{{Short description|Film genre}} {{Redirect|One Take}} {{for|films titled "One shot"|One shot (disambiguation)#Film and television}} A '''one-shot film''' (also known as a '''one-take film''', '''single-take film''', or '''continuous shot feature film''') is a full-length movie filmed in one long take by a single camera, or manufactured to give the impression it was.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://feenta.com/best-one-shot-one-take-movies/ |title=Best one shot (one-take) movies |date=2016-09-25 |website=FEENTA |access-date=2018-03-21 }}</ref>
== History == Grode notes that before such films as ''1917'' and ''Birdman'', the idea of experimenting with long uninterrupted takes had a history of over 80 years, with Alfred Hitchcock being a pioneer. Aside from early experiments like ''Young and Innocent'' and ''Notorious'', the most famous early example of a film that extensively uses long takes is the 1948 ''Rope'', which was shot in mainly seven-to-ten–minute continuous takes (the physical limit of film stock at the time) that appear as four long takes of around 15 to 20 minutes each, close to the maximum length allowed by the cinema projectors of the time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bordwell |first1=David |title=Poetics of Cinema |date=2008 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=9780415977791 |pages=32–36}}</ref> Reportedly, James Stewart, star of ''Rope'', did not like the long takes and apparently muttered on set that the cameras were more important than the actors.<ref name=":0" /> Hitchcock intended to shoot the film as if it were a play, and timed five of the ten segments to allow for hidden edits behind furniture; elaborate camera and actor choreography was used. He wrote ''Rope'' this way because he felt "if time passed between cuts, the suspense of whether the body was still in the trunk would be lost".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-23|title='1917' and 12 Other 'One-Shot' Movies, From 'Timecode' to 'Birdman' (Photos)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/1917-movies-accomplished-in-one-shot-from-timecode-to-birdman-photos/|access-date=2020-06-24|website=TheWrap|language=en-US}}</ref>
Grode also examines the 1958 film ''Touch of Evil'' as an example, though only its three-minute opening sequence is shot in real time. However, the use of a real time ticking bomb through the single shot is seen as a standard.<ref name=":0" />
''The Wolf House'' (2018) is a deconstructed example of (stop-motion) animation that presented in a form of single, unbroken shot sequence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ten Rules for Animating The Wolf House |url=https://walkerart.org/magazine/http:://walkerart.org/magazine/ten-rules-animating-the-wolf-house-cristobal-leon-and-joaquin-cocina |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=walkerart.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jutton |first=Lee |date=2020-05-13 |title=THE WOLF HOUSE: A Delightfully Disturbing Fairy Tale |url=https://www.filminquiry.com/the-wolf-house-2018-review/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Film Inquiry |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |date=2020-05-14 |title='The Wolf House' Review: A Different Kind of Quarantine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/movies/the-wolf-house-review.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In a 2019 article, discussing the award-winning film ''1917'' (2019), Eric Grode of ''The New York Times'' wrote that very long takes were becoming popular in more mainstream films "as a sobering reminder of temporality, a virtuosic calling card, a self-issued challenge or all of the above", also citing the Academy Award-winner from several years prior, ''Birdman'' (2014).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Grode|first=Eric|date=December 25, 2019|title=''1917'' Isn't the First (Supposedly) One-Shot Film. Here's a Timeline|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/25/movies/1917-single-take.html|access-date=June 24, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Notable examples == <!-- Additions to this list need to establish notability by either (1) citing a reliable source in the 'Ref.' column, or (2) linking to an existing Wikipedia article about the film or its director. See talk page. -->
