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* ''Film/TheInternational'' has a scene that's part stairwell chase ''[[MonumentalBattle in New York's Guggenheim Museum]].'' Though thanks to the museum's layout it's more of a staircase running gun battle.
** For non-New Yorkers wondering what's so amazing about that: The Museum's defining architectural characteristic is that all the public areas are designed ''entirely without stairs'', so the actors are racing down the spiral walkway at the heart of the Museum.
** An earlier chase through the Guggenheim was seen in ''Film/MenInBlack''.
** For non-New Yorkers wondering what's so amazing about that: The Museum's defining architectural characteristic is that all the public areas are designed ''entirely without stairs'', so the actors are racing down the spiral walkway at the heart of the Museum.
** An earlier chase through the Guggenheim was seen in ''Film/MenInBlack''.
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* ''Film/TheInternational'' has a scene that's part stairwell chase ''[[MonumentalBattle in New York's Guggenheim Museum]].'' Though thanks to the museum's layout it's more of a staircase running gun battle.
** For non-New Yorkers wondering what's so amazing about that:battle. The Museum's defining architectural characteristic is that all the public areas are designed ''entirely without stairs'', so the actors are racing down the spiral walkway at the heart of the Museum.
** An earlier chase through the Guggenheim was seen %%*''Film/MenInBlack'' (ZCE: Please explain this example in ''Film/MenInBlack''.its own merits and not in comparison to another work's example)
** For non-New Yorkers wondering what's so amazing about that:
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A variant appears in ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld''. There is no actual chase, and the staircase is a "square" spiral, but it's done in the same spirit.
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* A variant appears in ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld''. There is no actual chase, and the staircase is a "square" spiral, but it's done in the same spirit.
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* In ''[[Pinball/LightsCameraAction Lights... Camera... Action!]],'' a {{Pinball}} game about filming an action movie, one of the Scenes the player must finish is a foot chase up a flight of stairs.
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* In ''[[Pinball/LightsCameraAction Lights... Camera... Action!]],'' a {{Pinball}} game ''Pinball/LightsCameraAction'', about filming an action movie, one of the Scenes the player must finish is a foot chase up a flight of stairs.
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* Appears in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episodes "Wild Rebels" and A variant appears in "Warrior of the Lost World". There is no actual chase, and the staircase is a "square" spiral, but it's done in the same spirit.
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* A version with cars driving up the multi-level parking was seen in ''Film/{{Transporter 2}}''.
* As seen in the page image, the movie ''Film/Underworld2003'' made good use of this trope.
* As seen in the page image, the movie ''Film/Underworld2003'' made good use of this trope.
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* A version with cars driving up the multi-level parking was is seen in ''Film/{{Transporter 2}}''.
''[[Film/TheTransporter Transporter 2]]''.
*As seen in the page image, the movie ''Film/Underworld2003'' made makes good use of this trope.
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* A classic: The Belltower scene in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's "''Film/{{Vertigo}}''", pioneering the iconic [[VertigoEffect "zoom in / dolly back"]] effect to show the lead character's intense terror. This was parodied in Creator/MelBrooks' "''Film/HighAnxiety''".
* A form appears in the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie: Sam runs up a stairwell to the roof as Megatron smashes his way up after him.
* ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' chases the Joker up a bell tower in its finale.
* A form appears in the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie: Sam runs up a stairwell to the roof as Megatron smashes his way up after him.
* ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' chases the Joker up a bell tower in its finale.
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* A classic: The Belltower scene in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's "''Film/{{Vertigo}}''", ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', pioneering the iconic [[VertigoEffect "zoom in / dolly in/dolly back"]] effect to show the lead character's intense terror. This was parodied in Creator/MelBrooks' "''Film/HighAnxiety''".
''Film/HighAnxiety''.
* A form appears inthe 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie: ''Film/Transformers2007'': Sam runs up a stairwell to the roof as Megatron smashes his way up after him.
*''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' In the finale of ''Film/Batman1989'', Batman chases the Joker up a bell tower in its finale.tower.
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* Played for laughs in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', where it becomes more of a Stairway Trudge. This example is also a bit of a cheat: the flights above our heroes are a matte painting.
* ''Film/{{REC}}'' is big on this. The chasing gets more intense as the Infected increase in number.
* ''Film/{{Lolita}}'' (1997). Dolores accuses Humbert of [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse murdering her mother]] and shouts at him to kill her as well. She then flees down the stairs of their apartment building with Humbert in pursuit, with the camera spinning to follow them instead of staying in place, showing how their lives are spinning out of control.
* ''Film/WelcomeToThePunch'' (2013). After seeing his ArchNemesis Jacob Sternwood fleeing a hotel room shootout, CowboyCop Max Lewinsky chases him down the fire stairs only for his knee to give out from [[KneeCapping the injury Sternwood gave him]] three years ago.
* ''Film/MaxManus''. LaResistance carry out a raid that takes longer than expected. When the police inevitably show up, there's an OhCrap reaction followed by a shot of Max and his colleagues fleeing down a spiral staircase.
