Underground Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 62 films set in underground environments, spanning 1927–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2010

  127 Hours

  Utah — 2000s
  Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle
• 2019

  1917

  France — 1910s
  Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes
• 2009

  A Prophet

  Marseille — 2000s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard
• 2014

  As Above, So Below

  Paris · Iran — 2010s
  Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle
• 1992

  Batman Returns

  1990s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Tim Burton
• 1986

  Big Trouble in Little China

  San Francisco — 1980s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter
• 1998

  Blade

  1990s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Stephen Norrington
• 1986

  Castle in the Sky

  1800s
  Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2008

  Cloverfield

  New York City — 2000s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves
• 1970

  Colossus: The Forbin Project

  Rocky Mountains — 1970s
  Mountain · Undergrounddir. Joseph Sargent
• 1985

  Day of the Dead

  Florida
  Underground · Wildernessdir. George A. Romero
• 1991

  Delicatessen

  France — Near Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• 1993

  Demolition Man

  Los Angeles — 1990s · Near Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Marco Brambilla
• 2004

  Downfall

  Berlin — 1940s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
• 1973

  Enter the Dragon

  Hong Kong — 1970s
  Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse
• 2009

  Fantastic Mr. Fox

  Timeless
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Wes Anderson
• 1993

  Germinal

  France — 1800s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Claude Berri
• 2004

  Hellboy

  1940s · 2000s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro
• 1984

  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  India · Shanghai — 1930s
  Wilderness · Underground · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
• 1959

  Journey to the Center of the Earth

  Edinburgh · Iceland — 1800s
  Underground · Mountaindir. Henry Levin
• 2003

  Kontroll

  Budapest — 2000s
  Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal
• 1960

  Le Trou

  Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Becker
• 1927

  Metropolis

  Near Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang
• 1981

  My Bloody Valentine

  Canada — 1980s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. George Mihalka
• 1999

  October Sky

  West Virginia — 1950s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston
• 1975

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  Oregon — 1960s
  Undergrounddir. Miloš Forman
• 1991

  Operation Condor

  Madrid · Sahara — 1990s
  Desert · Undergrounddir. Jackie Chan
• 2006

  Pan's Labyrinth

  Spain — 1940s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro
• 2019

  Parasite

  Seoul — 2010s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
• 1957

  Paths of Glory

  France — 1910s
  Undergrounddir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2000

  Pitch Black

  Space — Far Future
  Off World · Desert · Undergrounddir. David Twohy
• 2009

  Pontypool

  Ontario — 2000s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald
• 1984

  Sexmission

  Near Future
  Undergrounddir. Juliusz Machulski
• 2015

  Son of Saul

  Auschwitz — 1940s
  Undergrounddir. László Nemes
• 2011

  Super 8

  Ohio — 1970s
  Suburban · Undergrounddir. J.J. Abrams
• 1999

  The 13th Warrior

  Baghdad · Scandinavia — Medieval
  Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan
• 2015

  The 33

  Chile — 2010s
  Underground · Ruraldir. Patricia Riggen
• 1958

  The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

  Baghdad — Medieval
  Island · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Nathan Juran
• 1971

  The Andromeda Strain

  New Mexico · Nevada — 1970s
  Underground · Ruraldir. Robert Wise
• 2023

  The Boy and the Heron

  Tokyo — 1940s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2005

  The Descent

  North Carolina — 2000s
  Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall
• 1985

  The Goonies

  Astoria — 1980s
  Coastal Sea · Underground · Suburbandir. Richard Donner
• 1963

  The Great Escape

  Germany — 1940s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. John Sturges
• 1982

  The Secret of NIMH

  1980s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Don Bluth
• 1974

  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

  New York City — 1970s
  Underground · Urbandir. Joseph Sargent
• 1949

  The Third Man

  Vienna — 1940s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed
• 1960

  The Time Machine

  London — 1900s · Far Future
  Urban · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. George Pal
• 2019

  The Wandering Earth

  Shanghai · Sulawesi · Space — Near Future
  Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Frant Gwo
• 1979

  The Warriors

  New York City — 1970s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Walter Hill
• 1954

  Them!

  New Mexico · Los Angeles — 1950s
  Desert · Urban · Undergrounddir. Gordon Douglas
• 2022

  Thirteen Lives

  Thailand — 2010s
  Underground · Mountaindir. Ron Howard
• 1971

  THX 1138

  Underground · Urbandir. George Lucas
• 1990

  Total Recall

  Near Future
  Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
• 2010

  Troll Hunter

  Norway — 2010s
  Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. André Øvredal
• 1995

  Twelve Monkeys

  Philadelphia — 1990s · Near Future · Far Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam
• 1995

  Underground

  Belgrade — 1940s · 1960s · 1990s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Emir Kusturica
• 2003

  Underworld

  2000s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Len Wiseman
• 2019

  Us

  Santa Cruz — 1980s · 2010s
  Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele
• 2017

  War for the Planet of the Apes

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves
• 1983

  WarGames

  Seattle · Colorado — 1980s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. John Badham
• 1978

  Watership Down

  England — Timeless
  Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Martin Rosen
• 1974

  Young Frankenstein

  Transylvania — 1900s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Mel Brooks