Underground film movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant underground film movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out underground film, independent film, experimental, realistic, avant garde and art house films and TV shows about / with violence, underground, surrealism, nudity, fear, death, exploitation, nude, male nudity and murder plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Comedy genres shot in USA, Russia, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as underground film: Multiple Maniacs (1970), Hotel Room (1998), It Felt Like Love (2013), TORMENT (2017), Irreversible (2002), Mommy Is Coming (2012), Siren Head (2020), Flaming Creatures (1963), Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969), Nettle (2016).
Best films
New films
| Pearl (2022) | 7.0 | |
| Pleasure (2021) | 6.3 | |
| Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) | 5.7 | |
| Chernobyl (2019) | 7.3 | |
| Come to Daddy (2019) | 6.0 |
List of underground film movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A traveling sideshow called the Cavalcade of Perversion draws in and terrorizes unsuspecting spectators. The leader of the troupe of misfits is Lady Divine, who goes out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.
Style:
underground film, independent film, dark comedy, slasher, black and white ...
Plot:
rape, fetish, sexual perversion, freakshow, cannibalism, exploitation, surrealism, lesbian, rape and revenge, church, hardcore, murder ...
Time:
60s
Place:
maryland, baltimore
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The coincidence cross fates of five characters in a hotel room in New York. A newlyweds couples discussing, a touring magician requesting the services of a prostitute, a voyeur photographer that is silent witness to the fight of a couple on the ...
Style:
anthology, existential, tense, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
hotel room, loneliness, character study, urban, cross dressing, intimate, identity crisis, prostitution, suicide, sexuality, voyeurism, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Lila is experiencing an ennui-filled Brooklyn summer. She awkwardly wears a Kabuki-esque mask of sunscreen at the beach and plays third wheel to Chiara, her more experienced friend, and Chiara’s boyfriend, Patrick. Determined to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, teenage girl, youth, first sex, sexual attraction, sexual desire, self discovery, best friend, friendship, wooing, hot guys ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Freely inspired to the GACY's torture insane world, this film promise to tell what in other movies no one had the courage to push the limits!
Style:
disturbing, suspense, underground film, depressing, psychotronic ...
Plot:
sadism, graphic violence, killer clown, gay, sexual torture, murder, serial killer, insane, torture, hallucination, bondage, torment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
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161K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, sexy, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, sadism, rape and revenge, sexualized violence, brutality, anal rape, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship. Dylan discovers new pleasures at a sex club, while Claudia, in drag as Claude, finds a surprising partner
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, underground film ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, transvestite, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian threesome, lesbian sex, neglected wife, sex scene, interview, accidental incest, gays and lesbians, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, europe, indiana, germany
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ireland, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
The ancient monster named Siren Head terrorizes Russian land. No one knows who is it and what is it want. Mysteriously disappearances of people, unsolved murders and other things happening in the locations of this monster. Who will next?
Style:
underground film, experimental, surreal, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
monster, creature, surrealism, creature feature, curses spells and rituals, evil, supernatural, rescue, murder, peril, characters in danger, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and ...
Style:
underground film, experimental, erotic, independent film, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, transsexual, drag queen, sadomasochism, transvestite, homosexual, surrealism, underground, absurdism, hardcore, lgbtq, sexuality ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.
Style:
avant garde, underground film, experimental, contemplative, black and white ...
Plot:
found footage, nostalgia, memory, ghost, mortality, haunting, macabre, underground, villager, cottage, pig, chase ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Mad scientist's serum turns a bush of nettle into a vicious killing machine.
Style:
slasher, experimental, underground film, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
monster, murder, killing, rescue, vengeance, supernatural power, chase, good versus evil, peril, creature, death, mission ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person ...
Style:
controversial, underground film, black comedy, independent film, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nudity, lesbian, obsession, animal abuse, arson, perversion, dysfunctional family, murder, egg, transgression, controversy, sadism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore, idaho, california
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.
Style:
extreme horror, disturbing, sadistic, controversial, black and white ...
Plot:
sadism, perversity, captivity, misogyny, sexual cruelty, torture, sex, violence, sexual torture, mercilessness, prostitute, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
year 2016
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Genre: Biography
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, underground film, experimental ...
