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

1. Crumb (1994)

R | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb

Votes: 21,596 | Gross: $3.17M

2. Sex in the Comics (2012)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary

An examination of the history and nature of erotic content in sequential art.

Director: Joëlle Oosterlinck | Stars: Molly Crabapple, Robert Crumb, Bernard Joubert, Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Votes: 272

3. American Anarchist (2016)

TV-MA | 80 min | Documentary

The story of one of the most infamous books ever written, "The Anarchist Cookbook," and the role it's played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.

Director: Charlie Siskel | Stars: William Powell, Charlie Siskel, Ochan Kusuma-Powell, Jeff Nightbyrd

Votes: 1,807

4. Comic Book Confidential (1988)

Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, History

A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.

Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe, Robert Crumb

Votes: 1,081

5. No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021)

79 min | Documentary

A lively look at five LGBTQ+ comic book artists whose careers go from the underground scene to the cover of Time Magazine and the international stage.

Director: Vivian Kleiman | Stars: Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Alex Combs, Howard Cruse

Votes: 175

6. Sólo para supervivientes (2013)

29 min | Documentary, Short

Sólo Para Supervivientes narra la historia de la revista de cómics El Víbora, y de cómo su éxito cambió las vidas de los que participaron en ella. Desde su nacimiento en la Barcelona de ... See full summary »

Directors: Guillermo A. Chaia, Javier R. Cortés | Stars: Josep M. Berenguer, Francesc Capdevila, Mauro Entrialgo, José Miguel González Marcén

Votes: 16

7. Barcelona era una fiesta (Underground 1970-1983) (2010)

56 min | Documentary

Life and death of Catalan underground culture from 1970 to 1980.

Director: Morrosko Vila-San-Juan | Stars: Pau Riba, Nazario, Josep M. Martí Font, Quim Monzó

Votes: 31

8. Performance (1991–1998)
Episode: The Trials of Oz (1991)

90 min | Drama

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

Director: Sheree Folkson | Stars: Hugh Grant, Peter O'Brien, Kevin Allen, Leslie Phillips

Votes: 55

9. Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode: Trial by Terror (1973)

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

When a criminal on trial, kidnaps the daughter of the judge to get him to dismiss the case. He then calls Frank to find his daughter before he is forced to make that choice.

Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: William Conrad, Simon Scott, Mark Miller, Ray Danton

Votes: 100

10. Tot Art (1976– )
Episode: Episode dated 24 March 1977 (1977)

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Stars: Àlex Broch, Colo, José Miguel González Marcén, Javier Mariscal

11. NBC Experiment in Television (1967–1971)
Episode: This Is Al Capp (1970)

52 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A whirlwind portrait of Al Capp commenting primarily on his disdain for the student protests and cultural upheaval of the era. Capp's commentaries are interjected with comments from fellow ... See full summary »

Directors: Guy Fraumeni, Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Edward Binns, William F. Buckley, John Canaday, Milton Caniff

12. Arena (1975– )
Episode: Tales from Barcelona (1989)

Documentary

A few years before Barcelona hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics, filmmaker Jana Bokova made this idiosyncratic portrait of the city and its people.

Director: Jana Bokova | Stars: Fernando Amat Vinçon, Ferran Amat, Jack Birkett, Esteve Bonell