Any recommendations where a movie is based around a hotel setting?

Submitted by Boss452 t3_126rrnw in movies

I think hotels are fascinating places and I am always interested in the functioning of hotels when I get to visit them. Are there any movies which show the running of hotels or movies where hotels are the main setting and the action revolves around them?

I have seen The Grand Budapest Hotel and it is one of my all time favorites. Would like to see more of hotel (not motel please) based movies.

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HOGCC t1_jeagnxy wrote

Hotel Transylvania

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forever87 t1_jeahdtn wrote

possibly 5 to 7 starring berenice marlohe and anton yelchin if you're okay with the >!extramarital affair!< plot

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blitzbom t1_jeahhvk wrote

Hotel Mumbai.

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Transylvania

I supposed Home Alone 2 could count.

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DrManhattan_DDM t1_jeahy2i wrote

HBO has an awesome show called Room 104. Itā€™s an anthology of a wide variety of different stories and characters that all take place at different times in one specific motel room.

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EdTheApe t1_jeaiigt wrote

The Beyond takes place at Hotel Seven Doors. It's an all time favorite of mine.

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DolphinPunchShark t1_jeaipd9 wrote

The Adventurer: Curse of the Midas Touch. Looks like it takes place all over the place but really a lot of it is at a hotel.

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JackRagz t1_jeaizu3 wrote

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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marxslenins t1_jeaj16y wrote

Hotel Rwanda has that cool, laid-back, adventurous vibe you're after, my dude.

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OfferOk8555 t1_jeakuwj wrote

Ok ok I know I know, and Iā€™ma let you finish, but Bottle Rocket is the greatest motel movie of all time

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amexes t1_jealbfh wrote

No Country For Old Men has a smattering of excellent hotel/motel scenes.

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MK-911 t1_jealf9i wrote

John Wick Chapter 3. Thereā€™s about 15 minutes or so that takes place in the Continental hotel.

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ilovelucygal t1_jeam0tj wrote

  • 1408 (2008)
  • Hotel Mumbai (2017)
  • Hotel Rwanda (2007)
  • California Suite (1978)
  • Touch of Evil (1958), sort of
  • Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
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AaronWYL t1_jeamzog wrote

"The Shining," "The Lobster," "Key Largo," "Grand Hotel," "Barton Fink," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"

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h234hgh t1_jean56p wrote

Titanic! Albeit it kinda floated.. only once though šŸ˜…

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Chocoliina t1_jeanj5p wrote

No Country for Old Men and Bad Times at the El Royale come to mind

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ZacPensol t1_jeaoawr wrote

'The Innkeepers' is a rarely discussed one that I kind of like. It's a horror/thriller movie but also funny/quirky in a strange way that I find really compelling, about two young people working the desk of an old hotel that's about a week away from closing. Unfortunately I think it fumbles the ball at the end, but the ride to get there is enjoyable.

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evz-kid t1_jeaolur wrote

British comedy series called Fawlty Towers.

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Iv_0 t1_jeart29 wrote

Grand Budapest Hotel xD

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Spell_Known t1_jeaudhn wrote

Hotel Paradiso. Rik Mayall and Ade Edmunson run the world's worst hotel.

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StrLord_Who t1_jeazyh5 wrote

You should watch Gran Hotel the original Spanish one. You'll have to sign up for a Spanish language streaming service like Vix+ (used to be on Netflix) but it's the greatest show ever! It's so many things - mystery, romance, drama. Set near the beginning of the 1900s so it's gorgeous to look at. Premise is that young poor man shows up to a fancy hotel where his sister had been a maid to find out why her letters stopped coming and where she is.

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royal_10_N-bombs t1_jeb05z1 wrote

Twin Peaks

Not a movie but the hotel plays a major role in the series

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mips95 t1_jeb0ik4 wrote

How has no one said ā€œLost in Translationā€ yet? I really want to go to Tokyo JUST to stay at that Hyatt. I get real cozy vibes from the big windows, the views, the pool, the lounge, the gym, etc. One of the greatest hotel movies imo

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Theamazing-rando t1_jeb4rhw wrote

Not a film but a mini series: The night manager.

Great cast and well worth watching

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dragonmp93 t1_jeb4xpm wrote

Bad Times At The El Royale

Hotel Transylvania

The Witches

The Live Action Tom and Jerry movie.

The Lobster.

Hotel for Dogs.

Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Thirteen.

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Theamazing-rando t1_jeb5psf wrote

Also, Guest House Paradiso, depending on your humour ofc šŸ¤£

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LoverOfForms t1_jeb7hub wrote

Replying to Outside_Rock_4925 (#2,496,098)

You're thinking of Kieran Culkin, my dude.

