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The Best Zombie Movies Of All Time
Here is a list of the best zombie movies ever, including popular blockbusters like Zombieland, 28 Days Later, and Dawn of the Dead; classic zombie flicks like 1968's Night of the Living Dead and Comedy/Zombie crossovers like Braindead and Shaun of the Dead. The best zombie movies of all time are certainly up for debate and this is where you come in! Purist zombie fans can argue forever over what really constitutes a good zombie movie--does it have to be a drama or horror film or can it be a zombie comedy? What is the dictionary definition of "zombie"? Do the creatures have to be completely brainless and incapable of conversation? Can zombies feast on anything or only brains? etc., etc. But most of the world's zombie cult following will find the famous zombie films that they most love on this list.
What are the best zombie movies ever? This is a list of the best zombie movies of all time, as ranked by YOU, you Primitive Screwheads! From older classics to new zombie movies, the top zombie movies are listed here for you to vote, rerank, and even add to. Whether you're a fan of slow shamble zombies or plague infected runners, one thing that we can all agree on is our love of zombie movies. So get in there and get ranking. If you think a new zombie movie deserves to make the list, be sure to add it!
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- 1Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Danny Boyle
A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research lab. When London bike courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma a month ...more - 2Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Zack Snyder
When her husband is attacked by a zombified neighbor, Ana (Sarah Polley) manages to escape, only to realize her entire Milwaukee neighborhood has been overrun by the walking dead. After being ...more - 3Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman
- Released: 1968
- Directed by: George A. Romero
A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben (Duane Jones) does his best ...more - 4David Emge, Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: George A. Romero
As hordes of zombies swarm over the U.S., the terrified populace tries everything in their power to escape the attack of the undead, but neither cities nor the countryside prove safe. In ...more - 5Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho
Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho. A man, his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a ...more - 6Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Edgar Wright
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 30-something loser with a dull, easy existence. When he's not working at the electronics store, he lives with his slovenly best friend, Ed (Nick Frost), in a small flat on the ...more - 7Emma Stone, Amber Heard, Bill Murray
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
After a virus turns most people into zombies, the world's surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. Four survivors -- Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his ...more - 8Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead ...more - 9Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive ...more - 10Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Marc Forster
When former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family get stuck in urban gridlock, he senses that it's no ordinary traffic jam. His suspicions are confirmed when, suddenly, the city ...more - 11Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Breck Eisner
Anarchy reigns when an unknown toxin turns the peaceful citizens of Ogden Marsh into bloodthirsty lunatics. In an effort to contain the spread of the infection, authorities blockade the town and use ...more - 12Sherman Howard, Jarlath Conroy, Terry Alexander
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: George A. Romero
This film is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romero's film series. Romero describes the film as a "tragedy about how a lack of human ...more - 13Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Robert Neville (Will Smith), a brilliant scientist, is a survivor of a man-made plague that transforms humans into bloodthirsty mutants. He wanders alone through New York City, calling out for other ...more - 14Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Dan O'Bannon
When foreman Frank (James Karen) shows new employee Freddy (Thom Mathews) a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into ...more - 15Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
The second of three films in the Evil Dead series is part horror, part comedy, with Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) once again battling horrifying demons at a secluded cabin in the woods. After ...more - 16Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Based on the popular video game, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as the leaders of a commando team who must break into "the hive," a vast underground genetics laboratory operated by the ...more - 17Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Ana Isabel Velásquez
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Paco Plaza, Jaume Balagueró
REC is a 2007 Spanish horror film, co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film was shot in Barcelona, Spain and the title is an abbreviation of the word "record", as it ...more - 18Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
3rd Evil Dead movie. Ash (Bruce Campbell) finds himself trapped in medieval times. He must quest for the Necronomicon, a book of evil which can return him to his time. Unfortunately, he releases the ...more - 19Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: John Erick Dowdle
Reporter Angela (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) are doing a story on night-shift firefighters for a reality-TV program. A late-night distress call takes them to a Los ...more - 20Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-hye, Jeon Bae-soo
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Il Cho
A rapidly spreading infection leaves one survivor in the entire city. - 21Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Mary Lambert
Doctor Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff) moves his family to Maine, where he meets a friendly local named Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne). After the Creeds' cat is accidentally killed, Crandall advises Louis to ...more - 22Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: George A. Romero
In a world where zombies form the majority of the population, the remaining humans build a feudal society away from the undead. Ruthless Paul Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) rules and protects this microcosm ...more - 23Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Drew Goddard
When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little do they expect the horrors that ...more - 24Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Alexander Witt
A deadly virus from a secret Umbrella Corporation laboratory underneath Raccoon City is exposed to the world. Umbrella seals off the city to contain the virus, creating a ghost town where everyone ...more - 25Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Jonathan Levine
A terrible plague has left the planet's population divided between zombies and humans. An unusual zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) sees his walking-dead brethren attacking a living woman named Julie ...more