=== Actual "one shot" === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! data-sort-type="number" | Length ! Director ! Nationality ! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- | 1982 | ''Macbeth'' | style="max-width:0" | 57 min. (longest shot){{efn|1=One five-minute shot and the film's opening credits precede the film's 57 minute main shot.}} |Béla Tarr | Hungary | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cantstopthemovies.com/2010/08/bela-tarr-macbeth-1982/ |title=Bela Tarr: Macbeth (1982) |date=2010-08-03 |website=Can't Stop the Movies |access-date=2016-03-27 |archive-date=2018-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223920/http://www.cantstopthemovies.com/2010/08/bela-tarr-macbeth-1982/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 1990 | ''C'est Vrai (One Hour)'' | 60 min. | Robert Frank | France | <ref>{{cite web |title=C'est Vrai/One Hour |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/10069 |website=MOMA}}</ref> |- | 1998 | ''Big Monday'' | 74 min. | Michael Rehfield | United States | <ref name="BigMonday">{{Cite news|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1999-03-19/521609/ |title=Reflections |access-date=2019-10-13|work=The Austin Chronicle|location=Austin|first=Clay|last=Smith|date=1999-03-19}}</ref> |- | 2000 | ''Timecode'' | 97 min. | Mike Figgis | United States | <ref name="TimeCode">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/aug/11/culture.features |title=Once upon a Time Code |access-date=2013-06-03|work=The Guardian|location=London|first=Richard|last=Williams|date=2000-08-11}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2002 |''Rabbits'' |Eight-episode limited series, 5–7 mins., each done in one take and partially edited with practical background effects |David Lynch |United States |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rabbits |url=https://www.onderhond.com/blog/rabbits-review-david-lynch |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.onderhond.com |language=en}}</ref> |- | ''Russian Ark'' | 96 min. | Alexander Sokurov | Russia | <ref name="russianark1">{{cite web |url=https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-the-96-minute-shot-the-russian-ark/ |title=Behind the Scenes of the 96 Minute Shot, The Russian Ark |last=Ward |first=Caleb |date=2014-04-22 |website=The Beat |publisher=PremiumBeat |access-date=2015-09-27 }}</ref> |- |2003 |''{{ill|Sábado (film)|es|Sábado (película chilena)|lt=Sábado}}'' |65 min. |Matías Bize |Chile | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/sabado/ |title=Sábado (2003) |website=cinechile}}</ref> |- |2007 |''Alternation'' |11 min |Mehdi Fard Ghaderi |Iran |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.viddsee.com/video/alternation/ko9w7 |title=Alternation ( تناوب ) by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi - Iran Drama Short Film {{!}} Viddsee |language=en |access-date=2024-05-07 |via=www.viddsee.com}}</ref> |- | 2007 | ''PVC-1'' | 85 min. | Spiros Stathoulopoulos | Colombia | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/movie-shot-real-time-recalls-colombian-nightmare-article-1.351752 |title=A movie shot in real time recalls Colombian nightmare |last=Beale |first=Lewis |date=2008-07-15 |website=NY Daily News |access-date=2018-04-21 }}</ref> |- |2008 |''Still Orangutans'' |81 min. |Gustavo Spolidero | Brazil | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/still-orangutans-125777|title=Still Orangutans|work=The Hollywood Reporter|agency=AP|author=Lowe, Justin|date=2008-11-12|access-date=2018-04-21 }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2011 |''Reversing Circles'' |21 min. |Mehdi Fard Ghaderi |Iran |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The Documentary And Experimental Film Center |url=http://defcapp.ir/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=defcapp.ir |language=fa}}</ref> |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Short Cut (2011 film)|lt=short cut|ja|short cut}}'' |112 min. single shot in one take. |Koki Mitani |Japan |<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/060493 | title = Mitani Koki "short cut" | date = 2011 | publisher = Wowow | language = Japanese | access-date = 2025-07-14 }}</ref> |- | rowspan="6" |2013 | ''Rati Chakravyuh'' | 102 min. | Ashish Avikunthak | India |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artslant.com/ind/articles/show/40024 |title=Circling Time |last=Sorabjee |first=Deepika |date=2014-07-06 |website=ArtSlant |access-date=2015-10-07 }}</ref> |- | ''Fish & Cat'' | 134 min. | Shahram Mokri | Iran | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/global/venice-film-review-fish-cat-1200615586/ |title=Venice Film Review: 