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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
  • 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, each season of which is set over 24 hours

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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! in Where's My Mummy?
  • Scrooge (1935)
  • Scrooge (1951)
  • Scrooge (1970)
  • The Set-Up
  • Seven Chances
  • Short Eyes
  • Shrek Forever After
  • 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
  • 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


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