Short description: None
Full-length media whose entire plot takes place during one day.
Television shows
- 24 (2001-2014), each season of which is set over 24 hours
- No Through Road (2009-2012)
1910s
| Year |
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Novels |
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| 1903 |
The Great Train Robbery |
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1918 |
From Nine to Nine by Leo Perutz |
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1920s
1930s
| Year |
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Year |
Novels |
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| 1930 |
Juno and the Paycock |
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1933 |
Alastalon salissa by Volter Kilpi |
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| 1935 |
Scrooge |
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1932 |
Time, Forward! by Valentin Katayev |
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| Ah, Wilderness! |
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1935 |
The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen |
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| 1936 |
Our Relations |
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Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand |
[4]
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| 1938 |
A Christmas Carol |
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1939 |
Party Going by Henry Green |
[4]
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1940s
| Year |
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Year |
Novels |
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| 1944 |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
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1941 |
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf |
[4]
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| 1946 |
While the Door Was Locked |
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1942 |
Embers by Sándor Márai |
[1][3]
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| 1947 |
Odd Man Out |
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1947 |
A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin |
[4]
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| One Wonderful Sunday |
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Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry |
[1][4]
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| 1948 |
Bicycle Thieves |
[5] |
1948 |
Concluding by Henry Green |
[4]
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| Rope |
[6][5] |
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| Sorry, Wrong Number |
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| 1949 |
On the Town |
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| The Set-Up |
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1950s
| Year |
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Year |
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Year |
Novels |
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| 1950 |
Rashomon |
[7][8] |
1956 |
A Cry in the Night |
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1956 |
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow |
[1][2][3][4]
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| 1951 |
Cause for Alarm! |
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1957 |
12 Angry Men |
[6][5] |
1957 |
Bunny Lake Is Missing by Evelyn Piper |
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| Detective Story |
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Invasion of the Saucer Men |
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Second Thoughts by Michel Butor |
[4]
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| Scrooge |
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1958 |
The Blob |
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1959 |
Billiards at Half-past Nine by Heinrich Böll |
[4]
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| 1952 |
High Noon |
[6][5] |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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The Poorhouse Fair by John Updike |
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| 1954 |
The High and the Mighty |
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Gideon's Day |
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| Suddenly |
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Touch of Evil |
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| 1955 |
Bad Day at Black Rock |
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| Picnic |
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| Rebel Without a Cause |
[6] |
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1960s
| Year |
Films |
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Year |
Films |
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Year |
Novels |
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| 1961 |
La Notte |
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1966 |
Fantastic Voyage |
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1961 |
April Morning by Howard Fast |
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| Through a Glass Darkly |
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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
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1962 |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
[1][2][3][4]
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| 1962 |
All Night Long |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
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1964 |
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood |
[6][4]
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| Cléo from 5 to 7 |
[5] |
1967 |
Dutchman |
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1965 |
The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge |
[4]
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| Long Day's Journey into Night |
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The Eye Creatures |
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1967 |
Prajapati by Samaresh Basu |
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| 1963 |
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry |
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
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1968 |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
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| The Fire Within |
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The Incident |
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I Am Mary Dunne by Brian Moore |
[4]
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| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
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1968 |
Night of the Living Dead |
[6] |
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| The Thursday |
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Stress Is Three |
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| Winter Light |
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The Swimmer |
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| 1964 |
Dr. Strangelove |
[6][5] |
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| Fail-Safe |
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| Zulu |
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1970s
| Year |
Films |
Ref |
Year |
Films |
Ref |
Year |
Novels |
Ref
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| 1970 |
Airport |
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1975 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
[6] |
1971 |
Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy |
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| The Boys in the Band |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
[8] |
1973 |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood |
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| One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
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1976 |
Assault on Precinct 13 |
[6] |
1977 |
Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge |
[4]
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| Scrooge |
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Car Wash |
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| 1971 |
Duel |
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Murder by Death |
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| Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? |
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The Song Remains the Same |
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| 1973 |
American Graffiti |
[8][6][7] |
Two-Minute Warning |
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| The Iceman Cometh |
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Wet Wilderness |
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| Long Day's Journey into Night |
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1977 |
Grand Theft Auto |
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| 1974 |
Airport 1975 |
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Short Eyes |
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| Earthquake |
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A Special Day |
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| The Front Page |
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1978 |
I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
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| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
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1979 |
1941 |
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| The Towering Inferno |
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The Warriors |
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1980s
| Year |
Films |
Ref |
Year |
Films |
Ref |
Year |
Novels |
Ref
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| 1980 |
Airplane! |
[6] |
1986 |
Clockwise |
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1980 |
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chinghiz Aitmatov |
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| The Hollywood Knights |
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Critters |
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1984 |
1982, Janine by Alasdair Gray |
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| 1981 |
Escape from New York |
[6] |
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla |
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1986 |
Gerald's Party by Robert Coover |
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| The Evil Dead |
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
[9][6] |
1987 |
Jokers Wild by Wild Cards Trust |
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| The Funhouse |
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'night, Mother |
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The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind |
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| Halloween II |
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1987 |
Adventures in Babysitting |
[6] |
1988 |
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler |
[4]
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| Home Sweet Home |
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Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare |
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The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker |
[1]
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| Kings and Desperate Men |
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Three O'Clock High |
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| My Dinner with Andre |
[9][5] |
1988 |
Die Hard |
[6][9][5] |
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| 1982 |
Airplane II: The Sequel |
