The best zombie series
You can find the best zombie series in chronological order in this list – and most of them on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
2024: Zombie Fallout
Zombie Fallout is based on the novel of the same name by Mark Tufo.
2023: The Last of Us
Based on the highly acclaimed video game of the same name, this HBO series follows Joel and Ellie as they traverse a post-apocalyptic USA where infected and hostile survivors are a constant threat. The series has been praised for its in-depth character development and emotional depth.
2021: Days of Dead
Day Of The Dead is based on the zombie classic of the same name by George A. Romero. The plot follows six strangers who fight for their survival during the first 24 hours of the zombie apocalypse.
2020: The Walking Dead: World Beyond
World Beyond is the second spin-off of The Walking Dead and tells the story of two female heroes growing up in the post-apocalypse. The series was created by Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete and launched on AMC in 2020.
2020: Reality Z
Brazilian horror series from Netflix in which the participants of a reality show are surprised by the zombie apocalypse. The format is an adaptation of Charlie Brooker’s zombie series Dead Set.
2020: Generation Z
In Generation Z, the residents of a retirement home in a small English town mutate into the undead and subsequently target some local teenagers in this allegory of Brexit.
2019: Black Summer
This prequel to “Z Nation” is characterised by its raw and intense depiction of the first days of the zombie apocalypse. The series follows several strangers who must band together to survive the most terrifying challenges as civilisation collapses around them.
Airs on: Netflix
2019: Kingdom
2019-2020
Zombie meets historical series. In Kingdom, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission in historical South Korea. He is tasked with investigating a mysterious plague against the backdrop of the Joseon dynasty. Kingdom is Netflix’s second in-house production in South Korea.
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2018: State of Decay
Zombie series based on the successful Xbox game of the same name. In this survival adventure, humans have to fight for survival in a world populated by zombies.
2017-2019: Santa Clarita Diet
This Netflix series is a horror-comedy that follows a suburban mother (played by Drew Barrymore) who suddenly develops a craving for human flesh. Together with her family, she tries to manage her new need for human flesh while living a normal life.
2017: The Walking Dead: Red Machete
Red Machete is a web mini-series that tells a side story based on a red machete that Rick used to kill Gareth in The Walking Dead.
2015: I Zombie
2015-2019
Based on a comic book, this series follows a medical student who, after being turned into a zombie, begins working in forensics in order to have access to the brains she must eat to maintain her humanity. With each brain she consumes, she temporarily inherits memories of the deceased that help her solve their deaths.
2015: Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462
2015-2016
Web series set between the events of the first and second seasons of Fear the Walking Dead.
2015: Fear the Walking Dead
2015-2019
Fear the Walking Dead is an American zombie horror series from AMC. As a spin-off and prequel to “The Walking Dead”, this series focuses on new characters and settings at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. It shows how society slowly disintegrates and how the characters adapt and survive.
2014: Z Nation
2014-2018
Z Nation is an American zombie horror series produced by The Asylum for Syfy. This series offers a more action-packed and often humorous approach to the zombie apocalypse than The Walking Dead. It follows a group of people travelling across the US to bring the only known survivor of a zombie bite to a research facility where his blood could potentially provide a cure.
2013: In the Flesh
2013-2014
The government begins to rehabilitate the undead and reintegrate them into society – whether that will work…
2012: The Returned
2012-2015
The mystery series The Returned is set in a mountain village in France. Previously deceased people return to their families…
2012: Zombieland
2012-2013
Series sequel to the film Zombieland starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Emma Stone, in which a virus has turned a large part of the US population into zombies. The Amazon series Zombieland stars Kirk Ward, Tyler Ross, Maiara Walsh and Izabela Vidovic.
Runs on: Amazon Prime
2011-2013: The Walking Dead: Webisodes
Spin-off of AMC’s zombie series The Walking Dead. It tells the stories of individual zombie characters who appeared in The Walking Dead. We see how the humans have become zombies…
2011: Viva Berlin!
Germany’s first (?) zombie series revolves around a plague that is spreading in Berlin. All infected people turn into bloodthirsty zombies and soon 95 per cent of the population is dead or undead.
2010: The Walking Dead
2010-2020
The Walking Dead is THE zombie series par excellence. Huge worldwide fanbases led to almost never-ending seasons with a runtime of a brutal 10 years and several spin-offs. Quasi the Lindenstraße of zombie series.
The US zombie horror series is based on the comic series of the same name by Robert Kirkman. The plot takes place after the zombie apocalypse, so to speak. The thing is already over, but not everyone is infected yet. The few survivors fight their way through in groups. Numerous characters and their interactions in a setting of permanent terror.
2010: Highschool of the Dead
Anime zombie series centred around a high school.
2008: Dead Set – Reality Bites
Big Brother with zombies. A setting for a zombie ficton that is as nailing as it is original. The mini-series offers a good mix of horror, seriousness and black humour. This British series combines reality TV satire with zombie horror. During a fictional season of “Big Brother”, a zombie apocalypse breaks out and the contestants and the production team must fight for their survival. The series is known for its dark comedy and sharp social criticism.
Realisation: Big Brother container quarantine offers some protection, but ultimately only a small time advantage. Key moment: The first time Kac*** is in company.
Rule of survival: Be tough and consistent, but not too anti-social. But as is so often the case: if everything is zombie land, there is (almost) never a real escape – at best a time delay.
