# Small Movie Set

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335 "2020-06-10T00:25:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335/21 "2020-06-11T00:12:33Z")

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Doing a quickie search **Cube** looks interesting.

I’m not prone to it, but I have to admit I’m getting claustrophobic reading about all these movies!

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335/22 "2020-06-11T01:56:13Z")

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Most of _Le Trou_ (1960) takes place in a prison cell.  
_The Graceful Brute_ (1962) is a Japanese black comedy set almost entirely in the apartment of a family so greedy, they act like it’s an entitlement. They meet their match in the title character, played by the gorgeous Ayako Wakao.

> **[The Graceful Brute (1962) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217799/?ref_=tt_urv)**
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> The Graceful Brute: Directed by Yûzô Kawashima. With Ayako Wakao, Yûnosuke Itô, Hisano Yamaoka, Yûko Hamada. A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They...

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but I recall the bulk of _The Offense_ (1973) taking place in an interrogation room.  
_The Iceman Cometh_ (1973) takes place entirely in a bar.  
The TV movie _Steambath_ (1973) takes place in…well, see if you can figure it out.  
A chunk of the opening of _Out of Sight_ (1998) takes place in a car trunk.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335/23 "2020-06-11T02:13:55Z")

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> [@Kzbre5m](#):
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> Another (different) category could be driving around in a vehicle: Driving Around Getting Coffee types.

Not exactly what you’re looking for, but Jim Jarmusch’s “Night On Earth” are five episodes playing in taxis in LA, Rome, Paris, Helsinki and New York.

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