If you’re looking for a list of the best zombie movies, you’ve come to the right place. This is by far the best list of Zombie Movies that you should watch. We’ll show you the best zombie movie ever made. We’ll look at the greatest and most influential zombies of all time in this list.
Here are the top 10 Zombie movies of all time
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Train to Busan
Critics Consensus: Train to Busan is a thrillingly unique – and purely entertaining – take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentaries to complement the skillfully staged action bursts. Wikipedia
Synopsis: A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter, and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea.
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Horror
Original Language: Korean
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Producer: Lee Dong-ha
Writer: Yeon Sang-ho
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.1M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Distributor: Well Go USA
Sound Mix: Stereo, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)Cast & Crew
Gong Yoo as Seok Woo
Ma Dong-seok as Sang Hwa
Choi Woo-Sik as Young Gook
Kim Eui-sung as Yon-suk
Kim Soo-Ahn as Soo-an
Ye Soo-Jung as Ingil -
#Alive
While a gruesome virus wreaks havoc on a Korean city, Joon-woo tries to keep himself safe by locking himself inside his apartment. Just as he is about to give up hope, he comes across another survivor.
Synopsis: The rapid spread of an unknown infection has rendered an entire city unruly, but one survivor is still alive and well in isolation. It is his story.
Release date: June 24, 2020 (South Korea)
Director: Il Cho
Box office: USD$14.7 million
Music by: Tae-Seong Kim
Based on: Alone; by Matt Naylor
Distributed by: Lotte EntertainmentMain Cast & Crew
Yoo Ah-in as Oh Joon-woo
Park Shin-Hye as Kim Yoo-bin
Jeon Bae-soo as Mask man
Lee Hyun-wook as Lee Sang-chul
Jin So-yeon as Elena Kim
Oh Hye-won as a police officer -
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers are transported to a remote fortified outpost after uncovering a diabolical plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. The Gladers stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with virus-infected Cranks, with the assistance of a new ally. The Gladers’ only hope may be to locate the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can aid them in their fight against WCKD.
Rating: PG-13 (Action|Language|Some Thematic Elements|Substance Use)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Director: Wes Ball
Producer: Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman, Joe Hartwick Jr.
Writer: T.S. Nowlin
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $81.7M
Runtime: 2h 11m
Distributor: 20th Century FoxMain Cast & Crew
Dylan O’Brien as Thomas
Kaya Scodelario as Teresa
Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
Aidan Gillen as Janson
Barry Pepper as Vince
Rosa Salazar as Brenda -
World War Z
World War Z was not the zombie apocalypse masterpiece we wanted–but it might very well have been the one we deserved. Initially, we were heartbroken when we found out how far the film strayed away from Max Brook’s epic novel by going in the most convenient direction imaginable. Then there was the PG-13 rating, cartoonish-looking zombies, non-existent gore, and the generic rah-rah American nationalism. But as a sheer spectacle, War World Z is surprisingly effective. The set pieces are sensational and the action scenes are relentlessly intense and often quite scary. There are very few horror films that are able to deliver pulse-pounding excitement at this epic of a scale, and for that, we love this movie.
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Frightening Zombie Seq|Disturbing Images|Violence)
Genre: Action, Horror, Adventure
Original Language: English
Director: Marc Forster
Producer: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ian Bryce
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $202.4M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Sound Mix: Datasat, DolbyMain Cast & Crew
Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane
Mireille Enos as Karen Lane
James Badge as Dale Speke
Daniella Kertesz as Segen
Matthew Fox as Parajumper
David Morse as Burt Reynolds -
Legion
For the patrons and staff at a dusty roadside diner, the day begins as usual, but when the phones go out and a sweet old lady goes on the attack, it’s a harbinger of the terror to come. As the horrifying nature of the situation sinks in, help arrives in the form of the archangel Michael (Paul Bettany), who tells a pregnant waitress that her unborn baby is humanity’s last hope, and he will do anything to protect it.
