ACTUAL ONE-SHOT MOVIES
by Dr-Faustus | created - 02 Feb 2018 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicA list of full-length movies filmed in one actual continuous take.
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1. Iravin Nizhal (2022)
122 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Nandhu, a financier, journeys through the struggles of his internal guilt while searching for his mortal rival. We follow him, as if we are a reflection of his shadow, eventually leading to us to only one question...will Nandhu succeed?
Director: Parthiban Radhakrishnan | Stars: Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Brigida Saga, Master Aarav, Jai Bala
Votes: 1,954
2. Causality (2021)
114 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stifling, the best compliment for a thriller, while entertaining, "Causality" is presented as a disruptive product. A psychological thriller, which is filmed in a single sequence shot, is a critique of the current justice system
Director: Marcelo Politano | Stars: Laura Novoa, Juana Viale, Esteban Bigliardi, Pablo Mónaco
Votes: 509
3. Boiling Point (I) (2021)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.
Director: Philip Barantini | Stars: Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Ray Panthaki
Votes: 42,106
4. Années 20 (2021)
85 min | Drama
In a single unbroken shot, Roaring 20's gives viewers the chance not only to travel to Paris, but to live a day in the life there during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Director: Elisabeth Vogler | Stars: Vladimir Seguin, Alice de Lencquesaing, Aurore Déon, Manuel Severi
Votes: 98
5. Joyful Mystery (2021)
85 min | Drama
A couple in Kerala, India, are on their way to a doctor's clinic to confirm a suspected pregnancy. Tension builds during the ride as the two discuss their future and how to handle the changes in their lives.
Director: Don Palathara | Stars: Rima Kallingal, Jitin Puthanchery, Neeraja Rajendran
Votes: 187
6. Let's Scare Julie (2019)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teen girls set out to scare their reclusive new neighbor, but the prank turns to terror when some of them don't come back.
Director: Jud Cremata | Stars: Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Isabel May, Odessa A'zion, Brooke Sorenson
Votes: 1,178
7. Limbo (II) (2020)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
90 minutes, one take: When a young compliance manager encounters a money laundering network, her paths cross with those of an aging small-time crook, an undercover agent and a Viennese gangster boss during an illegal bare knuckle fight.
Director: Tim Dünschede | Stars: Elisa Schlott, Tilman Strauss, Martin Semmelrogge, Mathias Herrmann
Votes: 250
8. Rendez-vous (2019)
102 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Shot in one single take with no cuts, Rendez-vous is an original Mexican thriller about a couple who meet online.
Director: Pablo Olmos Arrayales | Stars: Antonio Alcantara, Italo Maximiliano Concha Veloz, Aaron Gomez, Markin López
Votes: 221
9. El Amor No Puede Esperar (2019)
TV-14 | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
In a Single Take, Viri and Agustin, will realize that love always operates in unexpected ways, as in the movies.
Director: Juan Carlos Carrasco | Stars: Adal Ramones, Mónica Huarte, Jorge Adrián Espíndola, Arturo Beristáin
Votes: 46
10. Blindsone (2018)
98 min | Drama
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
Director: Tuva Novotny | Stars: Pia Tjelta, Anders Baasmo, Per Frisch, Oddgeir Thune
Votes: 1,164
11. Utoya: July 22 (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenage girl struggles to survive and to find her younger sister during the July 2011 terrorist mass murder at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland, Brede Fristad
Votes: 15,810
12. A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Romance
On the night of the 2016 Presidential election, Cass, an L.A. club promoter, takes a thrilling and emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. She challenges him to revisit his broken dreams - while he pushes her to discover hers.
Director: Qasim Basir | Stars: Omari Hardwick, Meagan Good, Jay Ellis, Dijon Talton
Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.10M
13. Fourplay (2018)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
A story of friendship, love, marriage, secrets, and lies that unfolds between two couples in one apartment during a Sunday brunch that will affect their lives forever.
Director: Dean Matthew Ronalds | Stars: Tammy Blanchard, Bryan Greenberg, Dominic Fumusa, Emanuela Galliussi
Votes: 198 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Watch the Sunset (2017)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a single afternoon a man comes to grips with the power of his past when his estranged family becomes tangled in its web.
