Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "apocalypse", "living-dead"

1. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace

Votes: 217,773 | Gross: $129.36M

2. Army of the Dead (2021)

R | 148 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick

Votes: 187,671 | Gross: $1.00M

3. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".

Director: Wes Ball | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Votes: 162,792 | Gross: $58.03M

4. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

R | 101 min | Action, Horror

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Jake Weber

Votes: 272,173 | Gross: $59.02M

5. Train to Busan (2016)

Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.

Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an

Votes: 258,061 | Gross: $2.13M

6. World War Z (2013)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale

Votes: 718,744 | Gross: $202.36M

7. Resident Evil (2002)

R | 100 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce

Votes: 288,139 | Gross: $40.12M

8. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Unrated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller

During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

Votes: 128,451 | Gross: $5.10M

9. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews

Votes: 68,820 | Gross: $14.24M

10. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman

Votes: 138,968 | Gross: $0.09M

11. Warm Bodies (2013)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance

After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Lio Tipton

Votes: 243,439 | Gross: $66.38M

12. Day of the Dead (1985)

Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy

Votes: 74,309 | Gross: $5.80M

13. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

R | 92 min | Horror

When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.

Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson

Votes: 45,465 | Gross: $5.84M

14. Zombie (1979)

R | 91 min | Horror

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver

Votes: 30,685

15. The Prophecy (1995)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

At the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil, he finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher.

Director: Gregory Widen | Stars: Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz

Votes: 33,333 | Gross: $16.12M

16. Demons (1985)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror

A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.

Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento

Votes: 26,518

17. Cell (I) (2016)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England.

Director: Tod Williams | Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Clark Sarullo

Votes: 30,661

18. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine

Votes: 64,369

19. Land of the Dead (2005)

R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 100,740 | Gross: $20.70M

20. Messiah of Evil (1974)

R | 90 min | Horror

A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.

Directors: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz | Stars: Michael Greer, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang, Anitra Ford

Votes: 5,811

21. Highschool of the Dead (2010)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

High school students are overwhelmed with the start of the zombie apocalypse.

Stars: Jun'ichi Suwabe, Eri Kitamura, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Hitomi Harada

Votes: 15,449

22. The Night Eats the World (2018)

TV-14 | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

The morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.

Director: Dominique Rocher | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Sigrid Bouaziz

Votes: 15,870

23. Wyrmwood: Apocalypse (2021)

88 min | Action, Horror

In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure.

Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Luke McKenzie, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey

Votes: 3,308

24. The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

Directors: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow | Stars: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Votes: 21,478

25. Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

Unrated | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.

Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras

Votes: 5,902

26. Daylight's End (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A vengeful drifter takes up with a group of survivors in an abandoned police station during an apocalypse overrun by blood-hungry creatures.

Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Johnny Strong, Lance Henriksen, Louis Mandylor, Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Votes: 6,238

27. Demons 2 (1986)

R | 92 min | Horror

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes

Votes: 12,018

28. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

R | 95 min | Horror

A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.

Director: Jorge Grau | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso

Votes: 9,311

29. Mutant (1984)

R | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two brothers discover that the residents of a small Southern town are being infected by a form of toxic waste, turning them into blood-ravenous zombies.

Directors: John 'Bud' Cardos, Mark Rosman | Stars: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Jody Medford, Lee Montgomery

Votes: 2,854

30. Ravenous (2017)

TV-MA | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the aftermath of an infectious outbreak, inhabitants of a village in rural Quebec find themselves confronting an invasion of ravenous zombie-like beings.

Director: Robin Aubert | Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin, Micheline Lanctôt

Votes: 10,170

31. Undead (2003)

R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham

Votes: 14,793 | Gross: $0.04M

32. The Horde (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror

An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.

Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurélien Recoing

Votes: 16,387

33. Resident Evil 5 (2009 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sent in by the BSAA, Chris Redfield has a new mission. It takes him into South Africa where he encounters a new horror and relives an old past.

Directors: Yasuhiro Anpo, Kenichi Ueda | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Eva La Dare, D.C. Douglas, Patricia Ja Lee

Votes: 9,445

34. Invasion Planet Earth (2019)

98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After the death of his young daughter, Thomas Dunn is a man who has lost his faith. On the day he finds out his wife is pregnant again, aliens invade the Earth.

Director: Simon Cox | Stars: Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Julie Hoult, Danny Steele

Votes: 1,427

35. Big Tits Zombies (2010)

73 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Lena Jodo works at an unsuccessful strip club called Paradise Ikagawa along with his five female co-workers. But everything changes when they summon an army of zombies by accident. Now they are the only ones who can save the world.

Director: Takao Nakano | Stars: Sora Aoi, Risa Kasumi, Mari Sakurai, Tamayo

Votes: 1,444

36. Dead Trigger (2017)

R | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A mysterious virus has killed billions and turned many others into bloodthirsty zombies. Unable to stop the virus, the government develops a video game, "Dead Trigger," that mirrors the terrifying events that curse the world.

