Last Updated on 11 May 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 200 best zombie movies of all time.

I found 38 different ranked lists online of “best zombie movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 38 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb. The list is also on IMDb.

Best Zombie Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
  2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  3. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  4. 28 Days Later (2002)
  5. Train to Busan (2016)
  6. Zombieland (2009)
  7. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
  8. REC (2007)
  9. Re-Animator (1985)
  10. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
  11. Dead Alive (aka Braindead) (1992)
  12. Day of the Dead (1985)
  13. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
  14. World War Z (2013)
  15. Evil Dead II (1987)
  16. Zombie (1979)
  17. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
  18. Warm Bodies (2013)
  19. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
  20. Pontypool (2008)
  21. Dead Snow (2009)
  22. Planet Terror (2007)
  23. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
  24. Night of the Comet (1984)
  25. Cemetery Man (1994)
  26. Night of the Creeps (1986)
  27. Land of the Dead (2005)
  28. The Evil Dead (1981)
  29. I Am Legend (2007)
  30. Resident Evil (2002)
  31. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
  32. The Beyond (1981)
  33. ParaNorman (2012)
  34. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
  35. Little Monsters (2019)
  36. Fido (2006)
  37. Blood Quantum (2019)
  38. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
  39. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
  40. Dead & Buried (1981)
  41. White Zombie (1932)
  42. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
  43. Dead of Night (1974)
  44. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
  45. Corpse Bride (2005)
  46. [REC]² (2009)
  47. Juan of the Dead (2011)
  48. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
  49. Versus (2000)
  50. #Alive (2020)
  51. Pet Sematary (1989)
  52. Rabid (1977)
  53. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
  54. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
  55. Slither (2006)
  56. Zombie Repellent (2025)
  57. Army of Darkness (1992)
  58. Wild Zero (1999)
  59. Ojuju (2014)
  60. The Battery (2012)
  61. The Night Eats the World (2018)
  62. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
  63. Grindhouse (2007)
  64. The Horde (2009)
  65. Maggie (2015)
  66. Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
  67. Overlord (2018)
  68. Army of the Dead (2021)
  69. Diary of the Dead (2007)
  70. It Comes at Night (2017)
  71. Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
  72. Nightmare City (1980)
  73. Zombie for Sale (2019)
  74. Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
  75. The Crazies (2010)
  76. Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
  77. Prince of Darkness (1987)
  78. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
  79. Life After Beth (2014)
  80. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
  81. Cargo (2017)
  82. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
  83. Peninsula (2020)
  84. City of the Living Dead (1980)
  85. Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
  86. Quarantine (2008)
  87. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
  88. Dead & Breakfast (2004)
  89. Dance of the Dead (2008)
  90. Lifeforce (1985)
  91. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
  92. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
  93. Demons (1985)
  94. Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
  95. I Am a Hero (2015)
  96. Shock Waves (1977)
  97. Cooties (2014)
  98. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
  99. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
  100. Zombie Holocaust (1980)
  101. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
  102. Deadgirl (2008)
  103. Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
  104. The Cured (2017)
  105. Pet Sematary (2019)
  106. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
  107. The Children (1980)
  108. Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981)
  109. Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972)
  110. Final Cut (2022)
  111. Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
  112. Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
  113. Survival of the Dead (2009)
  114. Zombie Strippers! (2008)
  115. The Wailing (2016)
  116. The Dead (2010)
  117. Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
  118. Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies (2016)
  119. [REC] 3: Genesis (2012)
  120. Army of Thieves (2021)
  121. Mulberry St (2006)
  122. Valley of the Dead (2020)
  123. Zombies (2018)
  124. Undead (2003)
  125. A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
  126. My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
  127. Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
  128. The Grapes of Death (1978)
  129. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
  130. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
  131. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
  132. V/H/S/2 (2013)
  133. Yummy (2019)
  134. Dead Heat (1988)
  135. The Revenant (2009)
  136. Antropophagus (1980)
  137. Pet Sematary II (1992)
  138. Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
  139. The Dead Next Door (1989)
  140. Creepshow (1982)
  141. Super 8 (2011)
  142. Zombi Child (2019)
  143. Day of the Dead (2008)
  144. Doomsday (2008)
  145. They Came Back (2004)
  146. Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End (2024)
  147. The Living Dead Girl (1982)
  148. Zombie 3 (1988)
  149. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
  150. Handling the Undead (2024)
  151. Martin (1977)
  152. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
  153. Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)
  154. Black Friday (2021)
  155. Flight of the Living Dead (2007)
  156. Zombie Apocalypse (2011)
  157. Zombeavers (2014)
  158. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
  159. The Zombie Diaries (2006)
  160. Deadheads (2011)
  161. We Are Zombies (2023)
  162. Hocus Pocus (1993)
  163. The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
  164. The Walking Dead (1936)
  165. Get Out (2017)
  166. Friend of the World (2020)
  167. Evil Dead (2013)
  168. Go Goa Gone (2013)
  169. The Omega Man (1971)
  170. Wyrmwood: Apocalypse (2021)
  171. Night of the Living Deb (2015)
  172. This Is the End (2013)
  173. Heavy Metal (1981)
  174. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
  175. The Crazies (1973)
  176. Mr. Vampire (1985)
  177. Swiss Army Man (2016)
  178. The Death Wheelers (1973)
  179. Phantasm (1979)
  180. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
  181. Revenge of the Dead (1983)
  182. Aaah! Zombies!! (2007)
  183. Zombie Honeymoon (2004)
  184. Blue Sunshine (1977)
  185. Idle Hands (1999)
  186. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
  187. Brain Freeze (2021)
  188. Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
  189. Sugar Hill (1974)
  190. Stake Land (2010)
  191. Shivers (1975)
  192. Return of the Evil Dead (1973)
  193. American Zombie (2007)
  194. Rigor Mortis (2013)
  195. Sole Survivor (1984)
  196. Doom (2005)
  197. Carriers (2009)
  198. Messiah of Evil (1974)
  199. The Horde (2012)
  200. ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

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