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Director: Scott Stewart
Producer: David Lancaster, Michel Litvak
Writer: Scott Stewart, Peter Schink
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 11, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.2M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Distributor: Sony PicturesMain Cast & Crew
Paul Bettany as Michael
Lucas Black as Jeep
Dennis Quaid as Bob
Tyrese Gibson as Kyle
Kate Walsh as Sandra
Adrianne Palicki as Charlie -
Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City
The development of the first Resident Evil, released as Biohazard in Japan, began in 1993 when Capcom’s Tokuro Fujiwara told Shinji Mikami and other co-workers to create a game using elements from Fujiwara’s 1989 game Sweet Home. When in late 1994 marketing executives were setting up to release Biohazard in the United States, it was pointed out that securing the rights to the name Biohazard would be very difficult as a DOS game had been registered under that name, as well as a New York hardcore punk band called Biohazard. A contest was held among company personnel to choose a new name; this competition turned up Resident Evil, the name under which it was released in the west. Resident Evil made its debut on the PlayStation in 1996 and was later ported to the Sega Saturn. Wikipedia
Rating: R (Strong Violence and Gore|Language Throughout)
Genre: Horror, Action
Original Language: English
Director: Johannes Roberts
Producer: Robert Kulzer, James Harris, Hartley Gorenstein
Writer: Johannes Roberts
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 2021, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Distributor: Screen Gems
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
View the collection: Resident EvilMain Cast & Crew
Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield
Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine
Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield
Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker
Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy
Donal Logue as Chief Brian Irons -
I Am Legend
Will Smith’s character, Robert Neville (a brilliant scientist), is a survivor of a man-made plague that turns humans into bloodthirsty mutants. He wanders around New York City alone, looking for other possible survivors and working on a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. Neville is aware that he is vastly outnumbered and that the odds are stacked against him, and the infected are waiting for him to make a mistake that will lead to his capture.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Intense Sci-Fi Action)
Genre: Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, David Heyman, Neil Moritz
Writer: Akiva Goldsman, Mark Protosevich
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 14, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $256.4M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)Main Cast & Crew
Will Smith as Robert Neville
Alice Braga as Anna
Dash Mihok as Alpha Male
Charlie Tahan as Ethan
Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Zoe
Willow Smith as Marley -
Peninsula
Peninsula, directed by Yeon Sang-ho, is a 2020 South Korean action horror heist film. It is a stand-alone sequel to the 2016 film Train to Busan, and it follows a former soldier who is sent with a team to retrieve a truck full of money from the Korean peninsula’s wastelands, which are now inhabited by zombies, rogue militia, and a family.
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Horror
Original Language: Korean
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Writer: Park Joo-Suk, Yeon Sang-ho
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 24, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)Cast & Crew
Gang Dong-won as Jung Suk
Lee Jung-hyun as Min Jung
Re Lee as Jooni
Kwon Hae-Hyo as Old man KIM
John D Michaels as Evacuation Boat Captain
Kim Min-Jae as Sergeant Hwang -
Army of the Dead
Army Of The Dead, directed by Zack Snyder (300, Zack Snyder’s Justice League), takes place after a zombie outbreak has left Las Vegas in ruins and walled off from the rest of the world. When Scott Ward (Dave Bautista), a displaced Vegas local and former zombie war hero who’s now flipping burgers on the outskirts of the town he now calls home, is approached by casino boss Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada), it’s with the ultimate offer: break into the zombie-infested quarantined zone to retrieve $200 million sitting in a vault beneath the strip before the city is nuked by the government in 32 hours. Driven by the hope that the payoff will pave the way for him to reconcile with his estranged daughter Kate (Ella).
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Gore|Some Sexual Content|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Horror, Adventure, Crime
Original Language: English
Director: Zack Snyder
Producer: Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Zack Snyder
Writer: Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten, Joby Harold
Release Date (Theaters): May 14, 2021, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 21, 2021
Runtime: 2h 28m
Distributor: Netflix
Sound Mix: Dolby AtmosMain Cast & Crew
Dave Bautista as Scott Ward
Ella Purnell as Kate Ward
Omari Hardwick as Vanderohe
Ana de la Reguera as Maria Cruz
Theo Rossi as Burt Cummings
Matthias Schweighöfer as Dieter -
Dawn of the Dead
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 questioned by cautious policeman Kenneth (Ving Rhames), Ana joins him and a small group that gravitates to the local shopping mall as a bastion of safety. Once they convince suspicious security guards that they are not contaminated, the group bands together to fight the undead hordes.
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Pervasive Strong Violence|Sexuality)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Director: Zack Snyder
Producer: Marc Abraham
Writer: George A. Romero, James Gunn
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 19, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 26, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.9M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)Main Cast & Crew
Sarah Polley as Ana
Ving Rhames as Kenneth
Jake Weber as Michael
Mekhi Phifer as Andre
Ty Burrell as Steve
Michael Kelly as CJ
Final Conclusion
Zombies will always be interesting because of their ability to act as a reflection of humanity. Although gory at times, zombie stories cause people to reflect on how they view others and life. If you haven’t seen one of these zombie movies, you aren’t a zombie, but you aren’t a zombie fanatic either.
See Also
- Top 10 Hardcore Action Movies of All Time
- The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time
- Top 10 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time
Train to Busan Official #1 Trailer
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