10 Best Movies That Play Out In Real Time
2. Run Lola Run
Tom Tykwer's innovative, hyper-kinetic thriller Run Lola Run posits another incredibly interesting riff on the real time movie, transpiring as it does by way of a time loop.
The basic premise sees Lola (Franka Potente) racing against time to track down 100,000 Deutsche Marks in order to save her boyfriend Manni's (Moritz Bleibtreu) life.
Lola has 20 minutes to get the cash, but the conceit is that Tywker takes us through three different variations of Lola's mad dash to get things right, each transpiring in breakneck real time.
Though there are certainly surreal and non-linear interjections throughout the movie, the three central sequences are so breathlessly, urgently energetic that you'll feel like you're with Lola all the way.