'Fish & Cat' |last=Simon |first=Alissa |date=2013-09-17 |work=Variety |access-date=2018-04-21 }}</ref> |- | ''El triste olor de la carne'' | 87 min. | Cristóbal Arteaga | Spain | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sad-smell-flesh-el-triste-583118 |title=The Sad Smell of Flesh (El Triste Olor de la Carne): Karlovy Vary Review |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=2013-07-10 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=2016-01-12 }}</ref> |- | ''Ana Arabia'' | 85 min. |Amos Gitai | Israel | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2013/09/venice-review-amos-gitais-shot-in-one-take-ana-arabia-93938/ |title=Venice Review: Amos Gitai's Shot-In-One-Take 'Ana Arabia' |last=Lyttelton |first=Oliver |date=2013-09-09 |website=IndieWire |access-date=2015-11-27 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224224221/https://www.indiewire.com/2013/09/venice-review-amos-gitais-shot-in-one-take-ana-arabia-93938/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |''Somebody Marry Me'' |98 min. |John Asher |United States | <ref>{{cite web |title= Malibu local completes film |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/malibu_life/article_70b2fada-d88b-11e2-bfb7-001a4bcf887a.html |website=The Malibu Times |date=2013-06-13 |access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Airport 2013|ja|大空港2013}}'' | 98 min. single shot in one take. |Koki Mitani |Japan | <ref>{{cite web |title= Mitani Koki to film another single-cut drama starring Takeuchi Yuko |url=https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2013/04/mitani-koki-to-film-another-single-cut-drama-starring-takeuchi-yuko |website=Tokyo Hive |date=2013-04-19 |access-date=2020-06-19}}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''Agadam'' | 123 min. | Mohamad Issack | India | <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-record-start/article5530220.ece |title=A record start |last=Jeshi |first=K. |date=2014-01-02 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2015-10-20 }}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |2015 | ''Victoria'' | 140 min. | Sebastian Schipper | Germany | <ref name="victoria1">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/02/adopt-films-picks-up-one-shot-heist-thriller-victoria-65040/ |title=Adopt Films Picks Up One-Shot Heist Thriller 'Victoria' |last=Kohn |first=Eric |date=2015-02-16 |website=IndieWire |access-date=2015-09-27 }}</ref> |- | ''Anino sa Likod ng Buwan'' | 120 min. | Jun Robles Lana | Philippines | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.piecsmakow.pl/film.do?lang=en&id=158 |title=Shadow Behind the Moon |website=Five Flavours Film Festival |access-date=2017-03-29 }}</ref> |- |''The Story Of A Rainy Night'' |24 min |Mehdi Fard Ghaderi |Iran |<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/81914357/Story-of-a-Rainy-Night-wins-San-Pedro-Filmfest |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=en.irna.ir |title=Story of a Rainy Night wins San Pedro Filmfest |date=10 January 2016 }}</ref> |- | ''Daksha'' | 142 min. | S. Narayan | India | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/duniya-vijay-s-daksha-with-s-narayan-news-kannada-oehjBmhigibsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205111344/http://www.sify.com/movies/duniya-vijay-s-daksha-with-s-narayan-news-kannada-oehjBmhigibsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-02-05 |title=Duniya Vijay's 'Daksha' with S.Narayan |date=2014-04-07 |website=Sify Movies |access-date=2017-02-21 }}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |2016 | ''Paint Drying'' | 607 min. | Charlie Shackleton | United Kingdom | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/bbfc-declares-paint-drying-film-a-u-after-sitting-through-all-607-minutes-a6834671.html|last=Loughrey|first=Clarisse|date=2016-01-26|title=BBFC rates Paint Drying film 'U', after sitting through all 607 minutes|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-06-23|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |- | ''Eight'' | 81 min. | Peter Blackburn | Australia | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreativeissue.com.au/one-shot-wonders-how-feature-film-eight-was-made/ |title=One shot wonders – how feature film ''Eight'' was made |last=Barry |first=Kristina |date=2014-03-28 |website=The Creative Issue |access-date=2018-04-21 |archive-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221524/https://www.thecreativeissue.com.au/one-shot-wonders-how-feature-film-eight-was-made/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |''Immortality'' |145 