List of works set within one day

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
• Embers
• 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
• Rat Trap
• 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 (2001-2014), each season of which is set over 24 hours
• No Through Road (2009-2012)

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
• Failure!
• 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
• Mahishasur Marddini - A Night to Remember
• 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)
• The Petrified Forest
• 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
• Retribution
• 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
• Saturday Night (2024)
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
• Scrooge (1935)
• Scrooge (1951)
• Scrooge (1970)
• The Set-Up
• Seven Chances
• Short Eyes
• Shrek Forever After
• Shttl
• 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
• SubUrbia
• 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
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Three
• Three O'Clock High
• Through a Glass Darkly
• The Thursday
• Timecode
• The Towering Inferno
• Touch of Evil
• Traffic (2011)
• Training Day
• Trap (2024)
• 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

See also

• Category:Novels set in one day

Further reading

• On films:
  • Saadi, Ziyad (2 May 2014). "Here's the 10 Best Films That Take Place Over 24 Hours (And The 5 Worst)". IndieWire.
  • Looker, Matt (21 August 2013). "30 Greatest Movies That Take Place In One Day". GamesRadar+.
• On literature:
  • Massara, Kathleen (27 September 2011). "10 Novels That Take Place in a Single Day". Flavorwire.
  • Mullan, John (24 October 2008). "Ten of the best circadian novels". The Guardian.
  • Barnard, Loretta (7 December 2017). "All in a day's work: Five circadian novels you should know about - The Big Smoke". The Big Smoke.
  • Higdon, David Leon (1992). "A First Census of the Circadian or One-Day Novel". The Journal of Narrative Technique. 22 (1 (Winter, 1992)): 57–64. JSTOR 30225348.