mars Needs Moms
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Mixed Nuts
Money Monster
Monster Mash
(1995)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Murder by Death
My Dear Enemy
My Dinner with Andre
My Soul to Take
The Negotiator
Nerve
(2016)
New Year's Eve
(2011)
New York Minute
Next Friday
Nick of Time
'night, Mother
Night of the Living Dead
(1968)
Night of the Living Dead
(1990)
Night on Earth
Nine Lives
(2005)
Nine Queens
Non-Stop
Nothing to Lose
No Through Road
Odd Man Out
Offside
On the Town
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Fine Day
One Wonderful Sunday
Orr Eravuu
Our Relations
Out for Justice
The Pagemaster
Pandorum
Panic Room
The Paper
Penny Dreadful
Perfect Strangers
(2016)
Phantom of the Megaplex
Phone Booth
Picnic
Pieces of April
The Polar Express
Poseidon
Premature
Premium Rush
The Prince and the Pauper
(1990)
Project X
(2012)
Psycho Cop
Psycho Cop 2
PTU
Quarantine
(2008)
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Quick Change
Radioland Murders
Rat Race
Rebel Without a Cause
REC
Red Eye
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Retribution
The Return of the Living Dead
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Roger Dodger
Room in Rome
Rope
The Rugrats Movie
Run
(1991)
Run Lola Run
Running Scared
(2006)
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Sanctum
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Scrooge
(1935)
Scrooge
(1951)
Scrooge
(1970)
The Set-Up
Seven Chances
Short Eyes
Shrek Forever After
Shttl
Shutter
Silent House
The Silent House
A Single Man
Sixteen Candles
The Sitter
Slacker
Slashers
The Slumber Party Massacre
Snake Eyes
(1998)
The Song Remains the Same
Sorry, Wrong Number
Source Code
A Special Day
Speed
(1994)
Stan Helsing
The Strangers
Stress Is Three
The Stupids
Sudden Death
Suddenly
Superbad
The Swimmer
Take Me Home Tonight
The Outfit (2022 film)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
(1974)
The Taking of Pelham 123
(2009)
Tape
Three
Three O'Clock High
Through a Glass Darkly
The Thursday
Timecode
The Towering Inferno
Touch of Evil
Traffic
(2011)
Training Day
The Trench
Trick 'r Treat
Turbulence
Twitches
Two Girls and a Guy
Two-Minute Warning
Ultraviolet
United 93
Unstoppable
(2010)
Vacancy
Vacancy 2: The First Cut
Valentine's Day
(2010)
Vantage Point
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Waiting...
The Warriors
We All Die Alone
Wet Hot American Summer
Wet Wilderness
What Happened Was
When a Killer Calls
While She Was Out
While the Door was Locked
(1942)
White House Down
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Willy's Wonderland
Winter Light
Women in Trouble
World Trade Center
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Zulu
See also
Category:Novels set in one day
References
Further reading
On films:
Saadi, Ziyad (2 May 2014).
"Here's the 10 Best Films That Take Place Over 24 Hours (And The 5 Worst)"
.
IndieWire
.
Looker, Matt (21 August 2013).
"30 Greatest Movies That Take Place In One Day"
.
GamesRadar+
.
On literature:
Massara, Kathleen (27 September 2011).
"10 Novels That Take Place in a Single Day"
.
Flavorwire
.
Mullan, John
(24 October 2008).
"Ten of the best circadian novels"
.
The Guardian
.
Barnard, Loretta (7 December 2017).
"All in a day's work: Five circadian novels you should know about - The Big Smoke"
.
The Big Smoke
.
Higdon, David Leon (1992). "A First Census of the Circadian or One-Day Novel".
The Journal of Narrative Technique
.
22
(1 (Winter, 1992)): 57–64.
JSTOR
30225348
.
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