It's 13 years later now, but in case anyone else is researching:
"Dark Star," by later writers of "Alien" Ronald Shusett and Dan O'Bannon is a futuristic movie with a long elevator scene involving an alien loose on a space ship.
"Silence of the Lambs" has an escape scene which involves use of and scenes in an elevator.
"Blade Runner" has several scenes in very quick-rising elevators of the future, and two slower ones at Deckard's home and Sebastian's. The latter is an actual antique, open elevator at the Bradbury Building in downtown LA.
"Three Days of the Condor" has a cat and mouse "slow chase" scene in an elevator.
The wonderful suspense film "Klute" has several scenes in an ancient freight elevator.
"Diva" also involves several tense scenes in and around a freight elevator.
"The Shining" has repeated visions of two blood-filled elevators.
"The Hot Rock" with Robert Redford has tense scenes in a huge freight elevator and a bank elevator.
I believe the Dutch film "De Lift" was made into an American film.
If this counts, "The Final Countdown" has several tense scenes involving an aircraft elevator on a carrier. So does "Top Gun."
An episode late during the first season of TV's version of "Fargo" involves some bloody action on an elevator.
If it's ever published, my novel "Pipeline" involves the protagonist's use of an elevator to try and get one-up on someone out to kill him. He also uses a multi-function elevator maintenance key for various purposes, including a weapon.
"The Matrix" had at least one action scene in an elevator.
If you just love elevators, YouTube has several channels dedicated to riding rare and exciting elevators, rides atop the cars, plus looks at the motors that run them.
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