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Luke Tatge of blog Journalistic Skepticism follows up Julia Kukiewicz’s Top 10 Meryl Streep Films with his own favourites from the Academy award-winning actress.

The concise nature of the restrained story time forces events to happen quickly, for characters to forge relationships there and then. It feels intimate because the audience is there from beginning to end without any stops. There are no lost hours to passing days and periods of sleep, no need for flashbacks and back-story, and no time for extraneous exposition. The audience is along for the ride every step of the way.

The following films are perfect examples of stories that take place, predominantly, over one night. Let us know which ones are your favourites in the comments section below. Which films would you add to this list?