Movie trivia question/curiosity
 | What movies can you think of where the entire story takes place within a 24 hour timeframe or less |
| Or perhaps 99% of the story, forgiving a beginning or ending scene outside of that time |
| Super bonus points for 8 hours or less? |
 | Goonies? |
| Resident Evil should be under a day... |
| I thought the two Matrix sequels took place in very little time, but the original time frames drag out in reality |
| Any Back to the Future, in a sense |
| Pulp Fiction |
| I seem to remember Marty McFly sleeping a night in several of those movies, so that doesn't sound right |
| ok, Night of the Living Dead |
| Die Hard |
| Die Hard 2: Die Harder |
| Die Hard With a Vengeance |
| Live Free or Die Harder might've been over 24 hours' |
| I don't think John McClane got a chance to sleep though |
| But it seemed to be more like 36 hours |
| John McClane doesn't need to sleep |
| Damn straight. |
| Inside Man would have to forgive the last few scenes of the film |
| Labyrinth? She had the 24 hour time limit |
| Yeah when the first scene of Matrix Reloaded comes up, they say its 9 hours until Zion is destroyed, but between the two films it goes more like 40 hours than 10 |
| Cube, Cube Two, Cube Zero, i submit |
| we can go to shitty movies, like johnny mnemonic |
| And if you get a gimmicky Back to the Future, I claim a gimmicky Primer :) |
| Johnny Mnemonic has the microwave blasting uberdolphin, that redeems any film |
| Bladerunner? |
| I think Bladerunner counts |
| Bladerunner would have to forgive the first scene, right? |
| War of the Worlds? Nah, more like 48 hours? |
| War of the Worlds was a couple of days |
| Men in Black 2 |
| Four Rooms? |
| Four Rooms might come in under 8 hours, even |
| Evil Dead 1 comes under 8 hours |
| I suppose it has to be said... Groundhog Day, but in fact, it takes place over potentially hundreds of years |
| Airplane, Airplane 2? |
| Feels like cheating, but Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) |
| Fifth Element obviously gives up the opening egypt scene |
| Hero is cheating since its all done in flashbacks |
| Luke Perry doesn't count |
| El Mariachi |
| possibly Desperado |
| Ferris Bueller or Breakfast Club? |
| I'd count those two |
| American Graffiti :) |
| I think Cloverfield qualifies, forgiving the first scene, but passage of time is really tough to gauge |
| Shaun of the Dead? |
| OK, I've looked over several big long lists of many many movies, and this is all I got |
| I'll suggest The Fountain as the most opposite of these goals |
 | Isn't the movie "Rope" supposed to be done in one shot? Making it however long the movie is? |
| I think "Nick of Time" was supposed to be real time also |
| Suggestions from co-workers today: Three Kings, Black Hawk Down, It's a Wonderful Life, and ahem Adventures in Babysitting |
| And, obviously, Time Machine beats The Fountain for longest span at 800,000 years |