Top 50 Zombie Movies
Best Zombie Movies of All Time
Movies with zombie plot in any form (dramas, action, adventure, comedies, war, mystery, conspiracy theories, political thrillers, science fiction, e.t.c.).
Definition: A zombie film is a film genre. Zombies are fictional creatures usually portrayed as reanimated corpses or virally infected human beings. They are commonly portrayed as cannibalistic in nature, 'walking dead' creatures, often with decayed flesh, that are destructive, malevolent, prey on human flesh, and are almost impossible to 'kill.' Zombies are distinct from ghosts, ghouls, mummies, Frankenstein's monsters or vampires, so this list does not include films devoted to these types of undead.
Essential / Must-see / Genre-defying: zombie movies:
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Movies with zombie plot in any form (dramas, action, adventure, comedies, war, mystery, conspiracy theories, political thrillers, science fiction, e.t.c.).
Definition: A zombie film is a film genre. Zombies are fictional creatures usually portrayed as reanimated corpses or virally infected human beings. They are commonly portrayed as cannibalistic in nature, 'walking dead' creatures, often with decayed flesh, that are destructive, malevolent, prey on human flesh, and are almost impossible to 'kill.' Zombies are distinct from ghosts, ghouls, mummies, Frankenstein's monsters or vampires, so this list does not include films devoted to these types of undead.
Essential / Must-see / Genre-defying: zombie movies:
- Night of The Living Dead (1968)
- Dawn of The Dead (1978)
- Day of The Dead (1985)
- 28 Days Later... (2002)
- War World Z (2013)
Other Lists:
Top 75 Survival Horror Movies
Top 75 Disaster Movies
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- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.28 Days After (2002)*
Science Fiction – Drama – Action – Horror – Thriller – Post-Apocalyptic Horror Drama – Great Britain – Eco-Terrorists Experiment – Highly-Contagious "Rage" Virus – Disastrous Results – Societal Collapse – Humans Metabolism – Bloodthirsty Zombies – Survival Horror – Twenty-Eight Days Later – Group of Survivals – Zombie Attack – Manhunt – Alarm – Threat – Suspense – Tension – Anxiety – Primal Fears – Psychological Dread – Claustrophobic Terror – Trapped Survivor – Escape Thriller – Man-against-Monsters – Survival Tactics – Despair – Chaos – Paranoia – Others – Disaster Film – Zombie Movie – Political Allegory – Cult Status – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – European – U.K.
★★★★★★★ (7/10)-M - DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsWill SmithAlice BragaCharlie TahanYears after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.I Am Legend (2007)*
Science Fiction – Drama – Action – Horror – Thriller – Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller – New York City – Deadly Virus – Disastrous Results – Humans Metabolism – Bloodthirsty Nocturnal Mutants – US Army Virologist Sole-Survivor – Vaccine-against-Virus Research – Save Humankind Plan – Loneliness – Despair – Survival Horror – Isolation – Depression – Zombie Attack – Manhunt – Alarm – Threat – Simmering Danger – Suspense – Tension – Anxiety – Primal Fears – Psychological Dread – Claustrophobic Terror – Trapped Survivor – Escape Thriller – Man-against-Monsters – Survival Tactics – Others – Monster Movie – Zombie Movie – Determination – Stoicism – Heroism – Richard Matheson's 1954 Novel – Blockbuster – Cult Status – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – U.S.A.
★★★★★★★ (7/10)-S - DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsGong YooJung Yu-miMa Dong-seokWhile a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.Train To Busan (Busanhaeng) (2016)
Science Fiction – Action – Horror – Thriller – Apocalyptic Horror Thriller – South Korea's Seoul City – Mysterious Phenomena – Cynical Workaholic Divorced-Father – Daughter's Birthday-Wish – Train-Trip to Busan – Injured-Woman Passenger – Zombie Infection Outbreak – Survival Action Horror – Flesh-Eaters Attack – Incredible Aggressiveness – Massacre – Mass Hysteria – Chaos – Gore – Body-Horror – Trapped Survival – Simmering Tension – Nightmarish Fear – Claustrophobic Terror – Existential Dread – Gore – Body Horror – Man-against-Beasts Survival – Desperation – Determination – Escape Thriller – Suspense – Tension – Anxiety – Tragedy – Others – Zombie Film – Disaster Movie - End-of-the-World Tale – Social Commentary – Individualism – Nihilism – Heroism – Cult Status – Best 10's – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – Foreign Language – Asian – South Korea
★★★★★★★ (7/10) - DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.Shaun of The Dead (2004)
Comedy – Horror – Horror Comedy – North London UK – 29-Year-Old Electronics Salesman – Dull Routine – Loser – Slovenly Best Friend – Ambitious Girlfriend – Arguments – Dilemma – Unexplained Plague – Flesh-Eating Zombie Apocalypse – Jeopardy – Anxiety – Desperation – Win-his-Girlfriend Heart Plan – Survival Tactics – Gore – Body Horror – Black Comedy – Zombie Parody – Comedy-of-Manners – Comical Situations – Black Humour – Sarcasm – Irony – Others – Disaster Film – Zombie Movie – Societal Commentary – Cult Status – Re-Watch Value – European – U.K.
