* 24 Hours to Live (2017): A man is given 24 hours to live after being injected with a lethal poison. He must use this time to find his killer and clear his name.
* Before Sunrise (1995): Two strangers meet on a train and spend the night talking and walking around Vienna.
* The Breakfast Club (1985): Five students are stuck in detention together on a Saturday. They spend the day getting to know each other and learning about each other's lives.
* Groundhog Day (1993): A weatherman is trapped in a time loop and relives the same day over and over again.
* Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (2014): A soldier is caught in a time loop and must relive the same day over and over again until he can find a way to defeat the aliens.
* Run Lola Run (1998): A woman has 20 minutes to find 100,000 Deutschmarks to save her boyfriend's life. She runs through the streets of Berlin, trying to find the money in time.
Books:
* The Hours (1998): Michael Cunningham's novel tells the stories of three women who are all connected by the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf. The novel takes place over the course of one day, and each woman's story is told in a different section of the book.
* One Day (2009): David Nicholls' novel tells the story of two friends, Emma and Dexter, who meet on July 15, 1988, and then continue to meet on the same day every year for the next 20 years. The novel follows their friendship, their ups and downs, and their changing relationship over the years.
* The Circle (2013): Dave Eggers' novel tells the story of Mae Holland, a young woman who is hired to work at a powerful technology company called the Circle. The company's goal is to make the world more transparent by eliminating all privacy. The novel takes place over the course of one day, and it follows Mae as she learns more about the company and its plans for the future.