Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "trapped-in-an-elevator"

51. Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite (2020 Video)

PG | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Family

Gwen the Cat and Roger the Dog are secret agents who covertly protect and save the world without humans ever finding out. Their partnership is due to the Great Truce, which has stopped dog and cat hostility for a decade.

Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Melissa Rauch, Max Greenfield, George Lopez, Callum Seagram Airlie

Votes: 1,201

52. Hotel (1967)

GP | 124 min | Drama

A historical New Orleans hotel struggles to financially survive while the dramas of its various guests unfold.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Melvyn Douglas

Votes: 1,661

53. Kuruvi (2008)

Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Vetrivel, a car racer, learns that a Malaysia-based don owes his father a huge sum of money. However, when he meets the don, he realises that his missing father may still be alive and held captive.

Director: Dharani | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Suman, Vivek

Votes: 4,888

54. Wanted (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Radhe is a ruthless gangster who will kill anyone for money. He is attracted towards Jhanvi, a middle class girl, who does not approve of his work and wants him to change.

Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna

Votes: 26,031

55. Phone (2002)

R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Investigative reporter Ji-won begins to receive a series of menacing calls. To escape the terrifying and relentless clanging of the telephone, she changes her number and moves out. But the threatening campaign of terror continues unabated.

Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Kim Yu-mi, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi

Votes: 5,305

56. Blackout (IV) (2008)

R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Director: Rigoberto Castañeda | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Aidan Gillen, Armie Hammer, Katie Stuart

Votes: 3,977

57. Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

88 min | Comedy

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier

Votes: 10,519

58. Pokiri (2006)

Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A money-minded criminal has to deal with two rival gangs as well as an evil cop threatening his girlfriend.

Director: Puri Jagannadh | Stars: Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Nassar

Votes: 15,621

59. Love Crazy (1941)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson

Votes: 3,451

60. The Killing Floor (2007)

R | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A literary agent moves into a penthouse apartment. Soon after the move, he receives crime scene photographs that seem to have taken place in his new apartment. Next he receives a series of stalker videotapes that document his every move.

Director: Gideon Raff | Stars: Marc Blucas, Joel Leffert, Shiri Appleby, Jeffrey Carlson

Votes: 3,325

61. Free Fall (2014)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An employee, working for Gault Capital in L.A, gets targeted by a ruthless assassin and locked in the elevator after she uncovers a chilling secret.

Director: Malek Akkad | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Sarah Butler, Malcolm McDowell, Ian Gomez

Votes: 2,143

62. The Great New Wonderful (2005)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Seth Gilliam, Jim Parsons, Martha Millan

Votes: 1,568 | Gross: $0.15M

63. Abwärts (1984)

PG | 90 min | Thriller

Two former lovers, an embezzler, and a messenger boy become trapped on a Friday in a stalled office elevator.

Director: Carl Schenkel | Stars: Götz George, Wolfgang Kieling, Renée Soutendijk, Hannes Jaenicke

Votes: 1,503

64. Cheaters (2006)

102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Seok-ho (Won-yeong Choi) is married to the beautiful Chai-young but when it comes to sex, she always has an excuse. While he maintains a sexual relationship with Ji-yeon (Da-mi Ko), she has... See full summary »

Director: Seong-beom Park | Stars: Choi Won-young, Poo-reun Kim, Da-mi Ko, Yong Woo Lee

Votes: 54

65. To Let (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 68 min | Horror, Thriller

Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario ... See full summary »

Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nuria González, Adrià Collado, Ruth Díaz

Votes: 3,007

66. Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.

Director: Eldar Shengelaia | Stars: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Vasil Kakhniashvili, Teimuraz Chirgadze, Ivane Sakvarelidze

Votes: 2,258

67. No Thank You (2014)

97 min | Comedy

A middle-aged art teacher going through a midlife crisis begins an affair with one of her students after her husband shows her no real intimacy and instead concentrates on playing video games.

Director: Samuli Valkama | Stars: Anu Sinisalo, Ville Virtanen, Kai Vaine, Wanda Dubiel

Votes: 603

68. Ghost Lab (2021)

TV-MA | 117 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After witnessing a haunting in their hospital, two doctors become dangerously obsessed with obtaining scientific proof that ghosts exist.

