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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: 247,124 | Gross: $26.02M
2. As Above, So Below (2014)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil
Votes: 111,926 | Gross: $21.20M
3. 127 Hours (2010)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott
Votes: 401,585 | Gross: $18.34M
4. Time Trap (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A professor enters a cave and goes missing. Some of his students come looking for him and get trapped in the cave as well.
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster | Stars: Reiley McClendon, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Olivia Draguicevich
Votes: 43,561
5. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 15,113 | Gross: $1.19M
6. The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Refusing to believe her story about cave-dwelling monsters, the sole survivor of a spelunking exploration gone horribly wrong is forced to follow the authorities back into the caves where something awaits.
Director: Jon Harris | Stars: Michael J. Reynolds, Shauna Macdonald, Jessika Williams, Douglas Hodge
Votes: 51,605
7. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,823
8. Sanctum (2011)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.
Director: Alister Grierson | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley, Christopher James Baker, Richard Roxburgh
Votes: 57,218 | Gross: $23.07M
9. Trog (1970)
GP | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden
Votes: 3,212
10. Devils of Darkness (1965)
Approved | 88 min | Horror
A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Sylvester, Hubert Noël, Carole Gray, Tracy Reed
Votes: 1,057
11. Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
R | 92 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A spaceship lands back on Earth after a failed mission, but the astronauts have been replaced by hideous creatures that can penetrate people's bodies and make them explode. A group of cave ... See full summary »
Directors: Ciro Ippolito, Biagio Proietti | Stars: Belinda Mayne, Mark Bodin, Roberto Barrese, Benedetta Fantoli
Votes: 1,697
12. Devil's Revenge (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
A down-on-his-luck archaeologist returns from a cave expedition that contains a cursed relic that's also a portal to Hell. He discovers that the only way to stop the curse on his family is to go back to the cave and destroy the relic.
Director: Jared Cohn | Stars: William Shatner, Jeri Ryan, Jason Brooks, Robert Scott Wilson
Votes: 427
13. What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 2,399
14. Unknown: Cave of Bones (2023)
TV-PG | 93 min | Documentary
Follows Paleo anthropologist Lee Berger in South Africa, as he and his team try to prove that the world's oldest graveyard they found, is not human. A small brained, ape-like creature could have practiced complex burial rituals.
Director: Mark Mannucci | Stars: Lee Berger, Keneiloe Molopyane, Agusin Fuentes, John Hawks
Votes: 2,336
15. Stranger in My Bed (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
To escape her abusive spouse, Sarah fakes her own death and flees. Seems like a good plan, right? Sadly, it doesn't take her estranged husband long to get wise and hunt her down. This game between them will turn deadly and it looks like only one will survive.
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Jamie Luner, Chris Kramer, L. Harvey Gold, Ivan Cermak
Votes: 423
16. Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Horror, Mystery
Two brothers stumble across a hidden cave. They explore it but things turn sinister when they realise there's something down there, something that may have been responsible for their father's death.
Director: David L. Hunt | Stars: Chris Cleveland, Matthew Alan, Mark Hayter, Circus-Szalewski
Votes: 997
17. The Cavern (III) (2005)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a Asian desert, a team of explorers learn of a newly discovered cave system and set out to explore it. However as soon as they begin the descent, it becomes clear that this was a secret that should have remained below the surface.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Sybil Darrow, Mustafa Shakir, Ogy Durham, Andrew Caple-Shaw
Votes: 1,751
18. Grim (1996)
R | 86 min | Horror
A team of spelunkers, when investigating a system of caves beneath a small town, come across a hideous creature that can move through walls.
Director: Paul Matthews | Stars: Emmanuel Xuereb, Jack Chancer, Peter Tregloan, Michael Fitzpatrick
Votes: 1,187
19. Crystal Skulls (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
It is 2020 and the apocalypse is inevitable. 12 of 13 Crystal skulls are united causing catastrophic events. Only the 13th Skull can theoretically restore order before the Earth is destroyed from within by their power.
Director: Todor Chapkanov | Stars: Richard Burgi, Wendy Glenn, Sam Redford, David Rintoul
Votes: 689
20. Huang jin zhi zhu cheng (2022)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Explorer Sima Cong is blackmailed, by a rich Thai businessman, into venturing 10,000 meters below the Savage Mountains to discern the location of the fabled Golden Spider City. But the legendary city is not uninhabited.
Director: Yilin Dai | Stars: Mengqi Chen, Wang Lei, Steven Liu, Xiaohua Ning
Votes: 72
21. NYC: Tornado Terror (2008 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
What appears to be harmless little whirlwinds and dust devils turns out to be a precursor to something deadlier and ends up threatening New York City's very existence.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence, Jerry Wasserman, Winston Rekert
Votes: 1,303
22. Deadtime Stories: Volume 2 (2011)
R | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In this anthology of horror tales, two hikers are trapped in a cave-in, a jilted teen lover turns bad, and a man is murderously desperate to help his ailing wife.
Directors: Michael Fischa, Jeff Monahan, Matt Walsh | Stars: George A. Romero, Aric Amendolea, Kristen Barrega, Amy Lynn Best
Votes: 668
23. The Most Unknown (2018)
92 min | Documentary
The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Cheney | Stars: Jennifer L. Macalady, Davide D'Angelo, Axel Cleeremans, Luke McKay
Votes: 2,218 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Issues 101 (2002)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A gay transfer student pledges to a predominantly straight fraternity where his "straight-with-issues" big brother has a steady girlfriend but privately relishes man-to-man sex.
