| Floor 17 (2005) | 6.4 | |
| P2 (2007) | 5.9 | |
| Criminal (2004) | 6.4 | |
| Patrick (1978) | 6.2 | |
| Sweet Charity (1969) | 6.9 |
Stuck in an elevator movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant stuck in an elevator movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, humorous and suspense films and TV shows about / with trapped in an elevator, elevator, murder, cigarette smoking, danger, nude, female nudity, death, blood and catastrophe plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, West Germany, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as stuck in an elevator: Elevator (2012), P2 (2007), Devil (2010), Lucky in Love (2014), Free Fall (2014), Evil Dead Rise (2023), Cloud Atlas (2012), 100 Girls (2000), Swap Meet at the Love Shack (1973), The Big Bet (1987).
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List of stuck in an elevator movies
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
trapped, isolation, captivity, trapped in an elevator, confined, danger, confined space, escape room, survival, terrorism, greed, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
39K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological, slasher, christmas horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
obsession, survival, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, escape attempt, danger, maniac, hostage, violence, stalking, stalker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
165K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of people trapped in a elevator realizes that the devil is among them.
Style:
scary, psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, satanic ...
Plot:
devil, group of strangers, elevator, confined, supernatural, supernatural horror, police investigation, trap, mysterious character, trapped in an elevator, danger, stranded ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Mira's April Fool's Day tricks materialize, she finds herself promoted to the perfect job, dating the perfect man and living in the perfect home. Mira's newly upgraded life even involves working with her CEO and her good friend, ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
looking for love, workplace, love and romance, strong female presence, boss and employee, rise to the top, workplace romance, switching roles, drinking, drinking alcohol, writers, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Upwardly-mobile executive Jane (Sarah Butler) uncovers evidence that that her high powered boss may have been murdered, prompting the corporation to dispatch a "crisis manager" (D.B. Sweeny) to ensure that the truth never gets out. Now, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
survival, murderer, trapped in an elevator, trapped, assassination attempt, manhunt, danger, female protagonist, elevator, fraud, isolation, skyscraper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Ireland, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two sisters find an ancient book that gives birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building and thrusts them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Style:
suspenseful, mystical, psychological, slasher, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sister sister relationship, demon, supernatural horror, evil, sibling relationship, demonic possession, chainsaw, elevator, evil smile, blood, apartment building, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s, labor day
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
385K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, futuristic, spiritual, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
destiny, dystopia, reincarnation, life & death, multiple storylines, life philosophy, clone, homosexual, distopia, post apocalypse, karma, tribe ...
Time:
future, year 1936, distant future, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
seoul, san francisco, belgium, persia, berlin germany ...
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This sexy, teen-comedy is about a freshman, Matthew, at college who meets his dream girl in a dorm elevator during a blackout. He never sees her face, but instantly falls in love. In the morning, the power is restored, but the "dream girl" ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, romantic, teen, talky ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
youth, college, fall in love, battle of the sexes, elevator, teenager, man disguised as a woman, college life, high school, love and romance, attempted rape, lust ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film Liebesmarkt featuring a cute blonde Ingrid Steeger, not only became a cult actress stupidity of German youth who watched only American cinema. Ingrid was a true nudist and undressed in front of the camera without any pose. She wore a gold ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot:
female nudity, naturist, countryside, caught having sex, female voyeur, nude model, cousin cousin relationship, damsel in distress, masturbation, swinger couple, sex game, swinger party ...
Place:
central europe, munich germany, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage boy that had early sexual encounters is having trouble finding them now, and spends a lot of time fantasizing about the women he knows. When a beautiful new girl comes to town, he makes a bet with the other guys that he can get her into ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, independent film, teen comedy
Plot:
horny, erotica, teenager, peeping, love interest, female nudity, age difference, age-gap relationship, high school, bet, older woman teenage boy relationship, school ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A favor for a woman from her past throws the life of a pregnant, retired porn star into chaos.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sexy, sex comedy, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
porn star, sex education, lesbian sex, seduction, voyeurism, nude, insecurity, pregnancy, cheating, life turned upside down, sexual relations, starlet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, venezuela
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an animated television series that aired from August 2004 to May 2009 for a total of 79 episodes in six seasons. The premise is based on a simple question: In a world... where imaginary friends are living, ...
Style:
humorous, slapstick comedy, entertaining, semi serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary friend, friendship, imaginary character, naivete, troublemaker, surrealism, friend, family relations, young heroes, imaginary, youth, rescue ...
Time:
2000s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1996, year 1968 ...
Place:
tuscany, transylvania, paris france, new york, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar ...
Style:
stylized, freeze frame, funny, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, dancing, nightclub, transformation, charity, elevator, love, depression, tattoo, dancer, top hat, based on broadway musical ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's Friday evening. The lift repairman leaves the building and wants to finish his work on Monday. But he doesn't know there are four men in the building. They use the lift but stay in it about 100 meters from the floor. They have little ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
elevator, psychotic, trapped, jealousy, fear, money, abyss, gravity, sexual tension, falling down, malfunction, luck ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Almodóvar has described his fourth film as a homage to Italian Neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekenetic child. The film, set in the towerblocks around Madrid, depicts female ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, surreal, stylized, mind bending ...
Plot:
dark humor, dysfunctional family, male pubic hair, prostitute, grandmother grandson relationship, elevator, exhibitionist, pedophilia, dressmaker, male nudity, domestic abuse, heroin ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, madrid, germany, iberian peninsula, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Style:
slapstick comedy, crying, slapstick
Plot:
comedy of errors, farce, police station, mechanic, husband wife relationship, bus, car theft, coworker relationship, scout, seductive woman, language barrier, painting ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 20th century
Place:
warsaw poland, poland, europe, central europe
Is relevant?
110K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Style:
surreal, psychological, philosophical, psychedelic, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, trippy, lucid dream, virtual reality, surveillance, hallucination, surrealism, villain, mental illness, scientist, psychiatrist, doctors and patients ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
223
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Igor Lebedev is the finance director of large corporation. He commits murder of the accountant who knew about his dirty frauds and tried to restore justice.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, neo noir, detective ...
Plot:
evil wins, moral dilemma, getting away with murder, murder, murder suspect, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, interrogation, bad guy wins, twists and turns, family relations, police investigation, injustice ...
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74K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two overworked assistants with nasty bosses try to get their supervisors out of their hair.
Style:
romantic, humorous, entertaining, rom com, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
happy ending, fall in love, employer employee relationship, love and romance, enemies to lovers, dating, boss, assistant, new york yankees, plan, coming of age, love ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, airplane, zombie attack, danger, countryside, desire, soldier, slaughter, hell on earth, rescue, eating human flesh, survival ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
southern italy, italy, europe, rome italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Extraordinary images from Werner Herzog. Shot in the Australian Outback the Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us ...
Style:
bleak, contemplative, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
aborigine, australian aboriginal, desert, survival, environment, nature, blaxploitation, religious, international relations, labor, ecology, expedition ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
germany, africa, australia, south australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tree Gelbman learns that dying over and over again was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.
Style:
horror comedy, slasher, captivating, scary, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children, adult
Plot:
time loop, university, repeated event, paradox, suicide, time travel, mystery killer, dying repeatedly, deja vu, masked killer, murder, doctor ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
louisiana
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two friends, young psychiatrists, perceive life in different ways. One wants to do the right thing. The second is to experiment. One is a diligent student. The second is the troublemaker. One loves, hating. The second hates, loving. It's a pity ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, retro, ambiguous ending, surprise ending ...
Plot:
stepmother stepson relationship, love triangle, erotica, unfaithful wife, sex with stepmother, extramarital affair, male female relationship, horny wife, sex with friend's mother, older woman teenage boy sex, best friend, illicit affair ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, crying, neo noir, mind bending ...
Plot:
female nudity, assault, impossible love, unrequited love, sexual attraction, stalking, topless woman, man hits a woman, love, police detective, murder, mental illness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
nice france, france, riviera, south of france
Is relevant?
153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
love story, overweight, relationships, fall in love, power of love, dating, womanizer, physical appearance, love and romance, soul mate, honest, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One (and not the most easy one) day from the life of a big Moscow radio station.
Style:
atmospheric, situational comedy, sitcom, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
radio station, media satire, radio, assistant, drunkenness, telephone call, ship, lie, workplace situations, coworker, group of friends, friendship ...
Place:
moscow russia
Is relevant?
221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, scary, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elevator, husband murders wife, asthma, serial killer, psychopath, murder, mind game, danger, haunted by the past, isolation, blackout, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Man-sik and Yeon-hee, are unsure as to whether they can overcome past wounds and continue being a couple. Dr. Kim, who cautions against a possible mega-tsunami at Haeundae, collapses in agony springing from an unexpected turn-up of his daughter and ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tear jerker ...
Plot:
tsunami, lifeguard, disaster, forces of nature, natural disaster, demolished city, race against time, danger, post apocalypse, death of mother, survival, apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, busan, south korea, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A provocative, sexy and insightful exploration of relationships between men and women and why we all still yearn for love despite the trouble with romance.
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
couple relations, marriage proposal, couples, unfulfillment, battle of the sexes, hotel, sexual relations, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, love, friendship, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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