Directors: Mike Cuff, Scott Windhauser | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Autumn Reeser, Brooke Johnston, Romeo Miller

Votes: 1,377

37. Friend of the World (2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.

Director: Brian Patrick Butler | Stars: Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott

Votes: 88

38. Siren 2 (2006 Video Game)

M | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

New Siren game takes place on a small island town in rural Japan. The town is quiet, and peaceful, until one night evil invades, and it's dark history surfaces.

Director: Keiichiro Toyama | Stars: Kiyokazu Ebina, Seiko Iwaidô, Erina Moribayashi, Hideo Nakaizumi

Votes: 144

39. Forever Yours (2011)

80 min | Horror

Two intertwining stories of a group of people dealing with their loved ones being attacked by zombies.

Director: Larry Rosen | Stars: Emilie Crigler, Daniel Pietruszka, Debbie D, Angela Frankes

Votes: 78

40. Zombies: A Living History (2011 TV Movie)

94 min | Documentary

Zombies: are they real? Every culture creates its own version of a zombie. There have been diseases in history that have mimicked behavior of a zombie virus. The plausibility is there. You ... See full synopsis »

Director: David V. Nicholson | Stars: Peter Outerbridge, Steven Schlozman, Daniel W. Drezner, Jonathan Maberry

Votes: 159

41. Toxic Lullaby (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

TOXIC LULLABY tells the story of Eloise, who wakes up in a destroyed, life threatening world after a bad drug trip. She joins a group of people, who like her, are motivated by the longing ... See full summary »

Director: Ralf Kemper | Stars: Samantha Richter, Eva Balkenhol, Noah Hunter, Yvo René Scharf

Votes: 111

42. Amme (2019)

11 min | Short, Action, Horror

In a world filled with the living dead, two survivors wander from ruin to ruin, searching for food and equipment. In a destroyed apartment they find something that makes them to return to a better time - in their memories, at least.

Director: Fýr Romu | Stars: Veera W. Vilo, Matti Mustonen, Loviisa Ahlqvist, Karo Anttonen

Votes: 7

43. Natzee Zombie Carnage (2020)

175 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

During WW2, Nazi Germany uses undead zombie super soldiers against American forces. American GIs battle against the Nazi super weapon during the "Battle of the Bulge", in the Winter of 1944... See full summary »

Directors: Nicholas B. Weed, Max Bialystock | Stars: Thomas Antuna, Stuart Belli, Alejandro Campos, Marissa Cantu

Votes: 12

44. Anger of the Dead (2013)

15 min | Short, Drama, Horror

Alice and Nicholas survived an epidemic that ravaged the world, now only inhabited by the undead. But the nightmare is not over; the rumbling of a motorcycle approaches, breaking the ... See full summary »

Director: Francesco Picone | Stars: Beatrice Baldaccini, Alessio Barzocchini, Emanuele Battini, Serena Bilanceri

Votes: 71

45. DJ Eurobass feat. Ralf Kemper - Toxic Lullaby (2010)

Short, Music, Horror

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Stars: Anna-Lisa Ackermann, Eva Balkenhol, Saskia Bartsch, Nima Conradt

46. The Face (2008)

56 min | Sci-Fi

The world has been annihilated by The Locust, an unknown force that has ravaged the landscape and brought apocalypse to the human race. Poe and Sek, two forgotten brothers, search ... See full summary »

Directors: Nick Clifford, Paul Wallace | Stars: Nick Clifford, Jonathan Gordon, Alexandra Panzer, Liz Rothman

Votes: 25

47. All Hell (2009)

19 min | Short, Drama, Horror

In the face of the end of the World as we know it, a man learns the difference between surviving and living. The true sound of terror is not a blood curdling scream, but dead silence.

Director: Ricardo Presas | Stars: Bryan Ethier, Brian D. Evans, Phina Moreno

48. Nightmare on Film Street (2016– )
The Summer of '85: THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) (2023 Podcast Episode)

Horror

Do you wanna party?? Join your Nightmare on Film Street horror podcast hosts Kim and Jon as they turn back the dial to the summer that changed zombies forever...and just in time for the 4th of July, too.

Directors: Jonathan Dehaan, Kimberley Elizabeth | Stars: Jonathan Dehaan, Kimberley Elizabeth

49. Vitamin Z (2013– )
Episode: Take Out (2013)

Action, Drama, Thriller

Survivors of the zombie apocalypse find themselves hungry, tired and out of resources. When a hoard of zombies approaches, they make a decision that will either improve their situation or be the end of them all.

Director: Douglas Pritchard | Stars: Douglas Farra, E'va Stepniewska, Zach Silver, Nailya Shakirova

50. Vitamin Z (2013– )
Episode: The Savior (2013)

Action, Drama, Thriller

Things get complicated for the group after Sarah is saved from a zombie attack by an unexpected man. Jake takes a turn for the worse and gives into temptation.

Director: Alberto Triana | Stars: Douglas Farra, E'va Stepniewska, Zach Silver, Nailya Shakirova