Teens Angst & Adventure
A Saturday detention brings together a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal in this 1985 classic.
The Breakfast Club
Bruce Willis' John McClane spends a single Christmas Eve fighting terrorists in the Nakatomi Plaza high-rise in this 1988 action staple.
Die Hard
A young American and French woman meet on a train and spend a single night wandering Vienna, falling in love by the time this 1995 film ends.
Before Sunrise
This 1995 film, set entirely on Record Store Day, follows an employee who tries to save the store from a corporate takeover.
Empire Records
This 2002 thriller sees Colin Farrell's character trapped in the titular location by a sniper, forced to negotiate with the man in real-time.
Phone Booth
In this 1986 John Hughes film, a charming high school senior schemes to have an epic day off in Chicago, though he spends most of it avoiding the principal.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
This 1989 Spike Lee film covers the hottest day of the summer in Brooklyn's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood, ending in tragedy at Sal's Famous Pizzeria.
Do the Right Thing
This 2003 sequel catches up with the same couple nine years later, spending a single afternoon in Paris before one of them has to catch a flight.
Before Sunset
This 1998 drug-fueled comedy features a series of interconnected stories taking place at a New Year's Eve party in New York City.
200 Cigarettes
In this 1999 German thriller, a woman must collect a large sum of money in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend, with the story resetting multiple times.
Run Lola Run
On their last day of school in 1976 Texas, this 1993 film follows a crew of teens, freshmen getting hazed, and the iconic phrase "Alright, alright, alright."
Dazed & Confused
Frustration over modern life causes a character played by Michael Douglas to abandon his car and go on a violent rampage across Los Angeles in this 1993 film.
Falling Down
A group of teens drives around one night after failing to score beer for a party in this 2007 comedy, a precursor to the "infinite night" genre.
Superbad
A series of interconnected stories, including a frog downpour and a speech by a dying motivational speaker, unfold over one day in the San Fernando Valley in this 1999 drama.
Magnolia
This film follows a U.S. Army Ranger company attempting a daring raid and rescue in Mogadishu, Somalia, which becomes a brutal, all-day battle in 1993.
Black Hawk Down
On the night of their high school graduation in 1999, two best friends try to make it to the biggest party of the year, facing off against an over-zealous cop and a giant cat.
Can't Hardly Wait
This 2004 neo-noir thriller follows a cab driver forced to chauffeur a contract killer (Tom Cruise) to five different targets across Los Angeles in one night.
Collateral
A New York novelist and his son spend a chaotic evening in a bar after the boy is caught drinking in this 2005 dramedy, which takes place in just 90 minutes of "real time."
Conversations with Other Women
A group of college friends in Austin, Texas, faces a strange, interconnected phenomenon over a single night during a party in this low-budget 2013 sci-fi thriller.
Coherence
This 1998 film follows two Army Rangers and a medic on a desperate mission to rescue American POWs from a German camp on the day of the D-Day landings.
Saving Private Ryan
After a big heist, two convenience store clerks are forced to open for business the next morning in this 1994 low-budget, black-and-white comedy.
Clerks
In this 2001 film, a detective and his partner spend one long day on patrol in South Central LA, with the rookie needing to prove his worth before the day is over.
Training Day
A group of friends tries to survive a monster attack in New York City on a single night, documented via found footage, in this 2008 film and its 2018 spiritual sequel.
This 2000 drug trafficking drama, which spans three different storylines, is largely set across the course of one pivotal day.
Traffic
Set in Vietnam in 1970, this 1987 war film follows a squad of soldiers on a one-day reconnaissance mission near the Cambodian border.
Platoon