Plot:
private detective, storytelling, death, autobiography, terminal illness, lgbt, gender, church, infidelity, underground, eyesight, lgbtqi ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, asia
Is relevant?
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eight drug addicts are waiting for their connection in a New York apartment belonging to Leach. Jim Dunn, a budding filmmaker, has agreed to pay for the fix if the addicts will allow him to film the connection scene. After the men get their shots, ...
Style:
mockumentary, underground film, bleak, controversial, indie film ...
Plot:
found footage, drug addiction, jazz, heroin, substance abuse, hopelessness, overdose, desperation, claustrophobia, ethical dilemma, urban decay, street life ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen.
Style:
underground film, avant garde, experimental, independent film, art film ...
Plot:
art, lgbtq, exploitation, filmmaking, designer, surrealism, male nudity, house, hotel, dominatrix, midnight, blue
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
independent film, underground film, cult classic, political, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, lesbian, sexual harassment, anarchism, socialist, police brutality, racism, feminist, radical, dystopia, anarchist, protest ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this would presumably refer to the three “character” scenes. Snow’s intent for the film was “a ...
Style:
experimental, contemplative, underground film, surreal, avant garde ...
Plot:
art, fetish, underground, estrangement, introspection, human nature, dealing with death, boredom, symbolism, confusion, pretense, elitism ...
Time:
year 1967, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
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41K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ancient rome, incest, sex, sexual perversion, sexploitation, explicit sex, brutality, ancient world, brother sister sex, sex scene, unsimulated sex, roman empire ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, year 1979, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
rome italy, italy, greece
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91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Frank, an introspective astrophysics major, visits a remote lab to work with his mentor; doctor Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that Helen; a young woman seemingly from another world, a metaphysical realm, has been taken in by the doctor. The ...
Style:
spiritual, avant garde, psychotronic, underground film, mysterious ...
Plot:
supernatural, surrealism, supernatural power, spirituality, science, outer space, isolation, jealousy, forest, mysticism, haunting, cosmos ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Night of the Living Dead: REANIMATED features the work of various artists, animators, and filmmakers from around the globe. The mixed media featured include puppetry, CGI, hand-drawn animation, illustration, acrylics, claymation, and even ...
Style:
underground film, avant garde, neo noir, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
zombie, virus, survival horror, living dead, surrealism, supernatural, supernatural power, night of the living dead, characters in danger, survival, vestiges of humanity, fate of humanity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
The director of the concrete plant fell into the concrete mixer. The devil from hell turned him into a concrete shark. Save the world from another monster will locksmiths Michael and Azamat.
Style:
underground film, experimental, tense, independent film, humorous ...
Plot:
shark, shark attack, dark humor, crazy, amateur, monster, silly humor, stupidity, absurd humor, creature feature, save the world, supernatural ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Mariya gets lost in the forest and under mysterious circumstances ends up in a purgatory haunted by demon, evil doppelganger and ghosts of her own misdeeds.
Style:
experimental, psychotronic, underground film, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
life after death, curse, ghost, death, purgatory, missing person, paranormal phenomena, murderer, demon, small town, religion, christianity ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
russia, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The faith of five strangers is put to the test when they awake to find themselves in a mysterious place, with no idea of how they got there... and no way out.
Style:
underground film, psychological, touching, sincere, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
faith, infidelity, death, dying, cancer, religion, christianity, christian, spirituality, church, blonde, bartender ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A campus urban legend myth comes true when fraternity brothers start to get killed off one by one by the infamous serial killer who used to live in the fraternity house 25 years ago.
Style:
underground film, sexy, bloody, parody, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
fraternity, serial killer, serial murder, college student, college, violence, drug, fear, frat party, maniac, marijuana, hate ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An independent filmmaker, journeys to 12 countries across 4 continents. With a digital camera and his passion; He wrote the most amazing script and he has the vision: Let the planet and mankind directing his path. Life's wonders will be the ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, underground film, captivating ...
Plot:
filmmaking, obsessive quest, escapades, follow your dream, world spanning, hopes, journey, filmmaker, quest, travel, curiosity, creative process ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Intertwines the lives of six young Iranians as they struggle to satisfy their private desires in the face of conservative Islamic society.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, underground film ...
Plot:
forbidden love, injustice, love and romance, young lovers, society, youth, bittersweet, infidelity, muslim, repression, hijab, islam ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran
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