Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "trapped-underground"

1. The Descent (2005)

R | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder

Votes: 247,336 | Gross: $26.02M

2. The Abyss (2023)

TV-MA | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Frigga, who tries to balance her risky job as a security manager in the Kiirunavaara mine with her family life, has to fight for her life and the lives of her loved ones when her city starts collapsing into the mine.

Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Tuva Novotny, Peter Franzén, Kardo Razzazi, Felicia Maxime

Votes: 7,393

3. Daylight (1996)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 76,777 | Gross: $33.02M

4. The 33 (2015)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.

Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin

Votes: 39,775 | Gross: $12.19M

5. Black Water: Abyss (2020)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry crocodile.

Director: Andrew Traucki | Stars: Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Benjamin Hoetjes

Votes: 6,821

6. Noah's Ark (1928)

Passed | 135 min | Drama, War

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

Directors: Michael Curtiz, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda

Votes: 923 | Gross: $1.37M

7. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Unrated | 83 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 9,131

8. Hunger (I) (2009)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Five strangers struggle when a madman imprisons them in an underground dungeon in this nail-biting horror.

Director: Steven Hentges | Stars: Lori Heuring, Linden Ashby, Joe Egender, Lea Kohl

Votes: 5,681

9. Mine 9 (2019)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.

Director: Eddie Mensore | Stars: Terry Serpico, Mark Ashworth, Kevin Sizemore, Clint James

Votes: 11,904 | Gross: $0.23M

10. Rogue Male (1976 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

In 1939 when an English hunter takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a rifle, he is captured, tortured and left for dead. He escapes but his captors pursue him to England.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter

Votes: 1,032

11. The Shadow (1940)

Passed | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Moore, Robert Fiske

Votes: 376

12. SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 80 min | Drama

The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and ... See full summary »

Directors: Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Stars: Bill Irwin, KRS-One, Tina North, Paul Lazar

Votes: 1,462

13. Sink Hole (2013)

90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A group of teenagers get trapped in a sink hole and have to fight for their lives.

Director: Scott Wheeler | Stars: Gina Holden, Brooke Mackenzie, Dominika Juillet, Jeremy London

Votes: 442

14. War Trap (2022)

117 min | Drama, War

During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugène, a French soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his ... See full summary »

Director: David Aboucaya | Stars: Laurent Guiot, Pascal Putet, Franck Rasamison, Adam Aboucaya

Votes: 370

15. Merry Andrew (1958)

Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli).

Director: Michael Kidd | Stars: Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Noel Purcell

Votes: 931

16. Beaconsfield (2012 TV Movie)

129 min | Drama

The true story of Brant Webb and Todd Russell, who were trapped nearly a kilometer below the surface.

Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Shane Jacobson, Lachy Hulme, Cameron Daddo, Anthony Hayes

Votes: 559

17. The 33 of San Jose (2010)

86 min | Drama

A team of Chilean miners are trapped underground for months and hold out for a miraculous rescue.

Director: Antonio Recio Beladiez | Stars: Alejandro Goic, Mario Soto, Cristian Mercado, Pancho González

Votes: 182

18. The Brave Don't Cry (1952)

89 min | Drama

A story about a true mining accident.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: John Gregson, Meg Buchanan, John Rae, Fulton Mackay

Votes: 115

19. Twenty Twenty-Four (2016)

88 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A lone scientist maintains an underground bunker for the coming global nuclear disaster. But after becoming prematurely isolated, he slowly begins to question his own reality and whether he... See full summary »

Director: Richard Mundy | Stars: Andrew Kinsler, Peter McCrohon

Votes: 822

20. Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Episode: Where's Terry? (2000)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Terry goes missing, Wayne and Max go searching for him.

Director: Kyung Won Lim | Stars: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Chris Mulkey, Eli Marienthal

Votes: 458

21. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode: Leviathan Five (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Five men trapped in an underground Research Center determine that their oxygen will run out before they can be rescued They decide to have a "lottery" to choose who will have to die so the ... See full summary »

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Robert Webber, Andrew Duggan, Harold J. Stone

Votes: 60

22. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Terror in New York City (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport TB4 to New York City when a news crew is trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.

Directors: David Elliott, David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 208

23. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Kiss Kiss Breach Breach (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Cisco's faith in his ability to fill Barry's shoes as Team Leader is upended when he learns of a shocking murder; Killer Frost trusts no one except herself to hunt down the dangerous Ramsey Rosso.

Director: Menhaj Huda | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 2,093

24. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Undergrounded (2020)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter builds a tunnel to the Drunken Clam after Lois grounds him for secretly getting a credit card and spending all of the family's money.

Directors: Greg Colton, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 888

25. 9-1-1 (2018– )
Episode: Eddie Begins (2020)

TV-14 | Action, Drama, Thriller

Eddie's journey to rescue a boy from a well turns into a mission to save himself from his past.

Director: Robert M. Williams Jr. | Stars: Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark

Votes: 989

26. Eureka (2006–2012)
Episode: Phased and Confused (2008)

TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

While Jack keeps having to rescue Lexi from a bumbling superhero, Zoe gets trapped while exploring an abandoned facility under the high school with her friends.

Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Jordan Danger

Votes: 491

27. Paradox (2009–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Christian King's Prometheus lab receives eight pictures, seven of which predict that a schoolboy called Jack Barclay will drown in an underground sewer. Jack has played truant with older ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Emun Elliott, Mark Bonnar, Chiké Okonkwo

Votes: 130

28. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 3 July 2018 (2018)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

In Thailand, 12 teenagers are trapped in an underground cave; plus the latest news ahead of England's World Cup match this evening.

Stars: Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Laura Tobin, Jonathan Swain

29. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 5 July 2018 (2018)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

Two people are fighting for their lives after being poisoned by a nerve agent; the latest on the trapped Thai teens; is the NHS in good health on its 70th birthday?; plus Graeme Le Saux discusses Gareth Southgate and the England National Football Team.

Stars: Kate Garraway, Susanna Reid, Nick Dixon, Neil Basu

30. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 6 July 2018 (2018)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

A diver attempting to help the trapped Thai teens has died; a look ahead to tomorrow's World Cup quarter-final; Katy has news on the Amesbury poisoning; plus, several former Love Island ... See full summary »

Stars: Kate Garraway, Ranvir Singh, Richard Gaisford, Sean Fletcher

31. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 4 July 2018 (2018)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

Reaction to England's penalty shootout victory over Colombia at the World Cup; rescuers desperately try to free trapped Thai teenagers; 2 people in Amesbury are in critical condition after being exposed to an unknown substance.

Stars: Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Jonathan Swain, Kieran Trippier