Fall is one of many movies that revolve around a single location for a plot. And each one tried to do something different.

Released last week, Fall is among one of the many movies this summer that is competing at the summer box office. And with its unique take on using a key location to tell its gripping and suspenseful story, it might just be able to win some people over.

But there have been plenty of big-budget and independent movies that have used specific locations to tell their plots, each with their own unique spin on multiple genres. And some even created their own series or were nominated for major awards after their release.

Released on the 12th August, cinema-goers will have to wait and see if the movie will be a hit or a miss for Lionsgate's latest movie. Two fearless friends attempt to climb a 2000-foot radio tower left abandoned, only to find themselves stuck in a suspenseful and dangerous situation once they reach the top.

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Directed and co-written by Scott Mann, he followed up from movies Heist and Final Score to try and make a fresh suspenseful thriller. And seeing how these two friends will survive and figure out how to get back on the ground might make those afraid of heights feel squeamish.

Following up on their collaboration on Central Intelligence, Dwayne Johnson and director Rawson Marshall Thurber teamed up for the 2018 movie Skyscraper. The movie saw Dwayne Johnson play Will Sawyer, a security consultant who finds himself stuck in The Pearl—the world's tallest tower—after some criminals attempt to break into it.

Despite featuring some stunts and quick quips that some fans would expect from Johnson at this point, its technologically advanced building did try to build on previous Hollywood hits like Die Hard and The Towering Inferno and hit a chord with a 21st-century audience. It may not be the best-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes with a 5.20/10 or the best movie that takes place in a skyscraper, but it still entertained audiences enough to bring in profit at the box office that year.

Trying to build upon the success of great horror movies featuring sharks before, 47 Meters Down saw two sisters trapped in a shark-proof cage that has dropped on the ocean floor. With a low supply of oxygen in their scuba gear and 47 meters to reach the boat above them, they must also avoid the great white sharks hunting them.

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The filmmakers played a lot with the location of the cage and the ocean, playing with the suspense of the characters trying to escape the cage and the lighting from their tools to find the underwater predators hiding in the darkness. And many people seemed to have enjoyed this movie as it received a sequel that replaced the cage with a sunken city filled with sharks.

Joel Schumacher may be known as the director behind the unpopular Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, but he did step away from comic book movies to make dramas and thrillers, one of which was 2002's Phone Booth. Cocky publicist Stuart Shepherd finds himself caught in a difficult predicament as a hidden sniper has him trapped in a public phone booth in Times Square, New York.

Using this one, small location, the movie's story quickly escalates around it as Stuart finds himself stuck between the threats of the sniper and the police trying to contain the situation. And with Schumacher trying to use stylish filmmaking, he was already able to make a surprisingly exciting and scary movie in one location that much more engaging.

After Irwin Allen produced The Poseidon Adventure in 1972, his next movie would come out two years later with The Towering Inferno. With Steve McQueen and Paul Newman leading a star-studded cast, a newly constructed tower gets caught on fire, trapping everyone inside it as they try to escape.

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This epic disaster movie became memorable as all the characters try to escape, and their fates left uncertain until the credits roll. And seeing the intimidating and luxurious building become a deadly deathtrap made it one of the most memorable movies of the 1970s.

One of the many movies that were selected and screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013, Robert Redford was the only star of this dramatic story of survival. After his boat gets breached by a shipping container, he must do whatever he can to try and survive on the sea with his instincts and trusty vehicle.

Considered to be one of his best performances by some critics, Robert Redford's character was captivating as he tried to save his beloved boat from sinking. And the ocean would certainly be the antagonist in this movie as he tries to reach dry land despite the odds against him.

Before Steven Knight and Tom Hardy would collaborate as the director and star of the BBC series Taboo, the two worked on one of the actor's most unusual movies. Taking place inside a car, Ivan Locke drives from Birmingham to London for the birth of his child, all the while feeling conflicted about his family back home and an important job he left behind.

Despite mostly taking place in a car, audiences learn a lot about Locke and his chemistry with his colleagues and family through numerous phone calls. Without needing these conversations on other sets or having the other actors appear onscreen, the movie tells a great story while involving this important drive for this one character.

After he directed the dystopian movie Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón would return to the director's chair to make another sci-fi movie. Gravity starred Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as two astronauts who work together to return home after some debris wrecks their space shuttle.

Nominated for Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards, everyone who saw it seemed to have fallen in love with the movie's story involving the dangers of space exploration and what astronauts might go through. And many enjoyed the fresh sci-fi tale as the space shuttle must be rebuilt before they can return home, making their journey back home that much more suspenseful.

Many may know of Ryan Reynold's recent hits within comedies and action movies, but some of his fans may have missed one of his best serious roles in Buried. After an American truck driver based in Irag gets attacked and abducted, he finds himself in a coffin buried underground with only a mobile phone and some utensils in his possession.

Easily some people's greatest nightmare, the movie plays on the limitations and claustrophobia of this single location. And stuck in the wooden crate, Reynold's character must figure a way out while slowly losing oxygen, limited lighting from his tools, and sand trickling into his confined prison as he tries to escape.

Not to be mistaken with the hit Disney animated movie of the same name, Frozen premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was Adam Green's follow-up after the horror movie Grace. Frozen told the story of three skiers trapped on a chairlift dangling in the air after the ski resort closes and must make some harrowing decisions to survive the freezing temperatures.

Using a ski lift and the mountain it resides on may not be the scariest location for a plot, but it slowly unveils itself as a deadly instrument as the freezing temperatures and a pack of hungry wolves become an unexpected villains. It might just put some off from skiing ever again.

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One of the list writers for the website, Martyn Warren has been writing about geek culture since 2010. The British contributor for ScreenRant, he's an animation enthusiast who also enjoys diving deep into a number of movies, television series, comics, and video games for his work. But he enjoys attending a number of comic-cons, screenings, and film festivals around the country.