Elevator movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant elevator movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, psychological and realistic films and TV shows about / with elevator, danger, death, trapped in an elevator, murder, isolation, trapped, deadly, supernatural and survival plots mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as elevator: Devil (2010), Elevator (2008), 100 Girls (2000), Down (2001), The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972), The Lift (1983), Dressed to Kill (1980), Event 15 (2013), 9/11 (2017), Out of Order (1984).
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156K
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, surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
devil, supernatural, elevator, group of strangers, police investigation, supernatural horror, confined, trap, stranded, isolation, investigation, trapped in an elevator ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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309
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A boy and a girl, both teenagers, want to get away from the world and be alone for a while, so they hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts. But there they fall in a trap of their own intention, and get stuck in the cargo elevator. There is no ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, psychological, captivating, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
elevator, trapped, love, teenager, escape, couples, isolation, panic, artist, trap, coming of age, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
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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, talky, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
college, youth, fall in love, elevator, college life, high school, battle of the sexes, man disguised as a woman, sex in an elevator, lust, attempted rape, misogynist ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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5K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman (James Marshall) and reporter Jennifer Evans (Naomi Watts) begin separate investigations. Newman gets ...
Style:
suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elevator, mad scientist, gory, supernatural, mechanic, disorder, psychopath, technology gone awry, woman in danger, murder, journalism, danger ...
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Beautiful young model Jennifer Lansbury and her goofy friend Marilyn Ricci move into a swanky high-rise apartment after the previous tenant gets brutally murdered. Pretty soon Jennifer is being stalked by the mysterious killer. Probable suspects ...
Style:
slasher, rough, serious, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
elevator, serial killer, sexual perversion, architect, lesbianism, female nudity, voyeurism, stalking, murder, investigation, twists and turns, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lift begins displaying some erratic behavior, like trapping some party goers and nearly suffocating them, and decapitating a security guard. Felix, the technician from the lift company, can't find anything wrong with the circuitry. When he ...
Style:
slasher, scary, cult classic, suspense, experimental ...
Plot:
elevator, isolation, skyscraper, journalism, monster, suffocation, macabre, evil computer, androids and robots, reporter, machine, teenager ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
europe, netherlands, holland, amsterdam
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, voyeurism, psychopath, female nudity, voyeur, infidelity, murder, dysfunctional marriage, art gallery, blonde, adultery, prostitution ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: 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:
isolation, survival, soldier, military, trapped in an elevator, terrorist attack, veteran, elevator, danger, confined, losing-it hero, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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5K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of 5 people find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. They work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
elevator, disaster, terrorism, world trade center manhattan new york city, trapped, fear, tragic event, danger, chaos, death, adaptation, grief ...
Time:
year 2017, september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
elevator, locked in a room, politics, murder, psychopath, trapped, weekend, psychotic, stress, escalation, nervousness, psychic ...
Time:
80s
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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:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
trapped, captivity, isolation, trapped in an elevator, confined, danger, survival, terrorism, greed, mind game, escape room, confined space ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.
Style:
scary, serious, spooky, atmospheric, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, elevator, halloween, black magic, hotel, haunted, danger, supernatural ability, rivalry, journalism, media ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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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, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elevator, serial killer, psychopath, asthma, murder, mind game, danger, haunted by the past, isolation, husband murders wife, blackout, trapped in an elevator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
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116K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Plot:
car, revenge, carsploitation, elevator, fast car, car chase, fight, driving lesson, good versus evil, punched in the face, home invasion, shootout ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
rome italy, naples italy, rio de janeiro, brazil, london ...
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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:
psychological, mystical, suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sister sister relationship, demonic possession, demon, sibling relationship, evil, earthquake, supernatural horror, back from the dead, chainsaw, evil smile, elevator, blood ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Peter (Travis Owens) is an aspiring comedian encouraged by his friend Ben (Ben Price, Australia's Got Talent finalist) to perform at the local comedy club. But stage fright isn’t Peter’s only fear. When confronted with one of today’s most ...
Style:
christian film, psychological, touching, sexy, tense ...
Plot:
christian, homosexual, lesbian, christianity, gay couple, comedian, homosexuality, religion, male homosexuality, elevator, robbery, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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, trapped, trapped in an elevator, murderer, danger, manhunt, female protagonist, elevator, isolation, skyscraper, fraud, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Style:
grindhouse, suspense, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
elevator, home invasion, isolation, hagsploitation, woman in jeopardy, violence, serial killer, kidnapping, murder, woman in danger, sociopath, brutality ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Iceland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man emerges with his autistic daughter and three others from a hospital elevator to find themselves trapped in the building with devilish monsters.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, monster, main character dies, mental illness, supernatural, isolation, ghost, medical, autism, elevator, danger, confined ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Claudio Verona is a young and cynical businessman. One day he gets locked in his Roman office elevator before an important meeting with a client. Soon this annoying obstacle will turn into a nightmare. For outside that metal cage, a deadly virus has ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, scary ...
Plot:
zombie, virus, trapped in an elevator, zombie apocalypse, trapped, infection, zombie survival, zombie attack, trapped in a building, zombie outbreak, infected, epidemic ...
Place:
rome italy
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1.1M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, psychopath, supernatural, stephen king, ghost, snow, winter, macabre, imaginary friend, evil ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 1920s, 80s, 70s
Place:
colorado, persia, denver colorado, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who discovers that the night his sister disappeared she had played ‘The Elevator Game’ — a ritual conducted in an elevator in which players attempt to travel to another dimension using a set of rules ...
Style:
bleak, scary, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
monster, elevator, ritual, supernatural horror, superhuman powers, supernatural power, another dimension, alternate dimension, supernatural being, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, game of death
Is relevant ?
133K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab ...
Style:
thought provoking, spiritual, mind bending, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Plot:
reincarnation, eye, metaphysics, spirituality, religion, genetics, buddhism, atheism, evolution, society, love story, elevator ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 90s, year 1998, year 2012 ...
Place:
india, usa, new york, asia, new haven connecticut ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Libbie is assigned to her paper's sexual advice column, "Dear Collete". She is taking over the job of Harry a crusty old journalist who shows her the pro's and cons of the job while running on a tight deadline to get the column ...
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, sex with brother, female pubic hair, female masturbation, brother sister sex, orgy, lesbian cunnilingus, female nudity, nude girl, lesbianism, exploitation, sex with sister ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What ...
Style:
bleak, scary, suspenseful, futuristic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elevator, cyberpunk, serial killer, murder, supernatural, supernatural ability, society, danger, prisoner, psychopath, life is a bitch, trapped in an elevator ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A story about a brain surgeon who tries to end his unhappy marriage to spend more time with a disembodied brain.
Style:
spoof, black comedy, funny, parody, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mad scientist, marriage, hospital, murder, lust, husband wife relationship, prostitute, hotel, serial killer, telepathy, cuckold, brain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, austria, europe, vienna
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161K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Style:
political thriller, political, factual, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
journalism, journalist, truth, expose, newspaper office, whistleblower, newspaper, lie, cover up, wartime, freedom of the press, u.s. government ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 90s, 70s, year 1965 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, vietnam
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological horror, surprise ending, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
medical experiment, hospital, haunted by the past, afterlife, experiment, friendship, hallucination, death, medical student, near death experience, medical, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 2000s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.
Style:
touching, art house, philosophical, depressing, lyrical ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, first love, existentialism, wedding, children, dysfunctional family, coma, lovers reunited, love, photography, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, marital crisis ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
japan, taipei, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
lawyer, devil, supernatural, satan, deal with the devil, law firm, courtroom, greed, demon, law, courtroom drama, ambition ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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