🏷 Discover The Best Underground Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Uncover the Hidden Gems: Best Movies and TV Shows about Underground

Delve into the world of underground cinema and television, where stories of rebellion, survival, and self-discovery unfold in the darkest corners of society. From gritty dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, we've curated a list of the most compelling movies and TV shows that take you beneath the surface.

Cast

Miho Okasaki

Tomoaki Maeno

Takuya Eguchi

Hochu Otsuka

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018) TV Show

8.4 942 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 96

Audience: TV-14

Story: Corporate worker Mikami Satoru is stabbed by a random killer, and is reborn to an alternate world. But he turns out to be reborn a slime! Thrown into this new world with the name Rimuru, he begins his quest to create a world that’s welcoming to all races.

Style: absurd

Plot: countryside, elves, monster, underground, swordplay, magic, fairy, affectation, ...

Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (2019)

8.3 145 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.

Plot: child abuse, immortality, underground, exploration, survival, tragedy, compilation, based on manga, ...

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata

Nozomu Sasaki

Mami Koyama

Taro Ishida

Akira (1988)

7.9 4.8K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Style: psychotronic

Plot: army, street gang, saving the world, total destruction, experiment, general, megacity, atomic bomb, ...

Time: 2010s

Cast

Ansel Elgort

Ken Watanabe

Rachel Keller

Show Kasamatsu

Tokyo Vice (2022) TV Show

7.9 402 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.

Style: cynical, atmospheric

Plot: detective, journalist, based on novel or book, journalism, underground, yakuza, gangster, tokyo, ...

Time: 1990s

Place: japan

Cast

Miyu Tomita

Mariya Ise

Shiori Izawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020)

7.8 309 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi's troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss.

Plot: child abuse, immortality, underground, gore, exploration, sequel, survival, human sacrifice, ...

Cast

Eva Green

Josh Hartnett

Timothy Dalton

Harry Treadaway

Penny Dreadful (2014) TV Show

7.8 1.5K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 27

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.

Plot: london, england, witch, monster, underground, vampire, incantation, black magic, ...

Time: 19th century

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

Rene Russo

Riz Ahmed

Bill Paxton

Nightcrawler (2014)

7.7 11.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Plot: underground, psychopath, journalism, job interview, cynicism, sociopath, murder, serial killer, ...

Cast

Oksana Akinshina

Artyom Bogucharsky

Ljubov Agapova

Liilia u0160inkarjova

Lilya 4-ever (2002)

7.6 671 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

Style: intense

Plot: suicide, escape, underground, despair, nightclub, human trafficking, based on true story, poverty, ...

Place: sweden

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn (2019)

7.6 84 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: First compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 1-8 with new scenes added for the introduction. It covers the period from when Riko descends into the Abyss with her robot companion Reg, reaching the second layer where they meet the White Whistle Ozen who reveals information about Riko's mother.

Plot: child abuse, immortality, underground, exploration, survival, tragedy, compilation, based on manga, ...

Cast

Robert Crumb

Aline Kominsky

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Charles Crumb

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Maxon Crumb

Crumb (1995)

7.5 282 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, ex-wife and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.

Plot: underground, san francisco, california, obsession, fetish, artist, cartoon, nerd, ...

Cast

Dominique Pinon

Marie-Laure Dougnac

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Karin Viard

Delicatessen (1991)

7.3 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country: France

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.

Plot: underground, suicide attempt, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, dark comedy, clown, butcher, butcher's shop, ...

Time: post-apocalyptic

Gangsta. (2015) TV Show

7.3 132 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In the crime-ridden, mafia-governed city of Ergastulum, Worick and Nicolas are two “handymen” known as “Benriya” who would take any dirty job from either police or mafia, for a good price. After an assignment from police the two met and later joined by Alex, a former prostitute who got interested in the mysterious background of the team, in particular of Nicolas’ abilities.

Plot: child abuse, underground, swordplay, kidnapping, gangster, secret organization, dystopia, police, ...

Cast

Alexander Skarsgu00e5rd

Andrea Riseborough

Emily Alyn Lind

Heather Doerksen

Hidden (2015)

7.0 1.2K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: R

Story: A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

Plot: helicopter, quarantine, nightmare, underground, shelter, flashback, outbreak, murder, ...

The Call (2013)

6.8 3.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Plot: underground, gas station, kidnapping, psychopath, incest overtones, murder, serial killer, torture chamber, ...

Buried (2010)

6.6 3.1K votes

Genre: Thriller

Country: Spain, United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.

Plot: race against time, panic, ambush, underground, despair, coffin, claustrophobia, lighter, ...

Place: iraq

Cast

Tom Cruise

Dakota Fanning

Miranda Otto

Justin Chatwin

War of the Worlds (2005)

6.6 9.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Plot: daughter, new jersey, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), airplane, based on novel or book, underground, dystopia, alien, ...

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Joaquin Phoenix

James Gandolfini

Peter Stormare

8MM (1999)

6.5 2.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

Story: A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

Plot: new york city, pornography, underground, loss of loved one, sex shop, obsession, investigation, porn actor, ...

Cast

Francesca Neri

u00d3scar Ladoire

Maru00eda Barranco

Fernando Guillu00e9n Cuervo

The Ages of Lulu (1990)

6.4 302 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Spain

Duration: 95 min.

Story: Fifteen-year-old Lulu has never known any affection from her family. But when she goes to a rock concert with Pablo, a friend of the family, he introduces Lulu to her first sexual experience. Years later, Pablo and Lulu have married; Pablo has created a sheltered, private world for Lulu, into which nothing intrudes. However, Lulu tires of her cloistered existence, and begins hanging out in shady bars, looking for vicarious thrills and danger.

Plot: virgin, concert, rape, madrid, spain, underground, brother, sexuality, ...

Premium Rush (2012)

6.4 2.3K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

Style: tense

Plot: new york city, race against time, corruption, underground, dirty cop, police officer, bicycle courier, young man, ...

Cast

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Skip Hinnant

Rosetta LeNoire

John McCurry

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Phil Seuling

Fritz the Cat (1972)

6.2 390 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 78 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: In late 1960s New York City, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz, an impenitent seducer and unrestrained party-animal, decides to explore the world. And just like that, as he flees NYC, heading to San Francisco, Fritz embarks on an endless adventure of illumination. Immersed in a world surrounded by drugs and sex, Fritz participates in mad orgies, brings about a revolution, incites mass urban riots, and crosses paths with drug-addled Nazi bikers.

Style: grindhouse

Plot: new york city, students' movement, underground, cat, orgy, sexual revolution, addiction, violence against women, ...

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