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1989 |
Do the Right Thing |
[5][8][6] |
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| First Blood |
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Intruder |
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| The Slumber Party Massacre |
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Las Vegas Bloodbath |
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| 1983 |
Losin' It |
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Psycho Cop |
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| 1984 |
A Christmas Carol |
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| Sixteen Candles |
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| 1985 |
After Hours |
[5] |
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| The Breakfast Club |
[6][9] |
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| Clue |
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| The Goonies |
[6] |
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| The Return of the Living Dead |
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1990s
| Year |
Films |
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Year |
Films |
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Year |
Novels |
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| 1990 |
Die Hard 2 |
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1996 |
Albino Alligator |
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1990 |
Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker |
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| House Party |
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All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 |
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Joy by Marsha Hunt |
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| Night of the Living Dead |
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Broken Arrow |
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1994 |
Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan |
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| The Prince and the Pauper |
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Broken Arrow |
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1996 |
Popcorn by Ben Elton |
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| Quick Change |
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The Daytrippers |
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1997 |
253 by Geoff Ryman |
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| Slacker |
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Executive Decision |
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Hogfather by Terry Pratchett |
[3]
|
| 1991 |
Night on Earth |
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Faithful |
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1998 |
The Cambridge Quintet by John L. Casti |
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| Out for Justice |
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From Dusk Till Dawn |
[6] |
Eleven Hours by Paullina Simons |
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| Run |
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Jingle All the Way |
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Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz |
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| 1992 |
Glengarry Glen Ross |
[5] |
One Fine Day |
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Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi |
[2][3]
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| Honey, I Blew Up the Kid |
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The Stupids |
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1999 |
The Hours by Michael Cunningham |
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| Reservoir Dogs |
[8] |
1997 |
12 Angry Men |
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| The Muppet Christmas Carol |
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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas |
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| 1993 |
Dazed and Confused |
[9][6] |
Cube |
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| Falling Down |
[9][6] |
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves |
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| The House of Yes |
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| Judgment Night |
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Mad City |
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| Psycho Cop 2 |
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Nothing to Lose |
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| 1994 |
Baby's Day Out |
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Turbulence |
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| Burnt by the Sun |
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Two Girls and a Guy |
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| Clerks |
[6] |
1998 |
An All Dogs Christmas Carol |
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| Death and the Maiden |
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Buffalo '66 |
[5] |
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| Mixed Nuts |
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Halloweentown |
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| The Pagemaster |
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Can't Hardly Wait |
[8] |
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| The Paper |
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Last Night |
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| Radioland Murders |
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The Negotiator |
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| Speed |
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The Rugrats Movie |
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| What Happened Was |
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Run Lola Run |
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| 1995 |
Before Sunrise |
[6][9] |
Snake Eyes |
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| Die Hard with a Vengeance |
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1999 |
200 Cigarettes |
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| Empire Records |
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A Christmas Carol |
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| Four Rooms |
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Crash Landing |
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| Friday |
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Deterrence |
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| Kids |
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I Know Why Johnny Doesn't Go to Absaraka |
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| La Haine |
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Magnolia |
[6] |
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| Mallrats |
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The Trench |
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| Monster Mash |
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| Nick of Time |
[8] |
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| Sudden Death |
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2000s
| Year |
Films |
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Films |
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Year |
Novels |
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| 2000 |
Dude, Where's My Car? |
[8] |
2007 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
[7] |
2000 |
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown |
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| Next Friday |
|
88 Minutes |
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By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño |
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| Nine Queens |
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Celebration Day |
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2001 |
The 25th Hour by David Benioff |
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| Phantom of the Megaplex |
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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time |
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The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll |
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| Timecode |
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Déficit |
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Cosmétique de l'ennemi by Amélie Nothomb |
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| 2001 |
The Debut |
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Honor Guard |
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2003 |
Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo |
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| Frailty |
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Mercedes Ray |
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown |
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| House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute |
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REC |
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If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor |
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| Rat Race |
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Superbad |
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The Light of Day by Graham Swift |
[2]
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| Slashers |
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Trick 'r Treat |
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Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz |
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| Training Day |
[6] |
|
80 Minutes |
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This Town Will Never Let Us Go by Lawrence Miles |
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| Wet Hot American Summer |
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2008 |
24: Redemption |
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Windows on the World by Frédéric Beigbeder |
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| 2002 |
25th Hour |
[5] |
Cloverfield |
[6] |
2004 |
After Dark by Haruki Murakami |
[3]
|
| Barbershop |
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Connected |
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Grado. Süße Nacht by Gustav Ernst |
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| Changing Lanes |
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
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2005 |
One Night @ the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat |
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| Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon |
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My Dear Enemy |
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The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket |
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| Friday After Next |
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Quarantine |
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Operation Hell Gate (2005) and the other novels in the 24 series |
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| Heart of America |
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Repo! The Genetic Opera |
|
2006 |
The Act of Roger Murgatroyd by Gilbert Adair |
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| Irréversible |
[8] |
The Strangers |
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Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk |
[2]
|
| Panic Room |
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Vacancy 2: The First Cut |
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Eleven by David Llewellyn |
