The Underground Railroad

Name: The Underground Railroad
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History
Released: 2021-01-01
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Sheila Atim, Kylee D. Allen

2021| 1 season| IMDb 7.3

The Underground Railroad (2021) is currently available in the UK on Prime Video. Last updated 20 January 2026.

Streaming availability last checked 20 January 2026

Drama Fantasy History

From Academy Award® winner Barry Jenkins and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "The Underground Railroad" is a new series that chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad beneath the Southern soil.

Creator: Barry Jenkins