Elevator is a 2011 American mystery thriller film directed by Stig Svendsen. It follows the struggles and conflicts of nine strangers trapped in a Wall Street elevator 49 floors above Manhattan on the way to a company party. One of the group has a bomb. The film's events follow the group's attempts to escape, with racism, greed and revenge playing key elements as they all fight to survive. The film is loosely based on a janitor's apprentice's real life experience in Glasgow, Scotland.