Movies That Take Place in One Day, a list by AwesomeAustn

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71

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3.5

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96

/361/

79

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96

/49/

4.0

age 14+

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

72

7.8

/713847/

77

/32021/

77

/14916/

4.0

/1162164/

74

/332/

77

/4680/

68

/51/

2.0

age 18+

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

78

7.5

/577586/

75

/19605/

73

/8838/

3.5

/311157/

92

/262/

82

/12258/

74

/41/

3.5

age 13+

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

66

6.5

/146486/

70

/13372/

70

/6942/

3.0

/393666/

66

/143/

66

/1106/

58

/33/

3.0

age 14+

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

73

7.0

/485355/

72

/19324/

66

/8333/

3.4

/827186/

92

/291/

74

/13119/

72

/40/

3.0

age 17+

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.

78

7.8

/468105/

79

/16535/

77

/8364/

3.8

/1795896/

87

/114/

92

/29313/

66

/25/

3.0

age 15+

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

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7.6

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76

/19664/

72

/7824/

3.9

/1966449/

88

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87

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76

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

76

7.7

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79

/15444/

75

/6062/

3.8

/611286/

77

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90

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62

/13/

3.0

age 10+

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.

70

7.1

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72

/15311/

68

/5375/

3.6

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80

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72

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60

/30/

age 16+

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

71

7.6

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77

/15064/

72

/6476/

3.7

/226679/

60

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83

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58

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3.0

age 15+

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

71

7.2

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74

/15234/

69

/6207/

3.3

/241020/

68

/68/

70

/11060/

67

/17/

3.5

age 16+

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

64

6.9

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71

/11393/

68

/5604/

3.1

/140869/

62

/228/

63

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56

/41/

2.5

age 14+

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

77

7.8

/411686/

79

/14968/

75

/5233/

4.0

/1269040/

83

/80/

92

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61

/13/

3.0

age 12+

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.

69

7.0

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69

/14650/

67

/7558/

3.4

/412552/

78

/214/

68

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64

/37/

3.0

age 14+

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

61

6.3

/247298/

68

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64

/4982/

2.8

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52

/200/

62

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52

/43/

3.0

age 14+

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

60

6.3

/242448/

66

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63

/7777/

3.0

/584255/

58

/196/

54

/9725/

58

/35/

age 6+

A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

68

7.2

/365734/

74

/11609/

70

/6304/

3.5

/367279/

66

/56/

76

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48

/15/

3.0

age 17+

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.

76

7.7

/297504/

77

/10848/

74

/6686/

3.8

/292968/

86

/49/

86

/5569/

61

/15/

3.0

age 16+

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

58

6.7

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68

/9295/

69

/6652/

3.3

/732321/

29

/140/

61

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46

/29/

age 18+

Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

42

5.4

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63

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61

/4556/

2.8

/460738/

8

/114/

53

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19

/28/

1.0

age 14+

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.

65

6.9

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70

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66

/4066/

3.3

/143277/

62

/101/

71

/20832/

57

/19/

age 18+

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

73

6.8

/217425/

71

/6843/

66

/3767/

3.3

/106151/

87

/195/

73

/8575/

69

/34/

3.5

age 13+

When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of veteran engineer Frank Barnes, and young conductor Will Colson, who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events.

75

7.3

/248790/

72

/8541/

72

/4327/

3.6

/531091/

85

/86/

84

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71

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age 16+

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

73

7.5

/223315/

76

/7526/

73

/3952/

3.7

/191381/

75

/57/

84

/4035/

56

/21/

3.0

age 16+

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

67

6.8

/140214/

70

/6808/

69

/4824/

3.2

/281008/

52

/196/

58

/9278/

55

/32/

4.0

age 9+

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

67

7.1

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70

/7070/

68

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3.3

/172526/

72

/187/

64

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56

/35/

3.0

age 16+

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

76

7.4

/214024/

73

/7325/

72

/4727/

3.7

/437254/

90

/42/

82

/6026/

71

/10/

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

69

6.8

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70

/7864/

67

/5272/

3.5

/334395/

76

/191/

64

/6019/

65

/36/

3.0

age 16+

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

71

7.0

/214717/

72

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65

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3.4

/156480/

75

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80

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64

/29/

3.0

age 17+

Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.

78

7.7

/239252/

76

/6605/

74

/2665/

3.8

/214362/

90

/60/

89

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70

/17/

3.0

age 17+

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

74

7.4

/181716/

76

/6391/

74

/3044/

4.0

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81

/52/

85

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65

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2.5

age 15+

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

59

6.4

/216105/

67

/6083/

63

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3.1

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51

/225/

52

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55

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2.5

age 17+

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

49

5.8

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65

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60

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2.9

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20

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42

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34

/23/

2.5

age 8+

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

51

6.7

/166521/

68

/5575/

65

/2548/

3.0

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26

/87/

49

/5096/

28

/13/

age 18+

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

86

8.1

/310970/

80

/6457/

78

/3667/

4.3

/780715/

94

/181/

91

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91

/39/

3.5

age 16+

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

76

7.1

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68

/5329/

68

/2833/

3.6

/160229/

91

/216/

72

/1540/

83

/37/

3.5

age 15+

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

66

6.3

/124469/

67

/5925/

64

/3478/

3.2

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77

/159/

52

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67

/30/

3.0

age 10+

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

71

7.0

/175327/

68

/5256/

66

/2953/

3.3

/88703/

87

/159/

65

/6251/

65

/29/

3.5

age 17+

Paul 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 trap.

74

7.1

/73229/

74

/4823/

67

/1589/

3.5

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93

/167/

77

/2061/

69

/32/

age 6+

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

80

7.6

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75

/5773/

73

/2190/

3.9

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94

/69/

90

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82

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3.0

age 15+

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

67

6.5

/121935/

66

/4154/

63

/2226/

3.0

/63834/

75

/165/

60

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66

/36/

3.5

age 14+

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

59

6.3

/183968/

66

/5139/

64

/2870/

3.0

/123251/

36

/173/

48

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53

/33/

3.5

age 13+

Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believes Julia was ever onboard. And now Kyle, desperate and alone, can only count on her own wits to unravel the mystery and save her daughter.

74

7.1

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71

/6228/

70

/3399/

3.6

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85

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77

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76

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age 16+

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

73

6.7

/115105/

69

/4542/

64

/2194/

3.6

/139591/

91

/186/

75

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75

/27/

3.0

age 17+

A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

79

7.6

/216481/

74

/4907/

72

/2469/

3.9

/231256/

93

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90

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79

/31/

3.0

age 15+

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

53

6.3

/164921/

63

/5263/

60

/3029/

2.7

/119019/

49

/98/

43

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44

/14/

age 15+

A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.

85

7.9

/183709/

76

/5156/

74

/2608/

4.0

/502636/

98

/202/

82

/1652/

94

/41/

4.0

age 16+

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.

74

7.3

/166130/

74

/4786/

71

/2284/

3.6

/72105/

75

/57/

79

/2721/

62

/24/