Poll: Going Up?
Which of these movie elevator scenes is the most memorable? Discuss the list here
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The Apartment (1960)
CC and Miss Kubelik share a toast, she in the elevator and he in the hall -
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Dana and Marty take the tower of terror all the way to the underworld -
The Departed (2006)
Costigan and Sullivan take a ride down -
Devil (2010)
Taking a ride with the Devil! -
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
McClaine slowly realizes he's in an elevator full of disguised bad guys and dispatches them all before the doors open -
Drive (2011)
Driver kisses Irene, then stomps the stranger to death; Nicolas Winding Refn ODs on slo-mo -
Elf (2003)
Buddy pushes every button the Empire State Building's elevator before slipping out, to the consternation of the lone business man left behind -
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Alex and Dan have wild foreplay in the industrial elevator up to her loft -
Five Corners (1987)
Castro, Willie, Brita and Melanie go elevator jumping -
Final Destination 2 (2003)
When your head wants to go up but your body wants to stay down -
Four Rooms (1995)
Man and Wife slickly enter the elevator while doing a sizzling dance routine -
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Johanna sleekly disrobes in front of Katniss, Haymitch and and Peeta -
Inception (2010)
Arthur uses the sleeping team (strapped together by phone wire), an elevator and explosives to create a kick -
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Leary and Horrigan in the great, glass elevator...aim high! -
Liar Liar (1997)
Unable to lie any longer, Fletcher tells his neighbor there are two very specific reasons everyone is being so nice to her -
Lost in Translation (2003)
Bob takes a ride with nine Japanese businessmen standing perfectly still, as he sways, head and shoulders, over them -
Mission: Impossible (1996)
The elevator and the top of the building meet, smooshing Jack between them -
Pretty Woman (1990)
Vivian is in awe of the elevator couch for two -
The Shining (1980)
Second Floor: Housewares, Ladies' Underthings, Torrent of Blood... -
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Lecter is coming down in the elevator...or is he? -
Speed (1994)
Payne uses a full elevator of office workers as hostages -
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The T-1000 attacks Sarah, John and the T-800 from all sides of their elevator at the mental hospital -
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Millie and Miss Dorothy power the elevator with their tap dance (don't ask, we're sure it made sense in the Roaring Twenties) -
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Kobayashi and two body guards enter the elevator; only Kobayashi gets out -
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Charlie, Grandpa and Mr. Wonka take the Wonkenator straight up through the roof and out of the factory -
You've Got Mail (1998)
Trapped in an elevator, Joe realizes he wants more from life than bratty Patricia