Underground Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 44 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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127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 2019
1917
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2014
As Above, So Below
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle - 1986
Big Trouble in Little China
Urban · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter - 1998
Blade
Urban · Undergrounddir. Stephen Norrington - 1986
Castle in the Sky
Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2008
Cloverfield
Urban · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 1985
Day of the Dead
Underground · Wildernessdir. George A. Romero - 1991
Delicatessen
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 2004
Downfall
Urban · Undergrounddir. Oliver Hirschbiegel - 1973
Enter the Dragon
Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse - 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rural · Undergrounddir. Wes Anderson - 2004
Hellboy
Urban · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 2003
Kontroll
Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal - 1927
Metropolis
Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang - 1999
October Sky
Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston - 1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Undergrounddir. Miloš Forman - 2006
Pan's Labyrinth
Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 2019
Parasite
Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho - 1957
Paths of Glory
Undergrounddir. Stanley Kubrick - 2009
Pontypool
Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald - 2015
Son of Saul
Undergrounddir. László Nemes - 2011
Super 8
Suburban · Undergrounddir. J.J. Abrams - 1999
The 13th Warrior
Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan - 2015
The 33
Underground · Ruraldir. Patricia Riggen - 2023
The Boy and the Heron
Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2005
The Descent
Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall - 1985
The Goonies
Coastal Sea · Underground · Suburbandir. Richard Donner - 1982
The Secret of NIMH
Rural · Undergrounddir. Don Bluth - 1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Underground · Urbandir. Joseph Sargent - 1949
The Third Man
Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed - 2019
The Wandering Earth
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Frant Gwo - 1979
The Warriors
Urban · Undergrounddir. Walter Hill - 2022
Thirteen Lives
Underground · Mountaindir. Ron Howard - 1990
Total Recall
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 2010
Troll Hunter
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. André Øvredal - 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam - 2003
Underworld
Urban · Undergrounddir. Len Wiseman - 2019
Us
Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele - 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 1983
WarGames
Urban · Undergrounddir. John Badham - 1978
Watership Down
Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Martin Rosen - 1974
Young Frankenstein
Rural · Undergrounddir. Mel Brooks
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in underground environments?
Kinora's catalogue lists 44 films set in underground environments, spanning 1927–2023.
What are some movies set in underground environments?
Films set in underground environments in our catalogue include 127 Hours (2010), 1917 (2019), A Prophet (2009), As Above, So Below (2014), and Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
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 The Boy and the Heron (2023).