★★★★★★★ (7/10) - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsJesse EisenbergEmma StoneWoody HarrelsonA shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.Zombieland (2009)
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsBrad PittMireille EnosDaniella KerteszFormer United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.War World Z (2013)*
Science Fiction – Action – Adventure – Horror – Thriller – Apocalyptic Horror Thriller – Philadelphia City – Mysterious Virus Inflection – Zombie Apocalypse – Fear – Desperation – Confusion – Chaos – Mass Hysteria – Society Collapse – Action Adventure – Former United Nations Investigator – Infection Source Investigation – Vaccine Search – Man-on-a-Mission Scenario – Action Sequence – Suspense – Rescue Mission – Escape Thriller – Survival Horror – Zombie Attack – Manhunt – Simmering Tension – Nightmarish Fear – Claustrophobic Terror – Existential Dread – Gore – Body Horror – Man-against-Beasts Survival – Others – Disaster Movie – Heroism – Max Brooks Novel – Blockbuster – Cult Status – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – U.S.A.
★★★★★★ (6/10)-S - DirectorsJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.[REC] (2007)
Horror – Mystery – Thriller – Mystery Thriller – 2-Member TV Crew – Firefighters Twilight Activities Documentary – Apartment Building Intervention – Mysterious Hysterical Old-Woman – Biohazard Protocol Lockdown – Horror – Contagious Deadly Virus – Bloodthirsty Cannibals – Fear – Panic Attack – Gore – Survival Horror – Trapped Survival – Zombie Apocalypse Survival – Confusion – Chaos – Hysteria – Paranoia – Claustrophobic Dread – Nightmarish Terror – Escape Horror – Tragedy – Others – Zombie Film – Found-Footage Format – Eschatology – Cannibalism – Nihilism – Frenetic – No-Exit Finale – Cult Status – Re-Watch Value – Foreign Language – European – Spain
★★★★★★ (6/10) - DirectorJulius AveryStarsJovan AdepoWyatt RussellMathilde OllivierA small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.Overlord (2018)*
Science Fiction – War – Drama – Action – Horror – Thriller – War Drama – D-Day (06-06-1944) WWII Era – American Paratrooper Squad – Behind-Enemy-Lines Secret-Operation – German Communication-Tower Destroy Mission – Men-on-a-Mission – Crucial Mission – Plane Crash – Confusion – Battles – Four Survivors – Sci-Fi Action Survival Horror – Nazi-Occupied French Small-Village – Enigmatic German Underground-Laboratory – Secret Medical Experimentation – Undead Army Experiment – Superhuman Strength Zombies – Lone Survivors – Teamwork – Suspense – Tension – Determination – Courage – Nightmarish Fear – Claustrophobic Dread – Horror – Gore – Panic Attack – Man-against-Monsters – Others – Zombie Movie – Good-vs-Evil Concept – Moral Conflict – Patriotism – Heroism – Shock – WTF Factor – F a v e – Re-Watch Value – U.S.A.
★★★★★★ (6/10)-S - DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.Dawn of The Dead (2004)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorColm McCarthyStarsSennia NanuaFisayo AkinadeDominique TipperA scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.The Girl With All The Gifts (2016)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorIl ChoStarsYoo Ah-inPark Shin-hyeJeon Bae-sooThe rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. It is his story.#Alive (2020)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorJohn RosmanStarsSonya WalgerHayley ErinTony AmendolaA mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions.New Life (2023)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert CarlyleSix months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.28 Weeks Later (2007)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorDominique RocherStarsAnders Danielsen LieGolshifteh FarahaniDenis LavantThe morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.The Night Eats The World (La Nuit a Dévoré le Monde) (2018)
★★★★★ (5/10) - DirectorJames GunnStarsNathan FillionElizabeth BanksMichael RookerA small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.Slither (2006)
★★★★ (4/10) - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.Night of The Living Dead (1968)
★★★★ (4/10) - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Dawn of The Dead (1978)
★★★ (3/10) - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsWoody HarrelsonJesse EisenbergEmma StoneColumbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.Watch-List
- DirectorAlexander WittStarsMilla JovovichSienna GuilloryEric MabiusAlice wakes up in the Raccoon City hospital after the area has been overrun by zombies, and must now make it out of the city before a nuclear bomb is dropped.Watch-List
- DirectorTom SaviniStarsTony ToddPatricia TallmanTom TowlesWhen the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
- DirectorMatthias SchweighöferStarsMatthias SchweighöferNathalie EmmanuelRuby O. FeeA prequel, set before the events of Army of the Dead, which focuses on German safecracker Ludwig Dieter leading a group of aspiring thieves on a top secret heist during the early stages of the zombie apocalypse.Watch-List
- DirectorThom EberhardtStarsCatherine Mary StewartKelli MaroneyRobert BeltranA comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.Watch-List
- DirectorJeff BarnabyStarsMichael GreyeyesElle-Máijá TailfeathersForrest GoodluckThe dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
- DirectorJeff BaenaStarsAubrey PlazaDane DeHaanJohn C. ReillyA young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh BrolinAfter an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.Watch-List
- DirectorJonathan LevineStarsNicholas HoultTeresa PalmerJohn MalkovichAfter a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.Watch-List
- DirectorAndrew CurrieStarsKesun LoderBilly ConnollyCarrie-Anne MossIn a society where humanity has narrowly won a war against a zombie outbreak and technology allows for zombies to be used as working slaves, a young boy's close friendship with his family's household zombie becomes problematic.