Director: Paween Purijitpanya | Stars: Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, Paris Intarakomalyasut, Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich, Suquan Bulakul

Votes: 1,687

69. Macadam Stories (2015)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

Director: Samuel Benchetrit | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gustave Kervern, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Tassadit Mandi

Votes: 3,608

70. Into the Mirror (2003)

Not Rated | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An ex-cop, now working as a security guard in a shopping mall, tries to uncover the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths linked to mirrors.

Director: Sung-ho Kim | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Myung-min, Kim Hye-na, Gi Ju-bong

Votes: 3,626

71. Pokkiri (2007)

Not Rated | 161 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Thamizh is a killer for hire with no ties and who will do any dirty job for money. He has a girlfriend who loves him but also detests his violent nature. But is Thamizh really what he purports to be?

Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Asin Thottumkal, Prakash Raj, Vadivelu

Votes: 13,713

72. Alpha Alert (2013)

R | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when one escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.

Director: Matthew Thompson | Stars: Jennifer Morrison, James Frain, Josh Stewart, Kimberly Elise

Votes: 1,248

73. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)

120 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."

Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba

Votes: 202

74. Glass Trap (2005)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When an army of radioactive ants are unknowingly carted into a skyscraper, a group of people have to find a way out before they're eaten one by one.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Stella Stevens, Siri Baruc, Brent Huff

Votes: 1,069

75. 10 Cent Pistol (2014)

Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Thriller

A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.

Director: Michael C. Martin | Stars: Jena Malone, JT Alexander, Damon Alexander, Joe Mantegna

Votes: 577

76. The Far Side of the Moon (2003)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother.

Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin, Céline Bonnier

Votes: 1,980 | Gross: $0.01M

77. Km. 0 (2000)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.

Directors: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra | Stars: Concha Velasco, Georges Corraface, Silke, Carlos Fuentes

Votes: 1,812

78. Corona (II) (2020)

73 min | Drama, Thriller

When unlikely neighbors are trapped in an elevator with a Coronavirus suspect; Fear and racism spread among them faster than virus.

Director: Mostafa Keshvari | Stars: Andrea Stefancikova, Andy Canete, Emy Aneke, Josh Blacker

Votes: 135

79. Stuck (II) (2002)

96 min | Drama

Four strangers find themselves trapped together in an elevator. Though from diverse backgrounds, they are forced to confront their differences. As their facades crack, they reveal unsettling truths about themselves.

Director: Lindsay Bourne | Stars: JR Bourne, Fred Henderson, Courtney Kramer, Amanda Tapping

Votes: 75

80. The Bell Boy (1918)

Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake

Votes: 1,497

81. Downtime (1997)

90 min | Romance, Thriller

Chrissy contemplates suicide with her son. Rob, a former police psychologist, intervenes and asks her on a date. The two, along with Chrissy's son and elderly Pat, become trapped in an elevator after a drunken gang damages it.

Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Paul McGann, Susan Lynch, Tom Georgeson, David Roper

Votes: 266

82. Elevator (2008)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

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... See full summary »

Director: George Dorobantu | Stars: Cristi Petrescu, Iulia Verdes

Votes: 309

83. Gusha no bindume (2004)

96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

One elevator, one girl who can read minds and one floor where the elevator should have never stopped: the ideal ingredients for a classic piece of weird horror. In the claustrophobic space ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroki Yamaguchi | Stars: Luchino Fujisaki, Yoshiichi Kawada, Ryôsuke Koshiba, Kae Minami

Votes: 1,189

84. Mr. Butler (2000)

126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gopalakrishnan, a chef, escapes from his village to a city when his marriage gets ruined. He falls in love with Radhika, but his happiness is short-lived as his past returns to haunt him.

Director: Sasi Shankar | Stars: Dileep, Ruchita Prasad, Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Jagathy Sreekumar

Votes: 316

85. Weekend [Uik-end] (2013)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The main character of the movie - Igor Lebedev - the finance director of large corporation. He commits murder of the accountant who knew about his dirty frauds and tried to restore justice.

Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Maksim Matveev, Yuliya Khlynina, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Viktor Sukhorukov

Votes: 210

86. Lift (II) (2006)

88 min | Thriller

A psychological thriller. One quite ordinary summer morning five different and unacquainted people leave their apartments at different floors and enter the lift. The doors close behind the ... See full summary »

Director: Vsevolod Plotkin | Stars: Igor Vernik, Olga Rodionova, Daniil Spivakovskiy, Natalya Rychagova

Votes: 315

87. Bio-Dead (2009 TV Movie)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After a devastating biological disaster kills twelve million people, a hazmat team searches the contaminated waste land for survivors, but find a vicious predator with a hunger for human flesh.

Director: Stephen J. Hadden | Stars: Matthew Norton, Derek Long, Tony Williams, Jacob Gentry

Votes: 120

88. Descent (I) (2004)

15 min | Short, Thriller

A woman is trapped in an elevator with the man she witnessed murder her best friend.

Director: Jay Holben | Stars: April Adamson, Robert McLaughlin, Renee Intlekofer, Anthony Backman

Votes: 134

89. Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits (1997 TV Movie)

93 min | Mystery

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Directors: Rainer Matsutani, Sebastian Niemann | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Rolf Hoppe, Jan Niklas, Thomas Heinze

Votes: 51

90. Mr. Chuckles (2018)

7 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Elena pays a surprise visit to her sister Vicky with the hope to reconcile with her. But instead, she finds herself trapped in an elevator with Elliot, Vicky's fiancé, turning the visit ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Garza | Stars: Rachel Alig, Drew Brandon Jones, Hannah Louise Saxton, Daniel Fitzgerald

91. Warten ist der Tod (1999 TV Movie)

180 min | Action, Thriller

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Director: Hartmut Schoen | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Jörg Schüttauf, Barbara Auer, Henry Hübchen

Votes: 69

92. Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates after a theoretical physicist is found electrocuted in a Colorado laboratory.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Marc Biagi, Sara Mountjoy-Pepka

Votes: 43

93. Blizine (2009)

83 min | Drama

Two strangers: a man and a woman meet in an elevator. When the elevator gets stuck, irreconcilable differences between two protagonists resurface. What follows is a surreal interplay of ... See full summary »

Director: Zdravko Mustac | Stars: Damir Klemenic, Anica Kovacevic

Votes: 75

94. Stuck (XIV) (2019)

Comedy

Four very different co-workers clash when they all get trapped in a lift together one night.

Stars: Morati Kgari, Lucas Kgosi, Ruth Moore, Tefo Paya

95. lift/break (2022)

Drama

A new devised theatre piece exploring the relationship between Indigenous and settler youth in urban Saskatchewan, addressing the subtle and not-so-subtle racism that happens behind closed doors.

Directors: Jessica Gares, Tai Reign | Stars: Jessica Gares, Tai Reign, Austin Ahenakew, May Desnomie

96. Famous Dead People (1999)

76 min | Drama

Famous Dead People is the story of two strangers who get trapped in a thirty year old elevator over a long weekend only to be spied upon by an unrelenting and un-editing video surveillance camera.

Director: Erin Whalen | Stars: Jason Carter, Caryl McKay, Thomas Lundy

Votes: 106

97. Halifax f.p. (1994–2001)
Episode: Cradle and All (1996)

PG-13 | 95 min | Crime

Jane becomes the target of an obsessive admirer. At first she dismisses it as trivial, but when his declarations of love turn to threats, she realises that he is deadly serious.

Director: Paul Moloney | Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Robyn Nevin, Ian Bliss, Victoria Eagger

Votes: 27

98. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: Hush (1999)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.

Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters

Votes: 8,294

99. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Eydie Gorme and Vincent Price (1972)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest Vincent Price recites "Desiderata"; guest Eydie Gormé sings "The Way of Love", Eydie and Carol duet on "Gypsy Number", and they and Vicki perform "Perfect Young ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 50

100. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode: Love in an Elevator (1995)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

The guys are throwing a bachelor party for Will. On the way, Will, Carlton, and Jazz get stuck in an elevator. They recall past events for each of them, shown in flashbacks.

Director: Maynard C. Virgil I | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Daphne Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 561