Director: John Lincoln | Stars: Michael Rozman, Dennis W. Rittenhouse Jr., Jeff Sublett, Jason Boegh
Votes: 583
25. Gordon, Gino & Fred's Great Christmas Roast (2017 TV Special)
68 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Gordon Ramsay takes on Gino D'Acampo as they pick wine and train six celebrities to help them cook three meals each for a special Christmas dinner in honor of 100 UK Heroes of the Year who will vote for the best meal. Fred Sirieix hosts.
Stars: Gordon Ramsay, Gino D'Acampo, Fred Sirieix, Chris Bisson
Votes: 227
26. Psycho Ward (2007)
R | 90 min | Horror
While on a research outing, a group of urban explorers get more than they bargained for when the visit the site of an abandoned mental hospital and discover it's hiding a terrifying secret.... See full summary »
Director: Patrick McBrearty | Stars: Jacqueline Betts, Bobby Horvath, Liam Card, Tim Clarke
Votes: 375
27. Sanctum: The Real Story (2011 Video)
47 min | Documentary, Adventure
'Sanctum: The Real Story' explores the back story of producer/writer and expedition leader Andrew Wight, who teams up with Hollywood director James Cameron to make a 3-D feature film of a cave diving expedition.
Director: Alister Grierson | Stars: James Cameron, Allison Cratchley, John Garvin, Alister Grierson
Votes: 101
28. Journey Into Amazing Caves (2001)
Not Rated | 39 min | Documentary, Short
Meet Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach. These women are compelled to push their limits in hostile environments. They are cavers who risk fatal danger for the thrill of discovery. Barton ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Judson | Stars: Liam Neeson, Steve Atteberry, Nancy Holler Aulenbach, Hazel Barton
Votes: 537 | Gross: $30.00M
29. A Crack in the Mountain (2022)
100 min | Documentary
A small, impoverished Vietnamese community struggles to deal with the opportunity and challenges that arise when Hang Son Doong, the largest cave in the world and a place of extraordinary natural beauty is discovered nearby.
Director: Alastair Evans | Stars: Huong Nguyen Thien Le, Adam Spillane, Howard Limbert, Giang Hoang Dang
Votes: 30
30. The Welts (2004)
91 min | Drama
Wiktor, who was mistreated by his father as a child, is now a tormented grown-up. He meets beautiful Tania and wants to settle down but it's not easy to get rid of childhood traumas.
Director: Magdalena Piekorz | Stars: Michal Zebrowski, Jan Frycz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Waclaw Adamczyk
Votes: 1,341
31. Nullarbor Dreaming (1989)
45 min | Documentary
Original real life footage of the Australian Nullabor cave dive and freak cyclone that dumps 6' of rain in 25 minutes and traps 15 cave divers underground. Filled by master diver in the actual cave in. Inspired James Cameron film "Sanctum"
Stars: Nick Tate, Ernie Dingo, Ron Allum, Des Gorman
Votes: 17
32. The Unexplored (2015)
45 min | Documentary
A film about the meaning of inner and outer exploration, about human nature and the extraordinary life of extreme cave diving explorers.
Director: Ivo Kalushev | Stars: Ivo Kalushev, Deyan Iliev, Niki Zlatkov, Peter Kolev
Votes: 79
33. Spelunky (2012 Video Game)
T | Adventure
The classic video game "Spelunky" was given an update with new graphics and music. Loot your way through the caves collecting new items. But be careful of the new enemies, areas, and terrains, while you try not to die - too often.
Director: Derek Yu
Votes: 194
34. Nancy Drew: Danger by Design (2006 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Paris to determine the cause of a famous fashion designer's bizarre behavior.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Megan Hill, Shawnmarie Stanton
Votes: 84
35. Spelunky 2 (2020 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new, Searching for treasure and missing family.
Director: Derek Yu
Votes: 76
36. Deadly Descent (2010– )
60 min | Reality-TV
Two friends discover that something sinister lurks in a mountain range. Stars Adrain Paul.
37. Refulgence
Sci-Fi | Post-production
Something Always Hears You Scream! Against advice, Anne goes caving by herself and is injured and trapped. Alone in the dark, Anne struggles to stay alive, but she's not really alone. ... See full summary »
Director: Kate Davis | Stars: Johnnie Hector, Robin Scott, Mike Smith, Bruce Barta
38. South Australia's National Parks (1988 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Justin Milne
39. Beautés souterraines (1957)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Hélène Dassonville | Star: Jean Lara
40. Cave Explorers (1957)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
In this Screenliner entry, a group of Austrian speleologists explore a newly-discovered cave.
Director: Heinz Scheiderbauer | Star: Peter Roberts
Votes: 88
41. By Lantern Light (2017)
90 min | Documentary
A young boy, against his father's wishes, decides to quite school at age 10 to become a cowboy in the gritty south New Mexico Territory desert. Six years into his wrangling career at XXX ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Crisp
42. Cave Diving: Mount Gambier (2007 Video)
51 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director: Rubens Monaco | Stars: Dave Murray, Fredi Berger, Stephen Bourke, Steve Dale
44. Hidden Worlds: Underground Rome (2007 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
Rome, the Eternal City. Tourists flock to her spectacular monuments, but what they see is only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath this bustling metropolis lie the remains of another 'Eternal ... See full summary »
Director: Vicki Dunakin | Star: Jim Cissell
Votes: 21
45. The Queen of Depth (2006)
51 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
The Sarma exploration project wasn't only the chance to break the world record held by Voronja, but also the first time the team's work was filmed all the way down the cave. First visuals ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Chrzanowski | Star: Siergiey Shipicin
46. The Cave Divers (1967)
23 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Ron Taylor | Stars: Phil Haldeman, Valerie Taylor, Ron Taylor
48. Caverns of the Mojave: An Expedition with Real Cavers (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Danny Roew | Stars: Alan Rice, John Woods, Amy Black, Craig Huddleston
Votes: 35