Movies that happen in a single day/night similar to American Graffiti or Daze & Confused?

[FernandoRocker]

American Grafiti and Daze & Confused are two of my favorites movies ever, and even though I'm not American, most of us can relate to similar experiences when we were in high scholl/college.

Any other similar movies that happen in a single day/night similar to those films? Two similar films I can remember (and also some of my favorites) are:

• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
• Detroit Rock City

Any othe recommendations?

 

[Deleted member 4367]

Warriors

 

[Deleted member 60582]

Clerks.

 

[Blader]

Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight

 

[itwasTuesday]

Dredd

 

[Distantmantra]

The Before trilogy:
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight

Sunset takes place in real time, right?

 

[TaySan]

Die Hard

 

[capitalCORN]

Was Magnolia one day?
Edit: I just remembered Go. Also Bringing out the Dead.

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

Not the entire movie but pretty much the majority of Game Night takes place over the same night.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

The Goonies

 

[Deleted member 18944]

A new hope?

 

[SJRB]

Collateral

 

[nachum00]

12 Angry Men

 

[DeltaRed]

Judgement Night

 

[Ronabo]

Porky's

 

[peppermints]

Boyhood

 

[Sheepinator]

 

[Animus Vox]

From Dusk Till Dawn

 

[saenima]

All The Purge movies.

Panic Room.

Breakfast Club.

 

[TransEuropaExpress]

Good Time

Really feel the time pressure in this one too

 

[The Real Paddington]

Before Trilogy

 

[hendersonhank]

Harold and Kumar
License to Drive
Dream Date

 

[ispendtoomuchmoneyongames]

The GOAT Wet Hot American Summer

 

[TransEuropaExpress]

Harold and Kumar
License to Drive
Dream Date

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I fucking love License to Drive...

 

[CloseTalker]

Superbad, Booksmart (apart from the last scene)

 

[Fuzzy]

Miracle Mile (1988)

 

[BebopCola]

Judgement Night is all in one night, I believe. Same with Assault on Precinct 13?

The Thing also?

 

[kvetcha]

Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight

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12 Angry Men

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Die Hard

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hell yeah

 

[Deleted member 46414]

Halloween 1 and 2

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Snake Eyes (1998 film)

An otherwise terrible movie but does have some zany Nic Cage acting.

 

[Josh5890]

High Noon- 50's western shot in real time
Conspiracy- film where the Nazi's decided on the final solution

 

[Graefellsom]

Collateral takes place in a single night if my memory serves me

edit:beaten.... by 11 minutes

 

[kms_md]

Collateral

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came for Collateral - not disappointed

 

[castlegar]

Everybody Wants Some!! is I think over a weekend? But it's a fantastic follow up to Dazed & Confused (both are by Linklater) and very much the same vibe

 

[Deleted member 2533]

Do the Right Thing (24 hour period)
Cleo from 5 to 7

 

[NewDust]

Victoria

Good Time

Irréversible
Climax

 

[Psychotron]

Porky's

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Porky's took place over several days. Hilarious movie though.

 

[8byte]

Falling Down (I'm pretty sure)
Buried

 

[Huncho_Houdini]

25th Hour.

 

[Goldenroad]

Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs and, if you believe some theories, they actually take place on the same day, which I think is pretty far fetched, but who knows?

 

[greenbird]

SubUrbia

 

[Deleted member 5359]

Can't Hardly Wait
Judgement Night

 

[collige]

Off the top of my head:
Clerks
The Breakfast Club
My Dinner With Andre

 

[The Albatross]

Run Lola Run, although I don't think it's really like American Graffiti or Dazed and Confused.

It's a great movie.

Although mans it's crazy how much of like 90s german aesthetic this is now. When I saw this in High school I thought it was the coolest shit I had ever seen, but now I watch this trailer and it seems like a parody.



Probably because it's been parodied so much

 

[Squirrel Killer]

Margin Call
Coherence
Locke
Certified Copy
Gravity
Dunkirk
Cabin in the Woods (IIRC)

A new hope?

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What? LOL, no.

 

[Goldenroad]

Can't Hardly Wait

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Nah, the ending segment where they're at the restaurant the next day...but I guess it could still all be within a 24 hour time frame.

 

[tuffy]

Escape From New York

 

[Traxus]

Snake Eyes (1998 film)

An otherwise terrible movie but does have some zany Nic Cage acting.

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The opening oner is super impressive and Nicholas Cage absolutely kills it. Definitely worth a watch.

And yeah I came to mention Magnolia.

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is the obvious one to me.

 

[Reeks]

House of Yes
Conspiracy
Cleo from 9 to 5
Dog Day Afternoon
Dr. Strangelove