Mind-Blowing Movies Entirely Set in a Single Location to Unlock Your Claustrophobia

Sometimes, simpler is better. Some movies might jump around the world, throwing distractions at you. But other movies dig their heels into one place, and tell you a compelling story without ever leaving. So do you feel like changing things up? Check out these gnarly movies set in one location.

Escape Room

Ever done an escape room? Those sorta-cheesy attractions where a group of folks work together to solve clues and get out of a location? What if one of these escape rooms was actively trying to kill its participants? Would that intrigue you?

Then you better check out Escape Room. If you can escape this list, that is.

Snowpiercer

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In between some of his Captain America obligations, Chris Evans took some time to star in Snowpiercer, a buckwild dystopian sci-fi film set entirely on a moving train. It has inventive action sequences, wild scenery-chewing performances, and a food-related twist that puts Soylent Green to shame.

Saw

Saw changed the game. Every horror film since then owes it a debt. And yet, for all its influence, the original is strikingly simple. Three men, one dead, stuck in a bathroom. Can they get out? And who put them there? See if you can keep up with this fun, grisly potboiler’s twists and turns.

Panic Room

Let’s be honest: If a sweaty, cornrows-sporting Jared Leto made it into our house, we’d lock ourselves in a panic room, too.

That’s the exact situation Jodie Foster and a young Kristen Stewart find themselves in, as director David Fincher flings a group of robbers played by the best character actors at them.