min. |Mehdi Fard Ghaderi |Iran |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-03|title=Rome Film Fest; ''Immortality'', shot in a single take|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/rome-film-festival-director-antonio-monda-screenings-drivein-prison-spanish-steps-1201876133/|website=Variety}}</ref> |- | ''King Dave'' | 99 min. | Podz | Canada | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/podzs-king-dave-one-shot-film-premieres-at-fantasia |title=Podz's King Dave: One-shot film premières at Fantasia |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=2016-07-11 |access-date=2017-06-10 |work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref> |- | rowspan="7" | 2017 | ''Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops'' | 74 min. | Daigo Matsui | Japan | <ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2017 |url=https://2017.tiff-jp.net/news/en/?p=14133 |title=One-shot 74 minutes feature with a drive, ''Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops'' Director Daigo Matsui, 'Filming the anger caused by stage play cancellation.' |website=30th Tokyo International Film Festival |access-date=24 January 2025 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122020131/https://2017.tiff-jp.net/news/en/?p=14133 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |''Fourplay'' |77 min. |Dean Ronalds |United States |<ref>{{cite web |last=Scheck |first=Frank |title='Fourplay': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/fourplay-1098835 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2018-04-01 |access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> |- | ''The Wedding Party'' | 119 min. | Thane Economou |United States | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/the-wedding-party-trailer/ |title='The Wedding Party' Trailer Reveals Romantic Comedy Shot Entirely in One Take |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=2017-05-16 |website=Collider |access-date=2018-04-21 }}</ref> |- | ''One Shot-Fear Without Cut'' | 140 min. | Haroon Rashid | India | <ref>{{cite news|last1=Shukla|first1=Richa|title=Haroon Rashid's film in Guinness World Records|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Haroon-Rashids-film-in-Guinness-World-Records/articleshow/13863663.cms|access-date=2017-02-02|work=The Times of India|date=2017-01-02}}</ref> |- | ''Watch The Sunset'' | 83 min. | Tristan Barr & Michael Gosden | Australia |<ref>{{cite web |last=Cunningham |first=James |title=Australia's first single-take feature film, 'Watch the Sunset', with {{sic|it|'s|nolink=y|hide=y}} cinematographer Damien Lipp |url=https://acmag.com.au/2017/03/01/watch-the-sunset/ |website=Australian Cinematographer Magazine |date=2017-03-01 |access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> |- | ''One Cut of the Dead'' | 37 min. one-take sequence | Shin'ichiro Ueda | Japan |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sahani|first=Alaka|date=2019-01-16|title=A Cut Above the Rest|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/a-cut-above-the-rest-japanese-movie-one-cut-from-the-dead-5540397/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705211631/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/a-cut-above-the-rest-japanese-movie-one-cut-from-the-dead-5540397/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Lost in London'' | 103 min. | Woody Harrelson | United Kingdom |<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McGovern |first=Joe |title=Woody Harrelson will make history with world's first-ever 'live cinema' movie |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/12/15/woody-harrelson-lost-in-london-interview/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2016-12-06 |access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref> |- | rowspan="7" |2018 | ''Heegondhu Dina'' |106.11 min |Vikram Yoganand |India |<ref>{{Cite web |title='Heegondhu Dina' review: This ambitious Kannada film deserves a watch for sheer audacity |date=31 March 2018 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/heegondhu-dina-review-ambitious-kannada-film-deserves-watch-sheer-audacity-78774}}</ref> |- | ''The Silent Pasture of Sparrows'' | 20 min. | Qmars Mootab | United States | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nofilmschool.com/2018/12/boy-girl-dream-90-minute-single-take |title=How a Sundance Film Pulled Off a 90-Minute Single Take |last=Buder |first=Emily |date=2018-01-24 |access-date=2018-01-24 |work=No Film School}}</ref> |- | ''Utøya: July 22'' | 90 min. | Erik Poppe |Norway | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/19/film-reenacting-norway-utoya-massacre-premieres-in-berlin|title=Utøya massacre re-enactment stuns Berlin audiences|first=Kate|last=Connolly|date=2018-02-19|website=The Guardian|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> |- | ''Blind Spot'' | 98 min. | Tuva Novotny |Norway | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/blind-spot-review-1202962397/|title=Film Review: 'Blind Spot'|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=2018-10-03|website=Variety|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> |- |''Jaalo'' |101 min |Araaj Keshav Giri |Nepal |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nepali Movie – Jaalo (Guinness world record holder one-shot film) – Nepal & Nepali |date=24 September 2018 |url=https://xnepali.net/nepali-movie-jaalo-guinness-world-record-holder-one-shot-film/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |style="max-width:0"|''{{ill|Tatort: Die Musik stirbt zuletzt|de}}'' | 88 min.<!-- (Standard German version), 87 min. (Swiss German version) --> |Dani Levy |Switzerland | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/tatort/der-schweizer-tatort-von-dani-levy-15721657.html|title=Luzern hören und sterben|first=Jan|last=Brachmann|date=2018-08-05|newspaper=Faz.net|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref><ref>comparison between the Swiss and Standard German versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcsqnJeQZw</ref> |- | ''A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night'' | 89 min. | Qasim Basir | United States | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nofilmschool.com/2018/12/boy-girl-dream-90-minute-single-take |title=How a Sundance Film Pulled Off a 90-Minute Single Take |last=Buder |first=Emily |date=2018-01-24 |access-date=2022-04-11 |work=No Film School}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2019 |style="max-width:0" | ''El Amor No Puede Esperar (Love Can't Wait)'' |76 min. |Juan Carlos Carrasco |Mexico |<ref>{{Citation|last=Carrasco|first=Juan Carlos|title=Love Can't Wait|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5960008/|type=Comedy, Romance|access-date=2021-03-21}}</ref> |- |''Last Call'' |77 min. |Gavin Michael Booth |Canada |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2020-09-18 |title='Last Call' Review: A Split-Screen Stunt Obscures the Statement at the Center of This Suicidal Plea for Help |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/last-call-review-1234774806/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Shonibar Bikel'' |83 min |Mostofa Sarwar Farooki |Bangladesh |<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 2019 |title=Farooki's 'Shonibar Bikel' selected for Sydney Film Festival 2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2019/05/10/farooki-s-shonibar-bikel-selected-for-sydney-film-festival-2019 |url-status=live |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521094557/http://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2019/05/10/farooki-s-shonibar-bikel-selected-for-sydney-film-festival-2019 |archive-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2020 | ''{{ill|Limbo (2019 film){{!}}Limbo|de|Limbo (2019)}}'' | 89 min. | Tim Dünschede | Germany | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/limbo-one-take-thriller-kinostart-tim-duenschede-florian-halbig,Rr2CeQU |title=Das ist das One-Shot-Experiment von fünf HFF-Absolventen |last=Ortmann |first=Joana |date=2020-02-20 |newspaper=Bayerischer Rundfunk |access-date=2020-02-26 }}</ref> |- |''City Lights'' |102 min. |Malte Wirtz |Germany |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kino-zeit.de/film-kritiken-trailer-streaming/lichter-der-stadt-2020 |title=Lichter der Stadt |date=2020-05-07 |website=Kino-Zeit.de |access-date=2024-11-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spielfilm.de/filme/3009298/lichter-der-stadt |title=Lichter der Stadt |date=2024 |website=Spielfilm.de |access-date=2024-12-11 }}</ref> |- |''Let's Scare Julie'' |83 min. |Jud Cremata |United States |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/how-jud-cremata-pulled-off-a-one-shot-thriller-with-lets-scare-julie/5149655.article |title=How Jud Cremata pulled off a one-shot thriller with 'Let's Scare Julie' |date=2020-05-07 |website=Screen International |access-date=2021-02-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.film-seekers.com/movie/lets-scare-julie/37 |title=Let's Scare Julie |date=2020 |website=Film Seekers |access-date=2021-02-15 }}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" |2021 | ''Boiling Point'' | 94 min. | Philip Barantini | United Kingdom | <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/57/34875-boiling-point |title=Boiling Point |website=55th Karlovy Vary IFF |access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref> |- | ''Causalidad'' | 115 min. | Who (Marcelo Politano) | Argentina | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://marketresearchtelecast.com/amazon-prime-video-premieres-causalidad-a-film-made-entirely-in-sequence-shot/228232/ |title=Amazon Prime Video premieres Causalidad, a film made entirely in sequence shot |website=Market Research Telecast |date=2021-12-17|access-date=2022-01-29}}</ref> |- | style="max-width:0" | ''Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam'' | 85 min. | Don Palathara | India | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/oct/19/don-palatharas-next-is-santhoshathinte-onnam-rahasyam-20875.html |title=Don Palathara's next is Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam |date=2020-10-19 |newspaper=Cinema Express |access-date=2020-12-30 }}</ref> |- | ''Rendez-Vous'' | 105 min. | Pablo Olmos Arrayales | Mexico | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/thriller-shot-in-one-take-rendez-vous-due-on-vod-feb-12-from-level-33/ |title=Thriller Shot in One Take 'Rendez-Vous' Due on VOD Feb. 12 From Level 33 |date=2021-02-11 |website=MediaPlayNews |access-date=2021-02-15 }}</ref> |- | ''Roaring 20's'' | 85 min. | Elisabeth Vogler | France | <ref name="Variety">{{cite web|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|title=Tribeca-Bound, Paris-Set 'Roaring 20's'Acquired by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/tribeca-competition-roaring-20-films-boutique-sales-1234956816/ |date=April 21, 2021|website=Variety|access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2022 |''Iravin Nizhal'' |98 min |R. Parthiban |India | <ref>{{ Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/iravin-nizhal-review-a-single-shot-film-of-phenomenal-power-and-ambition-3163243 |title=A Single-Shot Film Of Phenomenal Power And Ambition |website=NDTV review|access-date=July 16, 2022 }}</ref> |- |''Yuddha Kaandam'' |90 min |Bose Venkat |India | <ref>{{ Cite news|url=https://industryhit.com/t/indias-first-single-shot-action-movie-yuddha-kaandam-will-be-an-internationally-recognised-and-awards-winning-movie-which-will-create-a-lot-of-sensations/ |title=India's First Single Shot Action Movie 'YUDDHA KAANDAM ' Will Be An Internationally Recognised And Awards Winning Movie Which Will Create A Lot Of Sensations |website=industryhit review|access-date=August 15, 2021 }}</ref> |- |''The Punishment'' |86 min |Matías Bize |Chile |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022 |title=Matías Bize: Los mil y un desafíos del rodaje de «El castigo» |url=https://entrance.cl/matias-bize-los-mil-y-un-desafios-del-rodaje-de-el-castigo/}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2023 |''Tales from the Neighborhood Café'' |41 min. |Al Hallak |United States |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cranwell |first=Taylor |date=2023-06-20 |title='Tales from the Neighborhood Cafe' Puts Alexandria's St. Elmo's Coffee Pub on the Movie Map |url=https://thezebra.org/2023/06/20/st-elmos-movie/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=The Zebra |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''The Night Inside'' |23 min |Antonio Cuesta |Spain | <ref>{{ Cite news|url=https://www.lineupshorts.com/la-noche-dentro |title=La Noche Dentro - Film Distribution |website=LINE UP Film Agency|access-date=February 3, 2024 }}</ref> |- |''Failure!'' |87 min. |Alex Kahuam |Mexico - United States |<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/ted-raimi-failure-cannes-red-water-entertainment-1236006105/ |title=Ted Raimi Thriller 'Failure!' Snapped Up for North American Distribution at Cannes Market by Red Water Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE) |publisher=Variety}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |2024 |''MadS'' |88 min. |David Moreau |France |<ref>{{cite news|last=Robinson|first=Tasha|date=October 18, 2024|url=https://www.polygon.com/horror/467217/mads-shudder-one-shot-director-explains-interview|title=MadS' director says shooting a blood-gushing single-take horror movie is easy, kinda|work=Polygon|access-date=October 23, 