Romero's Living Dead - Watch Order: Release Order
Romero's Living Dead series redefined zombies in cinema, introducing the modern rules of the undead and creating an influential, ever-evolving saga. These films explore society's collapse, human nature, and the horrors of the unknown.
The Release Order watch list brings together every major film considered part of the Living Dead series, including the original Romero classics as well as later remakes and reboots. Since all the non-Romero films are standalone, you may want to check out the other watch orders up top for narratively connected experiences.

Dawn of the Dead
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Day of the Dead
A small group of scientists and soldiers take refuge in an underground missile silo where they struggle to control the flesh-eating dead that walks the Earth above.

Night of the Living Dead
In this remake of the classic 1968 film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them for food.

Land of the Dead
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

Diary of the Dead
A terrified group of college film students record the pandemic rise of flesh-eating zombies while struggling for their own survival.

Day of the Dead
When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead, a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

Survival of the Dead
On a small island off the coast of Delaware, two families are locked in a struggle for power and control over the fate of the undead.

Day of the Dead: Bloodline
In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.
Other Film Series
28 Days Later
A post-apocalyptic horror trilogy following different survivors across nearly three decades of a rage virus outbreak that devastated Britain.
A Quiet Place
A post-apocalyptic horror series about survivors navigating a world where deadly creatures hunt by sound, forcing humanity to live in complete silence.
Alien
Humanity's terrifying encounters with a perfect killing organism across centuries of space exploration.
Friday the 13th
The murderous legacy of Crystal Lake and its iconic killer Jason Voorhees in this enduring slasher series.
Phantasm
A surreal horror franchise following young Mike Pearson and ice cream vendor Reggie in their ongoing battle against the interdimensional Tall Man and his deadly silver spheres.
The Purge
A dystopian horror franchise set in an America where all crime is legal for 12 hours once a year during an annual event called The Purge.