Technically, most of Two Seconds takes place in two seconds (with a couple of minutes before and after). It’s done in flashbacks, but those are supposed to occur in the two seconds before the man dies in the electric chair.
The longest movie that I’ve seen which is one continuous shot is the 2015 German film Victoria directed by Sebastian Schipper, which is 140 minutes long. This Wikipedia entry lists three longer ones and many that are shorter. Two of the ones they list (Timecode and Russian Ark) are reasonably well known:
Agree with this. It was poorly received, but it was one of the better adaptations of book-to-movie. I loved the book (I was on a Thomas Berger kick for awhile) and this was a good job. Also, if you read the book, it’s clear that Ackroyd was perfectly cast as Captain Vic.
Let it Ride is a 1989 comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss. Except for about two minutes the night before, the whole thing takes place at a racetrack in an afternoon.
Some films that take place around a holiday are sure to qualify - stuff like Pieces of April or The Ice Storm happen on Thanksgiving or start just before. Some Christmas movies, too, no doubt.
Duel takes place over one day, if that counts as “a few” hours. During the opening credits Mann is shown leaving his house for his business trip in the morning. As the closing credits roll, he’s sitting on the edge of the canyon as the sun starts to set. Although when he first encountered the truck at the beginning of the movie he’d probably already been driving for a while, so you could argue that most of the actual action takes place over a few hours.