2024}}</ref> |- |''Assemblage'' |92 min. |Sofiene Mamdi |France |<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.premiere.fr/film/Assemblage/critiques |title=Assemblage longest one shot feature film in the history of french cinema |publisher=Premiere}}</ref> |- |{{pending film|An Order From the Sky}} |72 min. |Karthi Radhakrishnan |India |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://internationalbookofrecords.com/records/longest-single-shot-feature-film-with-single-characte|title= WORLD'S FIRST SINGLE SHOT WITH SINGLE CHARACTER FEATURE FILM}}</ref> |- |''Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story'' |Episode 5 "The Hurt Man", 34 min. |Michael Uppendahl |United States |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/netflix-monsters-the-hurt-man-episode|title= How Netflix's Monsters Accomplished That Single-Take Episode - Television Academy}}</ref> |- | rowspan="7" |2025 |''Adolescence'' |Four-episode limited series, 51–65 mins., each done in one take |Philip Barantini |United Kingdom |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/stephen-graham-ashley-walters-adolescence-newsupdate/|website=Radio Times|access-date=22 July 2024|first=James|last=Hibbs|date=22 July 2024|title=Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters lead ambitious Netflix crime drama Adolescence}}</ref> |- |''The Studio'' |Episode 2 "The Oner," 25 min |Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg |United States |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2025-03-27 |title='How 'The Studio' Pulled Off Its One-Take Episode: Weeks of Planning, Dozens of Takes and Lots of Flubbed Lines' |url=https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/the-studio-one-take-episode-1236347408/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |work=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Connection at the End of the World'' |16 min. one-take sequence. |Sean Slimak |United States |<ref>Slimak, Sean ‘Outstanding Achievement in Short Script at Indie Short Fest 2024’ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34710754/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk</ref> |- | ''{{Interlanguage link|Oi,Dazai|ja|おい、太宰}}'' | 101 min. single shot in one take. | Koki Mitani | Japan |<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wowow.co.jp/film/oidazai/ | title = Mitani Koki Oi,Dazai | date = 2025 | publisher = Wowow | language = Japanese | access-date = 2025-07-14 }}</ref> |- |''Gunman'' |80 min. |Cristian Tapia Marchiori |Argentina |<ref>{{cite news | last=Vijn|first=Ard|date=February 27, 2026|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2026/02/rotterdam-2026-review-gunman-is-one-shot-that-hits.html|title=Rotterdam 2026 Review: GUNMAN Is One Shot That Hits|work=ScreenAnarchy|access-date=February 27, 2026}}</ref> |- |''The Deadline'' |91 min. |Tong Hui |China |<ref>{{cite news | last=Golden III|first=Lee|date=March 31, 2025|url=https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/the-deadline-trailer-tong-hui/|title=THE DEADLINE: Don’t Miss The Trailer For Tong Hui’s One-Shot Period Action Drama|work=FilmCombatSyndicate|access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref> |- |''One Shot with Ed Sheeran'' |60 min. |Philip Barantini |United Kingdom |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=2025-11-16 |title=One Shot With Ed Sheeran review – well-planned spontaneity from all-smiling singer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/16/one-shot-with-ed-sheeran-review-philip-barantini |access-date=2025-11-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |} {{notelist}}
===Edited to appear as "one shot"=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Length ! Director ! Nationality !Notes ! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- | 1964 | ''Empire'' | 485 min. | Andy Warhol | United States | | <ref>{{cite news|last=Ciampaglia|first=Dante A.