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| Phone Booth |
[9] |
Vantage Point |
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2007 |
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold |
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| Roger Dodger |
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While She Was Out |
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The Birthday Party by Panos Karnezis |
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| 2003 |
11:14 |
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A Christmas Carol |
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid |
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| The Cat in the Hat |
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2009 |
Aliens in the Attic |
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Tomorrow by Graham Swift |
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| Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor |
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Cornered! |
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2008 |
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk |
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| Elephant |
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Enter the Void |
[8] |
The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho |
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| Pieces of April |
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The Killing Room |
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2009 |
The Dinner by Herman Koch |
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| PTU |
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I Love You, Beth Cooper |
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| 2004 |
Before Sunset |
[9] |
Laid to Rest |
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| Cellular |
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The Last Hurrah |
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| Collateral |
[9][5] |
Lebanon |
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| Criminal |
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Pandorum |
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| Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
[6] |
A Single Man |
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| New York Minute |
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Stan Helsing |
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| The Polar Express |
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The Taking of Pelham 123 |
[6] |
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| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed |
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Women in Trouble |
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| 2005 |
Are We There Yet? |
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| Assault on Precinct 13 |
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| Flightplan |
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| Hard Candy |
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| The Ice Harvest |
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| Nine Lives |
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| Red Eye |
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| Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? |
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| Twitches |
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| Waiting... |
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| Zathura: A Space Adventure |
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| 2006 |
10 Items or Less |
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| 13 Beloved |
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| 16 Blocks |
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| Ad-lib Night |
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| Crank |
[5] |
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| Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem |
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| Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!! |
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| Drake & Josh Go Hollywood |
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| First Day High |
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| Grilled |
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| Offside |
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| Penny Dreadful |
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| Poseidon |
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| Running Scared |
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| Ultraviolet |
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| United 93 |
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| When a Killer Calls |
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| World Trade Center |
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2010s
| Year |
Films |
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Year |
Films |
Ref |
Year |
Novels |
Ref
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| 2010 |
Au Revoir Taipei |
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2013 |
Atom Heart Mother |
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2011 |
The Fear Index by Robert Harris |
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| Buried |
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Before Midnight |
[9] |
2016 |
Serious Sweet by A. L. Kennedy |
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| Certified Copy |
[7] |
Chennaiyil Oru Naal |
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Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple |
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| Cocktail |
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Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea |
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2019 |
Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry |
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| Devil |
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The Dinner |
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| The Killing Jar |
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Fruitvale Station |
[5] |
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| My Soul to Take |
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Gravity |
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| Orr Eravuu |
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Grown Ups 2 |
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| Room in Rome |
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Locke |
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| Shrek Forever After |
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White House Down |
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| The Silent House |
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2014 |
Before We Go |
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| Unstoppable |
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The Fatal Encounter |
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| Valentine's Day |
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Non-Stop |
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| 2011 |
Arthur Christmas |
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Premature |
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| Attack the Block |
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2015 |
Cop Car |
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| Britain in a Day |
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Grandma |
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| The Cabin in the Woods |
[9] |
The Hateful Eight |
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| Carnage |
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2016 |
Autopsy of Jane Doe |
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| Jeff, Who Lives at Home |
Free Fire |
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| Life in a Day |
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Money Monster |
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| Margin Call |
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Nerve |
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| New Year's Eve |
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Perfect Strangers |
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| Mars Needs Moms |
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Three |
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| Oslo, August 31st |
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2017 |
Happy Death Day |
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| Quarantine 2: Terminal |
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2018 |
Bad Times at the El Royale |
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| Sanctum |
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Ben Is Back |
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| Silent House |
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The Commuter |
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| The Sitter |
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An Elephant Sitting Still |
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| Source Code |
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Intimate Strangers |
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| Take Me Home Tonight |
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2019 |
1917 |
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| Traffic |
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The Captain |
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| A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas |
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The Vigil |
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| 2012 |
Changing the Game |
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| Cosmopolis |
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| Dredd |
[6] |
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| Friday |
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| Fun Size |
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| Holy Motors |
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| The Longest Daycare |
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| Premium Rush |
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| Project X |
[8] |
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| Shutter |
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2020s
| Year |
Films |
Ref |
Year |
Novels |
Ref
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| 2020 |
The Boys in the Band |
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| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train |
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| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
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| 2021 |
Malcolm & Marie |
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| We All Die Alone |
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| Willy's Wonderland |
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Bodies Bodies Bodies |
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| Bullet Train |
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| Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery |
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| Mahishasur Marddini - A Night to Remember |
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| Shttl |
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| The Outfit |
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Failure! |
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| Retribution |
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References
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