Michael A. Appel 
There really is a zombie movie for everyone. The living dead – they’re not just for horror geeks! Do you prefer action? There’s a zombie movie for that. Like a little fantasy or romance with your undead chaos? There’s a zombie movie for that. Indeed, whether you like slow-burning terror trips or fast-paced thrillers, the zombie genre knows no bounds.
It helps that zombies, as a concept, are quite flexible. Anyone who keeps what “counts” as the living dead should be viewed with the utmost suspicion and certainly banned within the guarded walls of your gang’s well-armed apocalypse bunker. Are zombies reanimated corpses? Or do humans infected with a case of cannibalistic munchies count too? Why the hair cut in half, we say. You recognize a zombie when you see it. And we would like to think that in the spirit of the zombie horde, we can accommodate all beliefs. Zombie-type contagions don’t discriminate, so why should we?
But after throwing in such a wide net (or a trap wire or whatever kind of zombie trap you prefer), how do you cut down on all that undead entertainment? With so many zombie fare of your choice, what should you prioritize? This is where we come in. We’ve picked from the Netflix library as enterprising looters and identified the best of the best when it comes to undead movies. So enjoy and read on for our picks of the best zombie movies currently streaming on Netflix.
Updated October 8, 2021: Netflix is ​​full of undead delicacies. But since the site is constantly changing catalogs, be sure to come back here every month for all the latest zombie updates.
#Living
A video game streamer named Oh Joon-woo is alone in his family’s South Korean home when a mysterious disease strikes his apartment complex, turning those infected into violent cannibals. As the macabre virus takes hold of the city, the streamer remains locked in his apartment, cut off from the world and with few escape options but a relentless will to survive regardless. If you’ve ever thought to yourself that #stayathome could be spiced up with a zombie apocalypse, “#Alive†has you covered. Turns out, Twitch streamers with stored ramen are in a good position to sit at the end of the world. If the CGI-hushed 2020 follow-up “Train to Busan” left you cold, pretend it never happened and its successor was “#Alive” instead. Don’t let the terrible hashtag title put you off.
- Featuring: Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-hye, Jeon Bae-soo
- Director: He Cho
- Year: 2020
- Duration: 98 min
- Evaluation: TV-MA
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
Army of the dead
A spiritual successor to director Zack Snyder’s first film “Dawn of the Dead”, “Army of the Dead” is what happens when a heist thriller and a zombie movie get into a car crash . After a military highway accident leaves a zombie at large, the city of Las Vegas quickly succumbs to the voracious infection, forcing the government to quarantine the city. Six years later, a group of mercenaries are hired to enter the quarantine zone to collect $ 200 million from a casino safe before the military blows up the city (and its zombie inhabitants) with a weapon. nuclear. A very silly film that knows wholeheartedly that it is silly, “Army of the Dead” is a hybrid genre with unique stakes and thrilling settings. How not to accept the idea of ​​undead showgirls and a zombified tiger? Damn yeah!
Atlantic
A newly constructed tower towers over a suburb of Dakar, Senegal, and a young woman named Ada falls in love with a construction worker named Souleiman. However, she has been promised to another man and is devastated when construction workers, who have not been paid for their contract, set off by sea in search of a better life in Spain. A few days later, Ada’s marriage goes up in smoke in a fire and a mysterious fever begins to befall her community. While not a “zombie movie” in the strict sense, director Mati Diop offers a mysterious examination of the worried dead that more than assures him of his place on this list. Existing at the intersection of several different genre spaces (including Gothic romance), “Atlantics” straddles many boundaries and is best known blindly.
- Featuring: Mame Bineta Sane, Ibrahima Traoré, Aminata Kane
- Director: Mati Diop
- Year: 2019
- Duration: 106 minutes
- Evaluation: TV-14
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Cargo
Just when Andy and his wife, Kay, seem to have figured out this whole “surviving the zombie apocalypse” thing, Kay is attacked during a supply run. Although he only has 48 hours to live, Andy risks everything to try to get Kay to the hospital. On the way, their car crashes, and when Andy comes to himself, he finds that his wife has rolled over. Bitten and having only two days to live, Andy must find a new home for his soon to be orphan baby, Rose. Wandering the Outback with an unwavering purpose, Andy must navigate what remains of humanity to ensure a secure future for his little girl. Heartbreaking and based on the formidable lead performance by Martin Freeman, “Cargo” is a wonderfully dramatic genre gem that holds the same power as a commentary on Indigenous Australian issues.
- Featuring: Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter
- Director: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
- Year: 2017
- Duration: 104 min
- Evaluation: TV-MA
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
I lost my body
A severed hand escapes from a refrigerator in a laboratory in a desperate search to find its body. Traveling through the Parisian suburbs, the hand desperately searches for Naoufel, whose tragic story is told via flashbacks. While not a “zombie” movie in the strict sense, “I Lost My Body” deserves its place on this list to expand on what it means, exactly, to tell stories about the grief, death and bodily rebellion. Sincere and captivating with a fantastic score by Dan Levy, Jérémy Clapin’s film is morbid enough to satisfy genre fans while tempting gore dogs to dip their toes into something a little more on the art-tested side of the tracks. .
- Featuring: Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick D’Assumçao
- Director: Jérémy Clapin
- Year: 2019
- Duration: 81 minutes
- Evaluation: TV-MA
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
It comes at night
As a highly contagious disease ravages the planet, a family isolated in the deep woods tries to avoid the inevitable. When the grandfather falls ill, family members kill him, burn his body, and sprinkle a light layer of earth on his shallow grave. When another family enters their lives in search of shelter, the safety of the home is compromised, and strange events suggest that their little slice of normalcy is not long for this world. A bit of a creepy quarantine classic with new A24 dressings, “It Comes at Night†is a powerfully played family drama about loss, paranoia, and the horrific precariousness of our mutual trust.
- Featuring: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo
- Director: Trey Edward Shults
- Year: 2017
- Duration: 91 minutes
- Evaluation: R
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
Kingdom: North Ashin
Set during the Joseon Dynasty in Korea, this prequel feature to the hit Netflix series explores the story of the mysterious tribal heir Ashin and the origin of the strange plant that sparked an unprecedented cascade of tragic events across the kingdom. , including an unnatural plague that resuscitates the dead. If you haven’t seen the “Kingdom” series, fear not. “Ashin of the North†is a fully functional side-qui that works on its own and as an introduction for those who wish to dip their toes into the Horror Period piece. Part revenge tale, zombie action thriller and war epic, “Ashin of the North†possesses scale and narrative take with a stunning performance by Kim Si-a as young Ashin. Don’t let its connection to the small screen scare you, moviegoers!
Paranormand
As if being a weird kid wasn’t hard enough, young Norman Babcock can talk to the dead. Unfortunately, no one other than his wide-eyed friend Neil believes him. Then one day Norman’s eccentric and distant uncle, Mr. Prenderghast, appears and informs Norman that the time has come to teach his nephew how to perform a very important ritual that keeps the curse of an evil witch at bay. . When Mr. Prenderghast suddenly dies of a heart attack, it’s up to Norman to perform the ritual on his own. But after a tyrant intercedes, the corpses of the men and women who executed the witch rise from the dead to make hell in Norman’s hometown. Delicious, rich in storytelling, and more morbid and themed than you might expect from a children’s animated film, “ParaNorman†is a well-written zombie tale directed by and for horror fans.
- Featuring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick
- Director: Chris Butler and Sam Fell
- Year: 2012
- Duration: 92 minutes
- Evaluation: PG
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
Voracious
Following a zombie-type epidemic, rural regions of Quebec, Canada, are decimated, sparsely populated and teeming with infected people. The few survivors attempt to maintain a sense of normalcy, even as their numbers dwindle and they are forced deeper and deeper into the woods to escape the flesh-eating hordes. A simple survival story that packs a ruthless punch regardless, “Ravenous†is filled with suspense, bloodshed, and a group of characters who grow up both for the viewer and for each other.
- Featuring: Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin
- Director: Robin Aubert
- Year: 2017
- Duration: 103 minutes
- Evaluation: TV-MA
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
Soul Thieves (aka Ladronas de Almas)
Set in the early 19th century during the Mexican independence movement, “Soul Thieves” sees a group of Spanish outlaws take refuge in a complex run by a group of sisters. Soon the looters learn that the Cordero sisters’ main defense against the looters is not guns but zombies. With a debt owed to Val Lewton-era fare like “I Walked With A Zombie,†“Soul Thieves†is a rough B-movie that will certainly add a bloody charm to any undead dual functionality. .
