10 recommendations of films in restricted and confined spaces.
As many people are struggling while being more confined than usual, some ideas of how to cope with restricted movement might be helpful. In many cases, these films are showing creative and inspiring strategies. So here are 10 examples....
Room (2015)
Confined space: a room
A woman and her son are locked into a room by her abuser for years. She tries to make it seem normal for him to shield him from reality.
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Confined space: : a secret room
A Jewish girl during WW2 is hidden in a secret part of a house and needs to avoid being detected by the son of the woman whose providing the shelter, who is a member of Hitlerjugend.
The Martian (2015)
Confined space: a space station
An astronaut gets stuck on Mars and needs to survive there alone until he can be rescued.
Life of Pi (2012)
Confined space: a boat
A young man survives a shipwreck and is confined to a small lifeboat with a tiger, while trying to reach a safe place.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Confined space: a court room
12 jury members are confined to a small room to reach a compromise together in order to reach a verdict.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Confined space: a cabin
An unusual group of people, including a bounty hunter, travel in a stagecoach and need to take shelter in a cabin during a snowstorm.
August: Osage County (2013)
Confined space: a house
A family gathers in their country house to spend time with their terminally ill mother. Tensions are running high...
Gravity (2013)
Confined space: a space ship
Two astronauts are stranded in space after a technical issue without any help.
Rear Window (1954)
Confined space: an apartment
A man is in a wheel chair and spends a lot of time watching his neighbours through his rear window.
Unbroken (2014)
Confined space: a life raft, then a prison
The true story of a man who is stuck on a raft for 47 days during WW2, and later has to survive further confinement in a prisoner-of-war camp.
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