Directed by:
Barry JenkinsCinematography:
James LaxtonComposer:
Nicholas BritellCast:
Joel Edgerton, Aaron Pierre, Chase Dillon, Amber Gray, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, William Jackson Harper, Will Beinbrink, Marc Hockl, Jeff Pope, Fred Hechinger (more)Episodes(10)
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Chapter 1: Georgia (E01)
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Chapter 2: South Carolina (E02)
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Chapter 3: North Carolina (E03)
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Chapter 4: The Great Spirit (E04)
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Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus (E05)
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Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs (E06)
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Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs (E07)
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Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn (E08)
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Chapter 9: Indiana Winter (E09)
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Chapter 10: Mabel (E10)
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A monumental reimagining of American history, Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning 2016 novel is a harrowing and rhapsodic journey through a still-echoing past. Weaving together historical fiction with moments of magical realism, The Underground Railroad is a full sensory immersion into the world of Cora (Thuso Mbedu), who, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom—and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way. With images of searing power and stirring poetry, Jenkins delivers an epic saga of survival and resilience that pushes the limited-series format to new heights of cinematic transcendence. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Joel Edgerton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274983_58c2bf.jpg)
Joel Edgerton
Australia
Best series:
Spellbinder (1995) (series)
Dark Matter (2024) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
![Aaron Pierre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/082/167082032_87a20a.jpg)
Aaron Pierre
UK
Best series:
Genius (2017) (series)
The A Word (2016) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
Chase Dillon
Best series:
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
Saint X (2023) (series)
Amber Gray
USA
Best series:
Escape at Dannemora (2018) (series)
The Gilded Age (2022) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
Thuso Mbedu
Best series:
Castlevania: Nocturne (2023) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
![Sheila Atim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/316/166316134_00dacc.jpg)
Sheila Atim
Uganda
Best series:
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
Harlots (2017) (series)
The Pale Horse (2020) (series)
![William Jackson Harper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/120/161120258_a78831.jpg)
William Jackson Harper
USA
Best series:
The Good Place (2016) (series)
Jack Ryan (2018) (series)
Person of Interest (2011) (series)
Will Beinbrink
USA
Best series:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) (series)
The Rookie (2018) (series)
Castle (2009) (series)
Marc Hockl
Best series:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Genius (2017) (series)
The Resident (2018) (series)
Jeff Pope
USA
Best series:
Mindhunter (2017) (series)
Euphoria (2019) (series)
The American Guest (2021) (series)
![Fred Hechinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/090/166090331_4f302a.jpg)
Fred Hechinger
USA
Best series:
The White Lotus (2021) (series)
Pam & Tommy (2022) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
![Peter Mullan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/186/162186189_ea66f0.jpg)
Peter Mullan
UK
Best series:
Olive Kitteridge (2014) (series)
Mum (2016) (series)
Ozark (2017) (series)
Danny Boyd Jr.
Best series:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Good Girls (2018) (series)
Watchmen (2019) (series)
Charlie Talbert
USA
Best series:
Your Honor (2020) (series)
Lethal Weapon (2016) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
Donald Elise Watkins
Best series:
Roots (2016) (series)
Your Honor (2020) (series)
Preacher (2016) (series)
Michael Wayne Thomas
USA
Best series:
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
SeaQuest DSV (1993) (series)
Underground (2016) (series)
Lucius Baston
USA
Best series:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Homeland (2011) (series)
Atlanta (2016) (series)
Abigail Achiri
Cameroon
Best series:
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)
Boo, Bitch (2022) (series)
Aubriana Davis
Best series:
Genius (2017) (series)
The Resident (2018) (series)
The Underground Railroad (2021) (series)