Halloween and horror weekends are the perfect time to immerse yourself in stories filled with the undead, apocalypses, epidemics, and horror.
This list compiles the 25 best zombie movies and TV shows, including must-see classics, remakes, modern thrillers, and post-apocalyptic series.
Night of the Living Dead (1968, film , USA ) – Absolute classic, first zombie film, where the dead attack the living.
Zombie (Dawn of the Dead, 1978, film , USA ) – Survivors take refuge in a shopping mall during a zombie apocalypse.
Day of the Dead (1985, film , USA ) – Last part of George A. Romero's trilogy (Night of the Dead and Zombie), where the survivors seek refuge in a bunker full of zombies.
The Return of the Living Dead (1985, film , USA ) – A group releases a substance that revives the dead and chaos breaks out.
28 Days Later (2002, film , UK ) – A virus turns humans into violent infected, ravaging Britain.
28 Weeks Later (2007, film , UK ) – A sequel to “28 Days Later.” The epidemic returns as people try to repopulate London.
28 Years Later (2025, film , UK ) – A sequel to “28 Years Later.” Decades after the outbreak, a new generation faces the resurgence of the virus in a devastated UK.
Resident Evil (2002, film , USA ) – Action and horror in a world where a virus turns humans into zombies. There are many other films in the series that are also worth watching.
Train to Busan (2016, film , South Korea ) – Train passengers struggle to survive a zombie outbreak in South Korea.
Peninsula (2020, film , South Korea ) – Sequel to Train to Busan, featuring a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies.
The Walking Dead (2010–2022, series, 177 episodes , USA ) – Survivors fight against zombies and humans in a post-apocalyptic world.
Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023 , series, 113 episodes , USA ) – Series derived from The Walking Dead, exploring the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.
Rec (2007, film , Spain ) – A reporter becomes trapped in a building where a virus turns the inhabitants into aggressive zombies. Original Spanish production that inspired the American remake Quarantine (2008).
Rec 2 (2009, film, Spain ) – Direct continuation of the zombie outbreak in the building.
Dead Snow (2009, film, Norway ) – Students face resurrected Nazi zombies in the mountains.
Zombie Apocalypse (2011, film, USA) – Months after zombies wiped out 90% of the American population, a small group of survivors make their way across the country to a rumored refuge on Catalina Island.
All of Us Are Dead (2022, series, 12 episodes, South Korea ) – Students are trapped in their school during a zombie outbreak and must survive.
Kingdom (2019–2021 , series, 24 episodes in 2 seasons, South Korea ) – Zombie story in medieval Korea, with an epidemic and politics in the style of a historical thriller.
Army of the Dead (2021, film , USA ) – Mercenaries pull off a heist in Las Vegas during a massive zombie outbreak, before the city is destroyed.
Z Nation (2014–2018, series, 5 seasons, 68 episodes , USA ) – A group of survivors transport the only human immune to the zombie virus across the United States,
Evil Dead (1981, film , USA ) – A group of young people unleash demons and the undead upon visiting a remote cabin in the woods. It's a franchise with four other films.
Dawn of the Dead (2004, film, US remake) – Survivors take refuge in a shopping mall while trying to escape hordes of zombies.
I Am Legend (2007, film , USA ) – A scientist, accompanied only by his dog, wanders the desolate streets while seeking survival and a cure. (In this film, although it's considered a zombie film, the zombies were inspired by vampires, and their behavior is similar: agile and unable to withstand sunlight.)
Black Summer (2019, series, 8 episodes , USA ) – During a zombie apocalypse, several survivors try to reunite with their loved ones while struggling to survive.
The Last of Us (2023, series, 16 episodes , USA ) – In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a fungus that turns humans into violent creatures, a man and a young woman must travel together through a dangerous and devastated United States and survive in the hope of making a cure possible.
World War Z (2013, film, USA) – A former UN investigator travels the world to find the source of a zombie pandemic that threatens to wipe out humanity.
To dive into the world of the living dead and the infected is to enter a universe of tension, survival, and constant terror.
The 26 selected films and series offer a wide variety of experiences: from absolute classics that laid the groundwork for the genre to modern thrillers packed with action and suspense; from post-apocalyptic survival stories to tales with a supernatural or political twist.
Whether you prefer following small groups of survivors through a school, facing hordes in a mall, or exploring worlds ravaged by deadly viruses and fungi, this list guarantees unforgettable marathons of horror and excitement.
With these titles, every Halloween, weekend, or night of terror becomes an epic experience within the zombie universe.
Note: This list is based on statistics and opinions publicly available on the web; it is in no particular order and does not represent a particular opinion.
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