Movies Like The Lift

If you liked The Lift (1983), a horror and thriller movie directed by Dick Maas, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Devil (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.
2
The Hunt (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and horror
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport…
3
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
4
Amsterdamned (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new…
5
The Belko Experiment (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.
6
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horror
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
7
They Will Kill You (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and horror
A woman answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious New York City high-rise, unaware that she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip…
8
Doctor X (1932)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
A wisecracking reporter investigates the cannibalistic 'Moon Killer' murders tied to a medical academy, culminating in a chilling reenactment experiment.
9
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
10
Becky (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
11
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horror
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
12
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
13
God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
14
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive... and discovering they've all played the games before.
15
Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
16
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
17
Caught Stealing (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and comedy
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous…
18
Black Box (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle becomes the center of a chilling supernatural mystery.
19
Planet Terror (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors…
20
Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…