Movies by Lists - Best One Room Movies (55 [55]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 10 Cloverfield LaneA young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable. | 2016 | Dan Trachtenberg | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (311.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 12 Angry MenThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. | 1957 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.0 (749.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 127 HoursA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. | 2010 | Danny Boyle (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.5 (366.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Bad Times at the El RoyaleEarly 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be. | 2018 | Drew Goddard | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (141.6K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Breakfast Club, TheFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. | 1985 | John Hughes (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (379.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| BuriedPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death | 2010 | Rodrigo Cortés | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (158.8K votes) | 95 | 20220414 |
| CarnageTwo pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos. | 2011 | Roman Polanski (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (124.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| ClerksA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. | 1994 | Kevin Smith (*) | Comedy | 7.7 (218.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| CoherenceStrange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead. | 2013 | James Ward Byrkit | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (121.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| CubeSix complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps. | 1997 | Vincenzo Natali | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (224.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Das Boot [The Boat]The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Drama, War | 8.3 (244.3K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Death and the MaidenA political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government. | 1994 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (24.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Dial M For MurderA former tennis player tries to arrange his wife's murder after learning of her affair. | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Thriller | 8.2 (169.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| DisturbiaA teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer. | 2007 | D.J. Caruso | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (231.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Dog Day AfternoonThree amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does | 1975 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (249.5K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| DogvilleA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price. | 2003 | Lars von Trier (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.0 (145.4K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Ex MachinaA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I. | 2014 | Alex Garland | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (515.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| ExamEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel. | 2009 | Stuart Hazeldine | Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (111.5K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Experiment, The [Das Experiment]For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence. | 2001 | Oliver Hirschbiegel (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (93K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Exterminating Angel, TheThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. | 1962 | Luis Buñuel (*) | Drama, Fantasy | 8.1 (32.4K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Eye for Beauty, An [Règne de la Beauté, Le]A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I. | 2014 | Alex Garland | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (512.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Glengarry Glen RossAn examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. | 1992 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (102.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Gosford ParkSet in the 1930s, this movie brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect. | 2001 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (85.5K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Grilling, The [Garde a vue]A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours. | 1981 | Claude Miller | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (4.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Hard CandyHayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surpri | 2005 | David Slade | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (158.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Hateful Eight, TheIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. | 2015 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western | 7.8 (566.4K votes) | 168 | 20211228 |
| K-PAXPROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. | 2001 | Unknown | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (180.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Lighthouse, TheTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. | 2019 | Robert Eggers (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 7.4 (192.3K votes) | 109 | 20220315 |
| LockeIvan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence. | 2013 | Steven Knight | Drama | 7.1 (145.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Man From Earth, TheAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine. | 2007 | Richard Schenkman | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (183.1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| MiseryAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse. | 1990 | Rob Reiner (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (200.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Mist, TheA freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. | 2007 | Frank Darabont (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (296.1K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| MoonAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our | 2009 | Duncan Jones | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (350K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Murder on The Orient ExpressIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects. | 1974 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (60.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| My Dinner with AndreTwo old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews. | 1981 | Louis Malle (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (20.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Non-StopAn air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes. | 2014 | Jaume Collet-Serra | Action, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (259.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Panic RoomA divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room, when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune. | 2002 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (272.9K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Strangers [Perfetti Sconosciuti]Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles. | 2016 | Paolo Genovese | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (63.7K votes) | 96 | 20220415 |
| Phone BoothPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax. | 2002 | Joel Schumacher | Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (262.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Platform, The [El hoyo]A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole. | 2019 | Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.0 (197.3K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Pure Formality, A [Una pura formalita]Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear | 1994 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (11.4K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Raisin in the Sun, AA substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. | 1961 | Daniel Petrie | Drama | 8.0 (8.2K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Rear WindowA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend. | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (474.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.3 (976.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| RoomHeld captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. | 2015 | Lenny Abrahamson | Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (400.8K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| RopeTwo men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death. | 1948 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (138.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| SawTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer. | 2004 | James Wan | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (404.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Saw 2A detective and his team must rescue 8 people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw. | 2005 | Darren Lynn Bousman | Horror, Mystery | 6.6 (245.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Separate TablesThe stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables." | 1958 | Delbert Mann (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (7.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| SleuthA man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results. | 1972 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (47K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Sunset Limited, TheThrough a chance encounter, two men of opposing ideologies deliberate spiritual, philosophical, and profound matters in a New York City apartment. | 2011 | Tommy Lee Jones | Drama | 7.3 (30.2K votes) | 32 | 20220912 |
| Terminal, TheAn Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. | 2004 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (439.7K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Thing, TheA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. | 1982 | John Carpenter (*) | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (402.6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Whos Afraid of Virginia WoolfA bitter middle-aged couple, her derisive of his lowly position at a New England college, ask a new colleague and his wife over for drinks, and use them to fuel anguish and emotional pain toward each other through a distressing night | 1966 | Mike Nichols (*) | Drama | 8.0 (73.6K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Woman in the Dunes [Suna no onna]An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them. | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (19.3K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |