What are yours?
Mine-
1. WHITE ZOMBIE (1931) - No flesh eating here. The first zombie movie ever made was also (in my opinion) the BEST. With Bela Lugosi.
2. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
3. BURIAL GROUND: NIGHTS OF TERROR (1981)-"Mother, this cloth-it smells of death!"
4. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) Punk Rock zombies!
5. the GATES OF HELL (1984) aka CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
6. ZOMBIE (1979)
7. DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
8. DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
9. DR. BUTCHER M.D. (1980) aka ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST
10. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
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1. DR BUTCHER MD / ZOMBI HOLOCAUST
2. SHAUN OF THE DEAD
3. ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS
4. NIGHTMARE CITY
5. ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS 2
these come to mind 1st. bit creaky with 6-10
1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
3. Cemetery Man (1994)
4. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
5. Dead Alive (1992)
6. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
7. Fido (2006)
8. Zombieland (2009)
9. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
10. White Zombie (1931)
Honorable mention: Plan 9 from Outer Space.
1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
3. 28 Days Later (2002)
4. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
5. Train to Busan (2016)
6. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
7. Zombieland (2009)
8. Day of the Dead (1985)
9. World War Z (2013)
10. Rec (2007)
Right now I'll say:
1-3.) DAWN OF THE DEAD '04
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
Alphabetized - my preference shifts a lot.
4.) 28 DAYS LATER (still need to see the sequel)
5.) DAWN OF THE DEAD '78 (yeah, okay, when pressed to commit, I do absolutely prefer '04 to the original... but this is still pretty great)
Honorable Disqualification: NIGHT OF THE COMET. I probably like this more than '78 even but the "zombies" are waaay to the human side of 28DL's rage zombies.
I struggle to think of another 5 that belong w/ these five. I liked BUSAN a lot but only saw it once. I like the original DAY OF THE DEAD a lot, too, but "Bub" is a turn-off. Looks great but too silly for a bleak screamo zombie apocalypse. Original NOTLD is a film I enjoy thinking about, but it's hard for me to get through it one more time. An admirable museum piece.
1 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2 White Zombie (1932)
3 Zombieland (2009)
4 Dead Snow (2009)
5 Cockneys vs Zombies (2013)
6 Shaun of the Dead (2004)
7 28 Days Later (2002)
8 Planet Terror (2007)
9 Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead (2014)
10 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
1 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
3. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
4. 28 Days Later (2002)
5. Zombie/Zombi 2/Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
6. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
7. Train to Busan (2016)
8. White Zombie (1932)
9. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
10. Fido (2006)