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
 * 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)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Three
 * Three O'Clock High
 * Through a Glass Darkly
 * The Thursday
 * Timecode
 * The Towering Inferno
 * Touch of Evil
 * Traffic (2011)
 * Training Day
 * 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
 * While the Door was Locked (1942)
 * 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