* ''Film/{{REC}}'' is big on this. The chasing gets more intense as the Infected increase in number.
* ''Film/{{Lolita}}'' (1997). Dolores accuses Humbert of [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse murdering her mother]] and shouts at him to kill her as well. She then flees down the stairs of their apartment building with Humbert in pursuit, with the camera spinning to follow them instead of staying in place, showing how their lives are spinning out of control.
* ''Film/WelcomeToThePunch'' (2013). After seeing his ArchNemesis Jacob Sternwood fleeing a hotel room shootout, CowboyCop Max Lewinsky chases him down the fire stairs only for his knee to give out from [[KneeCapping the injury Sternwood gave him]] three years ago.
* ''Film/MaxManus''. LaResistance carry out a raid that takes longer than expected. When the police inevitably show up, there's an OhCrap reaction followed by a shot of Max and his colleagues fleeing down a spiral staircase.
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* Played for laughs in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', where ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' when it becomes more of a Stairway Trudge. This example is also a bit of a cheat: the flights above our heroes are a matte painting.
* ''Film/{{REC}}'' is big onthis.this, as seen in the page image. The chasing gets more intense as the Infected increase in number.
*''Film/{{Lolita}}'' (1997). In the 1997 adaptation of ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'', Dolores accuses Humbert of [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse murdering her mother]] and shouts at him to kill her as well. She then flees down the stairs of their apartment building with Humbert in pursuit, with the camera spinning to follow them instead of staying in place, showing how their lives are spinning out of control.
*''Film/WelcomeToThePunch'' (2013). ''Film/WelcomeToThePunch'': After seeing his ArchNemesis ArchEnemy Jacob Sternwood fleeing a hotel room shootout, CowboyCop Max Lewinsky chases him down the fire stairs only for his knee to give out from [[KneeCapping the injury Sternwood gave him]] three years ago.
*''Film/MaxManus''. ''Film/MaxManus'': LaResistance carry out a raid that takes longer than expected. When the police inevitably show up, there's an OhCrap reaction followed by a shot of Max and his colleagues fleeing down a spiral staircase.staircase.
A variant appears in ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld''. There is no actual chase, and the staircase is a "square" spiral, but it's done in the same spirit.
* Rod runs up the stairs of the lighthouse at the climax of ''Film/WildRebels'', mainly because Jeeter is standing in the doorway shooting cops. It does allow him to snag a gun from the by-that-time-dead Fats, not that this does him much good.
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A variant appears in ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld''. There is no actual chase, and the staircase is a "square" spiral, but it's done in the same spirit.
* Rod runs up the stairs of the lighthouse at the climax of ''Film/WildRebels'', mainly because Jeeter is standing in the doorway shooting cops. It does allow him to snag a gun from the by-that-time-dead Fats, not that this does him much good.
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* Appears in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episodes "Wild Rebels" and "Warrior Of The Lost World". (In the latter, there was no actual chase, and the staircase was a "square" spiral, but it was done in the same spirit)
* Used in the ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' episode "Spy in the House of Love", with NSA agents chasing Sierra up a staircase towards the roof.
* Appears in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episodes "Wild Rebels" and "Warrior Of The Lost World". (In the latter, there was no actual chase, and the staircase was a "square" spiral, but it was done in the same spirit)
* Used in the ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' episode "Spy in the House of Love", with NSA agents chasing Sierra up a staircase towards the roof.
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** Used in the sequel, ''Film/USMarshals'', only this time the fugitive is running UP the stairs.
* A classic: The Belltower scene in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's "''Film/{{Vertigo}}''", pioneering the iconic [[VertigoEffect "zoom in / dolly back"]] effect to show the lead character's intense terror.
** Which was parodied in Creator/MelBrooks' "''Film/HighAnxiety''".
* A classic: The Belltower scene in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's "''Film/{{Vertigo}}''", pioneering the iconic [[VertigoEffect "zoom in / dolly back"]] effect to show the lead character's intense terror.
** Which was parodied in Creator/MelBrooks' "''Film/HighAnxiety''".
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* As seen in the page image, the movie ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' made good use of this trope.
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* As seen in the page image, the movie ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' ''Film/Underworld2003'' made good use of this trope.
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* Played with in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness'' where Lara chases Kurtis and corners him by a staircase. Rather than fleeing from Lara by running down the spiraling staircase, Kurtis opts to jump down in the middle and skip the stairs entirely. He survives thanks to his psychic powers and Lara is forced to traverse down the stairs normally to catch up.
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* A one-man version in the ColdOpen of ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''. After taking down the night watchman, Holmes steals his lantern and hat and races down a spiral staircase to the crypt where the BigBad is planning a HumanSacrifice, with the camera panning down to follow him.
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See also CameraChase. As the hero is likely to "tree" himself at the top of the stairs, see also ClimbingClimax. Compare EndingByAscending.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Maybe the upper floors are safer than the lower ones.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:In situations like this the best and only option is to go ''up''.]]
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