Poll Suggestion: Dragged and Locked

Some movies are about a situation, when people are dragged into a room for different reasons. They may dragged themselves into the room by accident, some got willfully in such a situation and some even have been forced into the room. I exclude such classics like '12 Angry Men' from the list, because the other movies instantly would have no chance. ;)Which of these depressing or oppressive one-room situations seems to be the most interesting?(Felt ~80% of playtime, better more should take place in that one room. It can be down to ~70% of playtime when the room is an eminent stylistic part of the story. No movie rated below 5/10.)https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040436635/

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stephennrussell

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6 years ago

Panic Room.

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Breumaster

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Thank you for suggesting, Stephen. It's allready on the list.

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6 years ago

stephennrussell

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Saw it on the list.

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6 years ago

Breumaster

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Yes, I also think it's a good one. :)

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6 years ago

Pencho15

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6 years ago

Should Birdman of Alcatraz count? if it does then any prison movie would be eligible, maybe you could include only regular rooms were characters are locked for different reasons than crimes.Also, while Buried takes place in a small space, I don't know if a coffin should count as a room. FYC:The Exterminating Angel (1962), one of Luis Buñuel most famous films where the guests to a dinner party are unexplainably unable to leave the dining room. Devil (2010) - people locked in an elevator with the devil. La habitación de Fermat (2007) - mathematicians try to escape a room.

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'El ángel exterminador' is a special classic like '12 Angry Men'. It would leave out the other movies by no chance. Maybe I should tie the rule in better words. So I don't put it on the list, but your other suggestion sound very interesting. So I've put 'Devil' & 'La habitación de Fermat' on the list. I saw 'Devil' and I'm curious about the Fermat movie.Thank you for suggesting and sorry I wrote that so late. I don't want to be unpolite, but have to sleep and work sometimes. ;)

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6 years ago

Pencho15

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Don't worry, I don't answer quickly either.

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6 years ago

Breumaster

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6 years ago

Pencho:Hi. When I think of 'Buried', you might be right. It isn't really a room so will put it off the list. But if some other user think it should be on the list, I might put it on the list again. When it comes to 'Birdman of Alcatraz', I think it's fair enough to let it stay on the list by the one rule.But on the oher hand, it's a classic like '12 angy man', which Iexcluded in the rules, even when it is not so a hard classiclike '12 Angry Men'. So I will put it of the list.Jail movies do not automatically fit, if one of them might fit.There are even rarely movies in jail, that play in only one room the most of the time. Some examples, that don't:Shawshank RedemptionLock UpEscape PlanThe Longest YardThe Green MileAmerican History XPapillonBronsonDespite some of them are real powerful classics, none ofthem could be on the list, because there isn't 70% playtimein only one room in any of them.

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In that case let me suggest to you one of the greatest jail movies where practically everything happens in a very small scene. It is french film Le Trou (1960), a fantastic film.

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6 years ago

Breumaster

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So I bend the rule a little. I make 12.000 to 15.000. That would be hard enough.Ok, I put it on the list, because it's not sooo a big classic with only 12.xxx ratings. ;)

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6 years ago

Breumaster

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So 'Birdman of Alcatraz' is back in, again

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6 years ago

rubyfruit76

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6 years ago

I'm so glad to see that 'Extremities' is on the list. 'Probably that one or 'Panic Room.' 'Good poll!

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Thank you, Ruby! :D I'm very excited about working on polls. It's fun. And as a side-effect I improve my English language knowledge without getting beaten by strangers. ;) But some time I wonder how English and American people struggle with the differences. That can be confusing. As a German I've chosen the word plaster, because it sounds more like the german Pflaster, which is exactly the same thing. But Americans call it bandage. In Germany a Bandage is what boxers have on their hands under the boxing gloves.

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6 years ago

Breumaster

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6 years ago

Im changing the 12.000 rule to 10.000.

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Wrong turn: I later changed the rule to 15.000, because 10.000 was a mistake. But the Website didn't take that, even if it showed it to me. The 12.000 Rule is changed to 15.000. Sorry for the mistake.

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6 years ago

Breumaster

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6 years ago

*bump*

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*bump*

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*bump*

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6 years ago

I took 'Pet' off the list. It surely doesn't fit the rues.

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*bump*

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*bump*

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*bumb*

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*bump*

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6 years ago

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5 years ago

Long, long ago...

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BonaFideBOSS

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5 years ago

Saw is my favorite.FYC:OldBoy (original)SplitGlass

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Bo: None of them had 70 or 80% of playtime in a locked room.

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5 years ago

Maxence_G

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5 years ago

FYC:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051744/Almost all the movie is set in the house, I don't know if houses are eligible.

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Don't know the movie, but trust that you follow the sceme. I've put it to the list.

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