Directors: Tristan Barr, Michael Gosden | Stars: Tristan Barr, Chelsea Renee Zeller, Aaron Walton, Michael Gosden
Votes: 169
15. Invasion (I) (2017)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a very long eclipse of the sun, an unknown disease has been widespread. Ali is accused of the murder of Saman in a club and the police is going to stage a reconstruction of the murder.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Abed Abest, Elaheh Bakhshi, Soheil Soheili, Esmaeil Gorji
Votes: 680
16. Lost in London (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Within the course of one night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in jail.
Director: Woody Harrelson | Stars: Louisa Harland, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson
Votes: 4,719
17. The Wedding Party (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
A groomsman must navigate a slew of disasters to maintain order at his best friend's wedding reception.
Director: Thane Economou | Stars: Michael Adler, Deniz Akdeniz, Molly Burnett, Meg Cionni
Votes: 226
18. King Dave (2016)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
Adapted from the play by Alexandre Goyette, King Dave is the story of Dave, self-proclaimed King, influence but not unconscious, told IN A SINGLE BREATH IN ONE SEQUENCE SHOT.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Alexandre Goyette, Karelle Tremblay, Mylène St-Sauveur, Philippe Boutin
Votes: 512
19. Immortality (2016)
145 min | Drama, Family
A portrait of six different families on a train, told in a single shot without edits, offers insight into the lives of Iranians.
Director: Mehdi Fard Ghaderi | Stars: Maral Farjad, Anahita Ne'mati, Soudabeh Beizaee, Ali Abdali
Votes: 92
20. Eight (II) (2016)
81 min | Drama
A woman suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) struggles with her morning routine of trying to get to work on time.
Director: Peter Blackburn | Stars: Jane Elizabeth Barry, Libby Munro, Cadence Parkes, Darrell Plumridge
Votes: 234
21. Victoria (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit
Votes: 63,121
22. Anino sa likod ng buwan (2015)
120 min | Drama
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
Director: Jun Lana | Stars: LJ Reyes, Adrian Alandy, Anthony Falcon
Votes: 114
23. Pocket Gangsters (2015)
110 min | Romance, Thriller
how real you can fake yourself?
Director: Hemant Nilim Das | Stars: Mukesh S. Bhatt, Shivangi Mehra, Madhur Mittal, Vijay Raaz
Votes: 18
24. Sirens and Screams (2015)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a dystopian future city ravaged by crisis, poverty and crime, one of the last remaining wealthy citizens has just been murdered, and a motley assortment of low class urban dwellers sets out on a quest to locate his corpse.
Director: Ivan Peric | Stars: Ana Arapovic, Tino Bandini, Katarina Botica, Petar Buljevic
Votes: 53
25. Agadam (2013)
123 min | Thriller
Awarded as the longest uncut film by Guinness World Records, Agadam is about three men who brutally murder a woman in the middle of night and bury her in an isolated place. In fact these ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamad Issack | Stars: Baskar, Srini Iyer, Sri Priyanka, Tamizh
Votes: 29
26. Ana Arabia (2013)
85 min | Drama
A story about the life of Sagi Dash, a legendery guitar player.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Yuval Scharf, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Sarah Adler, Assi Levy
Votes: 193
27. Somebody Marry Me (2013)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
David has to get married before his father dies or he will lose his inheritance. So he post an ad online to find a wife. Finding love is just a click away.
Director: John Asher | Stars: Ray Abruzzo, Deborah Baker Jr., Marlane Barnes, Ben Begley
Votes: 94
28. Airport 2013 (2013)
100 min | Comedy
An airplane lands due to bad weather. A family, who rode on that airplane, goes through various troubles and it gets worse.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Sayaka Aoki, Toshiki Ayata, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Anna Ishibashi
Votes: 481
29. The Sad Smell of Flesh: El Triste Olor De La Carne (2013)
Drama
Director: Cristóbal Arteaga | Stars: Alfonso Míguez, Alfredo Rodríguez, Ruth Sabucedo
Votes: 9
30. Fish & Cat (2013)
134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Siavash Cheraghi Pour, Mohammad Berahmani
Votes: 2,879
31. Rati Chakravyuh (2013)
106 min | Drama
On a lunar eclipse midnight, in a desolate temple, six young newlywed couples and a priestess meet after a mass wedding. They sit in a circle and talk. This their last conversation - an ... See full summary »
Director: Ashish Avikunthak | Stars: Mandira Banerjee, Trisha Baura, Joyraj Bhattacharya, Saswati Biswas
Votes: 28
32. 21 Brothers (2011)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, History, War
Set in W.W.1 the film follows the story of the Canada's 21st battalion as it prepares for the battle of Courcelette in September 1916.
