25 Best Zombie Movies

If you thought we were done with Halloween movies… think again. Empire Online just unleashed its list of the 25 best zombie movies of all time, proving that the undead never really die; they just get better makeup.

Here’s the list, dripping with cinematic gore and greatness:

1. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
2. Day of the Dead (1985)
3. 28 Days Later (2002)
4. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
5. Train to Busan (2016)
6. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
7. Braindead (a.k.a. Dead Alive) (1992)
8. [REC] (2007)
9. 28 Years Later (2025)
10. Re-Animator (1985)
11. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
12. One Cut of the Dead (2019)
13. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
14. Zombieland (2009)
15. World War Z (2013)
16. Zombie Flesh Eaters (a.k.a. Zombie / Zombi 2) (1979)
17. [REC] 2 (2009)
18. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
19. Pontypool (2008)
20. ParaNorman (2012)
21. The Sadness (2021)
22. Cargo (2017)
23. Dead Snow (2009)
24. Planet Terror (2007)
25. Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)

And just to clear things up, a few of these, like 28 Days Later and Planet Terror, aren’t technically zombie flicks. Those “zombies” are infected humans, not reanimated corpses. Still, when they’re sprinting toward you in a dark hallway… does it really matter?

Doug O’Brien