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Underground Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 26 films set in underground environments, spanning 1927–2019. 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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  • 1957

    12 Angry Men

    New York City — 1950s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Sidney Lumet
  • 2019

    1917

    France — 1910s
    Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes
  • 1988

    Akira

    2010s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Katsuhiro Otomo
  • 2018

    Annihilation

    Florida — 2010s
    Wilderness · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Alex Garland
  • 2007

    Atonement

    London — 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
    Rural · Urban · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Joe Wright
  • 1981

    Das Boot

    La Rochelle — 1940s
    Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Wolfgang Petersen
  • 1999

    Fight Club

    1990s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. David Fincher
  • 1988

    Grave of the Fireflies

    Kobe — 1940s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Isao Takahata
  • 1927

    Metropolis

    Far Future
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang
  • 2009

    Moon

    Near Future
    Off World · Undergrounddir. Duncan Jones
  • 2006

    Pan's Labyrinth

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

    Parasite

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

    Paths of Glory

    France — 1910s
    Rural · Undergrounddir. Stanley Kubrick
  • 1981

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Cairo · Washington, D.C. — 1930s
    Wilderness · Urban · Coastal Sea · Island · Undergrounddir. Steven Spielberg
  • 2007

    Ratatouille

    Paris — 2000s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Brad Bird
  • 2015

    Sicario

    Arizona · Ciudad Juárez · Texas — 2010s
    Urban · Desert · Undergrounddir. Denis Villeneuve
  • 1979

    Stalker

    Timeless
    Urban · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Andrei Tarkovsky
  • 1977

    Suspiria

    West Berlin — 1970s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Dario Argento
  • 2014

    The Babadook

    Adelaide — 2010s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Jennifer Kent
  • 2006

    The Host

    Seoul — 2000s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
  • 1999

    The Matrix

    Near Future · Far Future
    Urban · Underground · Off Worlddir. Lana Wachowski
  • 1986

    The Name of the Rose

    Italy — Medieval
    Rural · Undergrounddir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • 1928

    The Passion of Joan of Arc

    Rouen
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • 1991

    The Silence of the Lambs

    Virginia · Baltimore · Memphis — 1990s
    Urban · Rural · Undergrounddir. Jonathan Demme
  • 1982

    The Thing

    Antarctica — 1980s
    Wilderness · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter
  • 1949

    The Third Man

    Vienna — 1940s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in underground environments?

Kinora's catalogue lists 26 films set in underground environments, spanning 1927–2019.

What are some movies set in underground environments?

Films set in underground environments in our catalogue include 12 Angry Men (1957), 1917 (2019), Akira (1988), Annihilation (2018), and Atonement (2007).

What is the oldest movie set in underground environments?

Metropolis (1927) is the earliest film set in underground environments in our catalogue; the most recent is Parasite (2019).

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