Subterranean movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant subterranean movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychotronic, suspenseful, tense, serious, surprise ending and weird films and TV shows about / with underground, danger, survival, violence, chase, monster, rescue, death, murder and escape plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as subterranean: The Tunnel (2011), The Descent (2005), The Terror Within (1989), At the Earth's Core (1976), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), The Dwarves of Demrel (2018), Westworld (1973), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Underwater (2020), The Night Strangler (1973).
Best films
List of subterranean movies
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the ...
Style:
spooky, dark, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, creature, missing person, journalism, tunnel, urban legend, underground, food, survival, investigation, uncover truth, hidden truth ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, cave, survival horror, trapped, survival, creature, fear, expedition, claustrophobia, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, appalachia
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, serious, scary, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, monster, isolation, space and aliens, rescue, plague, battles, deadly creature, danger, pregnancy, life is a bitch, creature ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style:
exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iceland, italy, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like ...
Style:
grindhouse, retro, psychotronic, classic horror, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, giant monster, monster, lost world, fight for freedom, kaiju, cave woman, cave, space travel, good versus evil, steampunk, giant animal ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1976, prehistoric times, 19th century, prehistory ...
Place:
wales, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, minimal cast, twist ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalypse, kidnapping, bunker, strong female character, alien, underground bunker, survivalist, end of the world, conspiracy theory, bomb shelter ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this steampunk fantasy adventure, a collapse imprisons three dwarven miners who must now work collectively to combat starvation, despair, and a mysterious creature.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
gnome, medieval, creature, sword and sorcery, danger, moral dilemma, escapades, adventurer, supernatural, legends and myths, struggle for survival, disagreement ...
Is relevant?
67K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west, he gets more than he bargained for when a ...
Style:
tense, sexy, philosophical, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, man versus machine, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, computer, life philosophy, robot, technology gone awry, vacation, dystopia, villain played by lead actor, cyborgs ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, year 1973, 19th century ...
Place:
space western, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
deadly virus, virus, disaster, medical, laboratory, science, race against time, plague, alien, pandemic, epidemic, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, distant future, year 1971, year 1970 ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, north america
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
underwater, creature, giant monster, monster, sea monster, animal attack, creature feature, water, cthulhu, ocean, earthquake, giant creature ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After being run out of Las Vegas, Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a ...
Style:
scary, cult horror, spooky, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, supernatural, occult, amateur detective, reporter, strangler, eternal youth, politics, investigative reporter, stalking, who done it ...
Time:
70s
Place:
seattle, las vegas, usa, washington state, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the ...
Style:
retro, atmospheric, psychological, existential, allegory ...
Plot:
underground, urban decay, misfit, missing person, bookstore, isolation, dystopia, investigation, hierarchy, claustrophobia, class conflict, social satire ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In August 1961, speleologists from Italy’s booming North arrive on a Calabrian plateau where time stands still. The intruders discover one of the world’s deepest caves, the Bifurto Abyss, under the gaze of an old shepherd, the only witness of ...
Style:
slow cinema, disturbing, captivating, tense, art house ...
Plot:
cave, underground, search party, escapades, explorer, research, silence, minimalism, isolation, outsider, nostalgia, european ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
southern italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People ...
Style:
3d animation, psychotronic, exciting, action comedy, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
superhero, peter parker character, villain, tyrannosaurus rex, african american, superheroine, spider man, surrealism, parallel world, teenager, secret identity, laboratory ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, india, london, manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a world where the past does not exist in a city that oppresses its subject who completely block out the past...the only hope is to unleash the Ancient book! The ruler of the city Heras controls the mind of the people and make sure that nothing in ...
Style:
sinister, dark, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dystopia, mind control, propaganda, underground movement, rebellion, totalitarianism, choice, moral dilemma, underground, escape, female protagonist, resistance movement ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a tunnel deep under Manhattan, the Old Man rules the citizens of Scum-City. He swears to lead them to a paradise within the hollow earth once he finds five noble souls; but until then his followers must steal and deal to support him. A terminally ...
Style:
grim, tense, crime thriller, noir, surreal ...
Plot:
underground, violence, moral ambiguity, urban decay, desperation, anti hero, claustrophobia, final showdown, dystopia, cult leader, gory violence, survival ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Moley is a charming, optimistic young mole who lives deep in a burrow under Windsor Castle, in the hustling, bustling city of MoleTown. He is The Keeper of the Mystical Manual of Magic (or Manny as he likes to call him). The series follows the life ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
friendship, mole, anthropomorphic animal, children, teamwork, animal, animal protagonist, satire, animal life, escapades, problem solving, underground ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
59K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to ...
Style:
suspense, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot:
insect, cockroach, virus, giant insect, disease, tunnel, eaten alive, entomologist, experiment gone awry, monster, creature, epidemic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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2.5M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
After being reconstructed, Cytro becomes Max's mission partner, but now both are placed under the direct orders of Forge Ferrous, a new N-Tek field commander instead of Jefferson. This new boss is a freak control with an aggressive and ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, entertaining, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
superhero, battles, transformation, fight, alien technology, protector, good versus evil, save the day, supernatural power, save the world, supernatural ability, rescue ...
Place:
antarctica
Is relevant?
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus ...
Style:
heroic, action adventure, dramatic, period piece, surprise ending ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
superhero, teamwork, villain, baby, birth, genius, husband wife relationship, pregnant woman, alien, invisibility, fame, electricity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, future, 60s
Place:
north america, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york, egypt ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, epic fantasy, action adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
wizard, dragon, witchcraft, magic, gang of thieves, dungeons and dragons, artifact, father daughter relationship, druid, magical power, black magic, cemetery ...
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144K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Iceland
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
car, elevator, carsploitation, sniper, revenge, fast car, punched in the face, shootout, home invasion, good versus evil, driving lesson, terrorist ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
portugal, naples italy, italy, brazil, london ...
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When cancer patient Alan Gates discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite that gives him otherworldly powers, he begins a battle against an army buried beneath society's skin. The movie is based on james wans comic of the same ...
Style:
dark, medical horror, slasher horror, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, body horror, woman in jeopardy, supernatural power, imaginary friend, hospital, evil twin, one against many, kidnapping, psychiatric hospital, monster, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1993, year 1994, 90s, 2020s ...
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether ...
Style:
perverse, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, commando mission, hostile takeover, female terrorist, brutality, underground, mission, terrorist, swat team, sniper, hostage situation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
english channel, georgia, london, united kingdom, spain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, mind game, policewoman, police, murder investigation, death, twists and turns, murder mystery, race against time ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, persia, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, visually stunning, breathtaking, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, date night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, plot twist, good versus evil, double life, revenge, chaos and mayhem, terrorism, disguise, self sacrifice ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, pittsburgh, italy, usa, pentagon ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An elite assassin for a covert Government agency is marked for death after aborting an assignment to take out a journalist who could expose the corruption of the very institution that trained her as their weapon of choice.
Style:
fast, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female warrior, hitman, female fighter, anti heroine, one woman army, tough girl, computer cracker, covert operation, professional killer, female fight, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, costa rica, arizona
Is relevant?
246K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style:
cerebral, philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, consciousness, technology gone awry, resurrection, science, scientist, nanotechnology, computers and web, chaos, hi-tech, computer ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, year 2010 ...
Place:
peru, usa, africa, europe, asia ...
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