Underground U.S.A. is a 1980 American No Wave underground film directed by Eric Mitchell starring Patti Astor, Rene Ricard, Jackie Curtis, Cookie Mueller, Steve Mass, Tom Wright, Ronnie Cutrone, John Lurie, David Armstrong, and Taylor Mead.

[3] The film, made for $25,000 with the assistance of Colab's No wave cinema project, was shot in the Mudd Club (at one point owner Steve Mass is held hostage there) and Lower East Side apartment interiors.

Underground U.S.A. begins with a bisexual street hustler named Victor (played by Eric Mitchell himself) being tossed out of his living situation and into Downtown Manhattan's art, fashion, and club circles.

Not knowing what to do, he inveigles his way into the chic wistful entourage around a fading movie star named Vicky (played by Patti Astor), whose platinum blonde hairdo suggests that of Edie Sedgwick[6] and Kim Novak.

As she emerges from her bedroom to face what she thinks is a large party crowd of loving friends and devoted colleagues, she only finds there her butler, her chauffeur, and her hustler.