Director: Michael McGuire | Stars: Steve VanVolkingburgh, Clayton Garrett, Steven Spencer, Aaron Miedema
Votes: 129
33. Victims (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 81 min | Thriller
A camera rolls as the balaclavas are pulled securely over their faces. The van doors burst open and a man is bundled inside. They drive.... Why has this man been kidnapped? Where are they taking him? Who is the victim?
Director: David Bryant | Stars: John Bocelli, David Bryant, Bradley Cole, Sarah Coyle
Votes: 70
34. Cut (I) (2010)
87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five friends return from a cocktail party to a cottage deep inside the English woods of the Peak District. Having brushed off the notion of urban legends as rubbish, never occurring in ... See full summary »
Director: Dominic Burns | Stars: Deborah Burns, Dominic Burns, Lewis Copson, Adam Dakin
Votes: 348
35. One Shot (I) (2008)
78 min | Drama
Webcam stripper Sally travels home to visit her hippie mother. She is determined to have her mother tell who her father is. For good measure, Sally has a gun in her bag.
Director: Linda Wendel | Stars: Mille Lehfeldt, Karen-Lise Mynster, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 73
36. PVC-1 (2007)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
Director: Spiros Stathoulopoulos | Stars: Hugo Pereira, Daniel Páez, Gilberto Ramirez, Patricia Rueda
Votes: 1,152
37. Ainda Orangotangos (2007)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The film tells the story of sixteen people in the hottest day of the year in the city of Porto Alegre.
Director: Gustavo Spolidoro | Stars: Karina Kazue, Lindon Satoru Shimizu, Artur Pinto, Kayodê Silva
Votes: 184
38. Adrenaline (I) (2007)
90 min | Action, Thriller
A man discovers the vehicle's GPS is being controlled by an unknown agency. Forced into a series of tasks that become increasingly dangerous, he must find out what his antagonists want, find a way to save his daughter, and stay alive.
Director: Robert Archer Lynn | Stars: David Alford, Kenda Benward, Jeff Boyet, Josh Copeland
Votes: 39
39. The Quietest Sound (2006)
75 min | Drama
Two unseen detectives turn on a camcorder to record their conversation with Elizabeth (Catherine E. Johnson), whose 4-year-old daughter, Chloe (Eleanor Koster) is missing. For 75 minutes ... See full summary »
Director: James Vculek | Stars: Catherine E. Johnson, Michael Tezla, Chris Carlson, Nicholas Koster
Votes: 28
40. The Circle (I) (2005)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A frantic young woman begs a stranger to help save her marked husband, not realizing that the stranger is the hit man hired to kill him. Experimental digital movie shot entirely in one take and in real time.
Director: Yuri Zeltser | Stars: Angela Bettis, Scott Cohen, Henry Czerny, David Proval
Votes: 372
41. Mabeopsadul (2005)
95 min | Drama
Two long time friends who used to play in the band "Magicians" are sitting and drinking in Jae-sung's own bar/café situated deep in the forest.
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: Jang Hyun-sung, Kang Kyung-hun, Lee Seung-bi, Jeong Woong-in
Votes: 59
42. Sábado (2003)
65 min | Drama
"Mother" stands out on the front of her black t-shirt, "Fucker" on the back. And as angrily as these words sound when combined into a curse, is how Antonia behaves. Because she is pregnant,... See full summary »
Director: Matías Bize | Stars: Blanca Lewin, Víctor Montero, Antonia Zegers, Diego Muñoz
Votes: 302
43. Russian Ark (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky
Votes: 21,809 | Gross: $0.04M
44. Real Time (2002)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Director: Fabrizio Prada | Stars: Jorge Castillo, Raúl Santamaría, Leticia Valenzuela, Mónica Lavalle
Votes: 119
45. Timecode (2000)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stellan Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Xander Berkeley
Votes: 7,102 | Gross: $0.95M
Please note: Filmed in four simultaneous ninety-three minute single-shot takes.
46. Big Monday (1999)
75 min
A young man wanders through the streets of Manhattan in search of a job interview.
Director: Michael T. Rehfield | Stars: David Campbell, Mary Geralyn Cassidy, Joseph D'Alesandro, Jay Deitz
Votes: 25
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