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TV series

The Underground Railroad

2021 · TV-MA · 1 season · 10 episodes

Created by Barry Jenkins

7.2

TMDB audience score
155 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

About 9h 40m to watch every episode. An estimate: 10 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 58 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

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  • Thirteen

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  • Amazon MX Player

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Main cast

  • Thuso Mbedu
    Cora Randall
    10 episodes

  • Chase W. Dillon
    Homer
    10 episodes

  • Joel Edgerton
    Arnold Ridgeway
    10 episodes

  • Sheila Atim
    Mabel
    5 episodes

  • Kylee D. Allen
    Molly
    4 episodes

  • Aaron Pierre
    Caesar
    4 episodes

  • Ryan James
    Red
    3 episodes

  • Lucius Baston
    Prideful
    3 episodes

  • Jeff Pope
    Connelly
    3 episodes

  • William Jackson Harper
    Royal
    3 episodes

  • Peter Mullan
    Ridgeway Senior
    3 episodes

  • Benjamin Walker
    Terrance Randall
    2 episodes

  • Calvin Leon Smith
    Jasper
    2 episodes

  • Lily Rabe
    Ethel
    2 episodes

  • Damon Herriman
    Martin
    2 episodes

  • David Wilson Barnes
    Jamison
    2 episodes

  • Lucy Faust
    Fiona
    2 episodes

  • Chukwudi Iwuji
    Mingo
    2 episodes

Seasons