- DirectorJohn McPhailStarsElla HuntMalcolm CummingSarah SwireA zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichMichelle RodriguezRyan McCluskeyA special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
- DirectorRod BlackhurstStarsLucy WaltersGina PiersantiAdam David ThompsonA young woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has killed much of society, and forced her deep into the unforgiving wilderness.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn LeguizamoAsia ArgentoSimon BakerThe living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.Watch-List
- DirectorsMarcel SarmientoGadi HarelStarsShiloh FernandezNoah SeganCandice KingTwo high school boys discover an imprisoned woman in an abandoned mental asylum who cannot die.Watch-List
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLori CardilleTerry AlexanderJoseph PilatoAs the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.Watch-List
- DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsJennifer CarpenterSteve HarrisColumbus ShortA television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.Watch-List
- DirectorsBen HowlingYolanda RamkeStarsSimone LandersMartin FreemanMarlee Jane McPherson-DobbinsAfter an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter.
- DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsJeppe Beck LaursenCharlotte FrognerJenny SkavlanA ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.
- DirectorHenry HobsonStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerAbigail BreslinJoely RichardsonA teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.
- DirectorThea HvistendahlStarsBjørn SundquistRenate ReinsveDennis Østby RuudOn a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
- DirectorKiah Roache-TurnerStarsJay GallagherBianca BradeyLeon BurchillA talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsGeir Vegar HoelØrjan GamstMartin StarrStill on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.
- DirectorBurr SteersStarsLily JamesSam RileyJack HustonFive sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.
- DirectorShin'ichirô UedaStarsTakayuki HamatsuYuzuki AkiyamaHarumi ShuhamaThings go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
- DirectorJeremy GardnerStarsJeremy GardnerAdam CronheimNiels BolleThe personalities of two former baseball players clash as they traverse the rural back roads of a post-plague New England teeming with the undead.
- DirectorRobin AubertStarsMarc-André GrondinMonia ChokriCharlotte St-MartinIn the aftermath of an infectious outbreak, inhabitants of a village in rural Quebec find themselves confronting an invasion of ravenous zombie-like beings.
- DirectorsYannick DahanBenjamin RocherStarsClaude PerronJean-Pierre MartinsEriq EbouaneyAn end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.
- DirectorDavid MorleyStarsHélène de FougerollesFrancis RenaudDida DiafatIn the middle of a zombie apocalypse, a resourceful couple hides out in an isolated abandoned building. The woman is pregnant and the man is infected, slowly transforming into the kind of inhuman monster they are trying to escape.
- DirectorJohn CairnsStarsRino HigaMax MackenzieAsami MizukawaSakura is your typical Japanese school girl that lives in a small town in the mountains. One day at school, during archery practice, her teacher and classmate start acting strange. Soon, all the men in the town turn aggressive and start attacking the women. Sakura goes on the run to find the source of the problem. Along the way she meets a mother and her son, who's been infected. She gets some supplies from the mother and soon encounters another woman, but she's not so friendly. She's holding 2 people captive. The captives aren't who they seem to be. What's the real cause of the madness?
- DirectorsBrandon RelucioIvan ZaldarriagaStarsRez CortezFranco ReyesMercedes CabralLife in a remote village in the Visayas turns upside down when villagers are stricken by an unknown disease. As the village chief and doctor try to control the situation, they discover that the dead are rising from their graves.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
- DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsBrian CoxEmile HirschOphelia LovibondFather and son coroners investigate the death of a beautiful Jane Doe.
- DirectorAbe ForsytheStarsLupita Nyong'oAlexander EnglandJosh GadA washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids'-show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
- DirectorAlejandro BruguésStarsAlexis Díaz de VillegasJorge MolinaAndros PerugorríaA group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsTak SakaguchiHideo SakakiChieko MisakaThere are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsRomain DurisBérénice BejoGrégory GadeboisThings go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.
- DirectorMarvin KrenStarsMichael FuithTheo TrebsAnka GraczykJust when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael's concern, Gabi's not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber's apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, Michael and Harper have their hands full to survive - and it will take all of their ingenuity to make their way out to try and find Gabi.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.
- DirectorsJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsJonathan D. MellorManuela VelascoÓscar ZafraIn order to ascertain the current situation inside, a supposed medical officer and a GEO team step into the quarantined and ill-fated apartment building.
- DirectorMarc PriceStarsAlastair KirtonDaisy AitkensLeanne PammenOur hero Colin is bitten by a Zombie; he dies and returns from the dead. We follow him as he wanders through suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse.
- DirectorJake WestStarsDanny DyerNoel ClarkeEmil MarwaA group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
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