|date=August 5, 2014|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3206-andy-warhol-s-empire-turns-50|title=Andy Warhol's Empire Turns 50|work=Architectural Record|access-date=November 28, 2022}}</ref> |- | 2010 | ''The Silent House'' | 86 min. | Gustavo Hernández | Uruguay | | <ref>{{cite news|last=Gingold|first=Michael|date=May 11, 2019|url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/the-silent-house-with-director-gustavo-hern%C3%A1ndez/|title=A Walk Through ''The Silent House'' with Director Gustavo Hernández|work=Fangoria|access-date=November 28, 2022}}</ref> |- | 2011 | ''Silent House'' | 87 min. | Chris Kentis, Laura Lau | United States |An American remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film ''The Silent House''. | <ref>{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Bob|date=March 8, 2012|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/elizabeth-olsen-on-silent-house-and-why-shell-never-co-star-with-mary-kate-and-ashley|title=Elizabeth Olsen on Silent House and why she'll never co-star with Mary-Kate and Ashley|work=National Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120309011928/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/03/08/elizabeth-olsen-on-silent-house-and-why-shell-never-co-star-with-mary-kate-and-ashley/|archive-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''Birdman'' | 119 min. | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States | | <ref name=":0" /> |- | rowspan="2" |2019 |''The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'' |105 min. |Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn |Canada |Edited to appear as two shots, actually 12 hidden cuts. Shot on 16mm film, used "Real-Time Transitioning" camera techniques to account for film size limits. |<ref>Li, Norm (October 2019). [http://www1.csc.ca/publications/2019/201910/IssueWeb201910.pdf "Long Take: Norm Li, csc (Q&A)" (PDF)]. Canadian Cinematographer. 11(5): 23</ref> |- | ''1917'' | 118 min. | Sam Mendes | United Kingdom | Actually edited to appear as two shots, with the camera cutting to black as the protagonist gets knocked out half-way. | <ref>{{cite news|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|date=December 26, 2019|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-1917-how-sam-mendes-filmed-a-ticking-clock-thriller-1263469/|title=Making of '1917': How Sam Mendes Filmed a "Ticking Clock Thriller"|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 28, 2022}}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes'' | 70 min. | Junta Yamaguchi | Japan | | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Balmont |first1=James |title=Screen sensation: the single-shot thriller bringing time-travel into the Zoom era |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/03/time-travel-beyond-the-infinite-two-minutes-junta-yamaguchi |website=The Guardian |date=3 December 2021 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> |- | 2021 | ''One Shot'' | 97 min. | James Nunn | United Kingdom | | <ref>{{cite news|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=November 5, 2021|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/one-shot-review-1235105614/|title='One Shot' Review: Defending a High-Security U.S. Military Base in Gimmicky Single-Take Stunt|work=Variety|access-date=November 6, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |''Soft and Quiet'' |92 min. |Beth de Araujo |United States | |<ref>{{cite news |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=20 October 2022 |title='Soft & Quiet': Why the Year's Most Terrifying Film Was Shot Four Times in a Row |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/soft-and-quiet-trailer-one-take-film-1234773938/ |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=IndieWire}} </ref> |- |''Medusa Deluxe'' |100 min. |Thomas Hardiman |United Kingdom | |<ref>{{cite news |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=7 August 2022 |title='Medusa Deluxe' Review: One-Shot Hairdressing Murder Mystery Is an Elaborate, Backcombed Tease |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/medusa-deluxe-review-1235335450/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=Variety}}</ref> |- |2023 |''Shttl'' |114 min. |Ady Walter |Ukraine | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2021-09-01 |title='SHTTL': Single-Shot Shoah Feature With Saul Rubinek Wraps In Ukraine; Sets To Be Maintained As Open-Air Museum |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/shttl-film-shoah-saul-rubinek-museum-ukraine-1234824978/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2024 |''One More Shot'' |102 min. |James Nunn |United Kingdom | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eoin |date=2024 |title=One More Shot (2024) Review |url=https://theactionelite.com/one-more-shot-2024-review/ |access-date=2024-08-28}}</ref> |}
==See also== * {{annotated link|Digital cinema}} * {{annotated link|Digital cinematography}} * List of films shot on digital video prior to 2012 * {{annotated link|Still image film}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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