Movies like Elevator
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Elevator (2012)
8K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, scary, captivating, entertaining, thrilling, tension ...
Plot:
trapped, isolation, captivity, trapped in an elevator, confined, danger, confined space, escape room, survival, terrorism, greed, mind game, trap, teamwork, bomb, bigotry, grudge, stranger, puzzle, claustrophobia, prisoner, human experiment, jail, locked in a room, group of strangers ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to Elevator
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious and psychological films with plots about isolation, survival, danger, confined, trapped, deadly and trap mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Elevator: The Belko Experiment (2016), Breathing Room (2008), ATM (2012), 12 Feet Deep (2017), Would You Rather (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller, bloody ...
Plot:
game of death, social experiment, killing spree, office, trapped in a building, last man standing, cruelty, human experiment, murder, mass murder, corporation, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, game, clue, murder, trapped, video surveillance, experiment, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, kidnapping, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
trapped, evil wins, stalking, escape attempt, psychopath, trap, masked killer, confinement indoors, unknown killer, captivity, death, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, serious, sad, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
trapped, water, confined space, survival, endurance, swimming pool, sibling relationship, determination, family secret, female protagonist, sister, sister sister relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, bloody, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
game of death, survival, group of strangers, danger, torture, game, deathtrap, mind game, psychopath, moral dilemma, confinement indoors, plot twist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Six friends test their intelligence in a game that takes a dark turn.
Style:
scary, suspense, brutal, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
trapped, quest, violence, game of death, most dangerous game, danger, death, room, puzzle, escape, survival, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by a demented, escaped serial killer; former regional manager Thomas Reddmann (Redd). He assigns his 'human resources' the impossible task of proving his innocence or ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, captivity, confined, held captive, workplace, psychopath, danger, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, gory, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
7K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Georgia, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when 3 of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in the heat up to 247°F.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, teen horror, surprise ending, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
isolation, survival, danger, friends, trap, sauna, trapped, woods, friendship, mind game, swimming, escape room ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, confined, survival, danger, murder, group of strangers, game of death, captivity, gory, riddles and clues, escape room, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A who-is-it setting in the claustrophobic corridors of an abandoned and locked-off office building that has several guests invited to a party by their mysterious, unknown host. Only it is they who are the victims of their crimes. Suspense and ...
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
psychopath, isolation, masked killer, game, murder, captivity, danger, serial killer, holiday horror, party, elevator, new year ...
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
trapped, maniac, locked in a room, car, psychopath, car breakdown, hitchhiker, survival, trap, on the road, fear, serial killer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Six strangers suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with a single bullet, matches, a lantern, a knife, a compass, and a flask of water. As mysterious sirens blare in ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, bleak, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
group of strangers, trapped, cornfield, struggle for survival, trap, stranger, isolation, escape, survival game, game of death, cat and mouse, paranoia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five friends return home from a marriage in Canada to the United States. Not far from the border, two customs officers stop them to check their identity.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, controversial, scary, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, held captive, captivity, escapades, vigilantism, danger, survival, confined, isolation, brutality, captive ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two families go to an open house and can't leave
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
family in danger, supernatural, survival, captivity, rivalry, girl, confined space, ghost, strong violent content, uninhibited rivalry, danger, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, mind game, survival, deathtrap, murder, group of strangers, captivity, characters killed one by one, trapped, sole survivor, psychological torture, game of death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
561
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Hollywood director is taken prisoner while scouting a remote prison.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, controversial ...
Plot:
prison, death row, captivity, isolation, danger, filmmaking, confined, curses spells and rituals, abduction, electric chair, kidnapping, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four young men have won a trip with their favorite social network. On board the private plane that took him to New York, they are invited to participate in an in-flight entertainment: a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary Thurs ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, surreal ...
Plot:
manipulation, trapped, danger, contests and competitions, rivalry, twists and turns, air disaster, murder, game of death, revelation, punishment, humiliation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. Held against their will for months, the prisoners are faced with life-transforming decisions and must struggle for their lives.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, independent film ...
Plot:
captivity, pregnancy, hospital, psychopath, isolation, woman in danger, danger, unwanted pregnancy, abortion clinic, kidnapped, trapped, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Royal Marine A.J Budd awakes in a mysterious house and is forced to fight for his life everyday against grotesque inhuman opponents. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines, he must kill every day or die himself. As days ...
Style:
mystical, suspenseful, tense, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
locked in, supernatural horror, confined, survival, captivity, danger, strong violent content, soldier, supernatural, death, struggle for survival, survival horror ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Jack (Edward Furlong) is in danger of missing a deadline, his manager orders him to take whatever measures are needed to complete his screenplay. Jack locks himself in a slaughterhouse freezer but discovers that his inner demons are keeping him ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, serial killer, writer's life, isolation, one last chance, twists and turns, danger, gory, figment, trapped, writers, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped in an underground storage facility, struggling to survive while being hunted by a supernatural beast that resides inside the mysterious 13th unit.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
monster, curses spells and rituals, survival, murder, danger, dangerous animal, supernatural, deathtrap, rivalry, isolation, violence, group of strangers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when White escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
elevator, isolation, soldier, military, trapped in an elevator, veteran, terrorist attack, danger, losing-it hero, confined, shaolin, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
missing person, serial killer, psychopath, woman in danger, survival, obsession, confined, isolation, captivity, danger, master criminal, rivalry ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two unsuspecting strangers, Jason and Allison, find themselves participants in a twisted new dating service. Led by the Matchmaker, it forces the two singles inside a nightmarish maze designed to help them find their soul mates, or die trying.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
maze, survival horror, threat, stranger, problem, dating show, survival, mind game, twisted game, psychological manipulation, isolation, dating service ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film revolves around a special ops unit who commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew ...
Style:
tense, psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
isolation, trap, survival horror, military, murder, deathtrap, survival, characters in danger, confined, confinement indoors, fear, escape attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two young couples take one last trip to the country before moving to different cities. Unfortunately, when secrets come out and jealously takes a toll the weekend takes an unexpected and deadly turn for the worst.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, strong violent content, woods, survival, isolation, confined, murder, group of friends, danger, trap, female nudity, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
839
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the surface, Kate and Jack, late 20's, are happy. But like everyone, they carry secrets that neither of them is prepared to reveal. After their wedding, they wake from a deep, dark sleep, each alone in a sealed room with no doors or windows, ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, independent film ...
Plot:
captivity, couples, psychological torture, danger, isolation, marriage, cell, trust, mind game, hidden truth, secret, sleep deprivation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Michael Winnick's chilling tale stars James Marsters as Jack, one of eight captives who awaken in an abandoned asylum not knowing who they are or why they are together. They discover that they've been used in an experiment to ...
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, memory loss, voyeurism, voyeur, trap, bare breasts, nude girl, supernatural ability, captivity, danger, supernatural, deadly creature ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
"Locked in a Room" is a story about three teenagers that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on paper as to their every move and emotion. They are further tormented by an ...
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
vengeance, danger, trapped, room, teenager, survival, isolation, violence, murder, teenage life, confined, mysterious character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nothing bad could ever happen on quiet, tree lined Wormwood Drive. At least that's what Bob and Wendi Petersen thought, before they met their new neighbor...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, scary, psychological horror ...
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, small town, family in danger, mind game, gory, dark secret, neighbor, paranoia, home invasion, poisoning, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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