Rory Culkin is his younger brother (who is also awesome). Rory Culkin is in stuff like Lords of Chaos (about the early Norwegian black metal scene), Electrick Children (with my personal favorite actor, Julia Garner), Scream 4, Mean Creek, You Can Count on Me, and Signs.

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cfmonty t1_jebezle wrote

Identity and Room 1408

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VrinTheTerrible t1_jebg5zu wrote

Hateful Eight, sorta

American Horror Story had a whole season dedicated to a haunted Hotel.

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Barnitch t1_jebk4vq wrote

Kind of a stretch, but Iā€™d check out ā€œThe Beachā€ with Leonardo DiCaprio if you havenā€™t already.

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res30stupid t1_jebrgrk wrote

Murder At The Gallop.

An adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel After The Funeral, Miss Marple ends up stumbling upon a mystery while out collecting for charity when she witnesses a man drop dead right in front of her. When she overhears the dead man's sister at the funeral remark that he was afraid that someone was trying to kill him and later discovers that same woman brutally murdered hours later, she decides to investigate when the entire family gathers again at the reading of the will.

The vast majority of the movie takes place at a hotel in the English countryside and in and around the hotel, where Miss Marple uses the public areas to eavesdrop and discover other such clues that would be useful to the investigation.

If you're willing to check out feature-length TV shows, then also check out ITV's Marple series which has some strong episodes set in hotels.

In The Body In The Library which was also the pilot, Miss Marple ends up getting involved in a murder case when a dead body is dumped in the library of her friend's country manor. Following some investigation to determine her identity, she learns that the victim was a dancing instructor at a seaside hotel, resulting in her staying there to investigate just how in the hell a complete stranger turns up dead several miles away.

In Bertram's Hotel, the entirety of the film takes place at a hotel. When Miss Marple checks into the hotel she becomes embroiled in the investigation when one maid is found murdered on the hotel's roof and another, who has heard of Miss Marple's reputation of helping others, implores her to help. A femme fatale, a nasty inheritance dispute, stolen artwork and a hidden Nazi also complicates things further.

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OneGoodRib t1_jebrmhw wrote

If you're interested in how hotels work I would not watch a fictional movie....?

But Eloise lives in a hotel, so anything Eloise - Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime are live action tv movies and then there's an animated tv show.

What's the problem with motels? Motels run the same as low-end hotels.

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Verpous t1_jec2gtt wrote

Hear me out, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody ^^^^^I ^^^^^know ^^^^^it's ^^^^^not ^^^^^a ^^^^^movie

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JoshuaCalledMe t1_jec6azo wrote

Hotel Artemis is pretty decent.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Barton Fink

1408 is excellent, too.

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RavioliGale t1_jec85kl wrote

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn. Weird af but I loved it. Starring Aubrey Plaza and the actor who plays Derek Philbin in the Office.

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LeastCap t1_jecee1d wrote

While I donā€™t think this season is necessarily good, I thought Season 5 of American Horror Story was pretty interesting. It takes place in a hotel and itā€™s only like 11 episodes

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ZorroMeansFox t1_jeco17j wrote

Here are some films I'll recommend, which I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Death In Venice, Anomalisa, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, The Illusionist (I'm talking about the animated film), The Florida Project, Babe: Pig in the City, Last Year at Marienbad, A Night in Casablanca, Room Service, A Room with a View, and John Huston's atmospheric The Night of the Iguana.

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HardSteelRain t1_jed38zs wrote

Plaza Suite,California Suite,American Horror Story:Hotel

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OsgoodSchlotter t1_jed4xs6 wrote

Memento (not about hotel operations specifically, but a motel is one of the primary settings)

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No Country For Old Men has some interesting motel sequences as well.

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apple5masher t1_jed5ndf wrote

The witches. Imo the original is better than the remake

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cinema_fantastique t1_jedm77o wrote

The White Lotus. Each season is like a great 10-hour long indie movie. Completely hotel-centric stories.

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The_Meemeli t1_jeehorg wrote

Replying to Jerrymoviefan3 (#2,496,193)

Yeah, but it still looks like it takes place mostly in a hotel. The other comment implied that a significant amount of the film looks like it's taking place somewhere else, or there's a trailer or description that makes it seem that way.

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Wooow675 t1_jeex0xe wrote

Identity(?) a John Cusack murder motel mystery from the 00ā€™s

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Wooow675 t1_jeextyc wrote

Replying to The_Meemeli (#2,527,169)

He watched the shining trailer where itā€™s recut to be a family comedy and itā€™s all the happy outside times from the first 10 mins.

>šŸŽ¶Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, I could see the city light ā€¦ My heart going "Boom-boom-boom"šŸŽ¶

>#ā€This summer, donā€™t missā€¦ Shiningā€

>šŸŽ¶ā€Son", he said ā€œGrab your things, I've come to take you home"šŸŽ¶

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