The Walking Dead
Much like the undead , it seems that motion-picture show and TV show about zombies are n’t sound anywhere anytime soon . They ’re definitely here to stay , and repugnance fan haveThe Walking Deadto thank for that in part . The popular AMC dramatic event based on Robert Kirkman ’s comic strip of the same name alter the scope of cable idiot box . It pushed boundaries and forge compelling characters that fans of the show both love and love to detest . But zombie and the cinematic imagination of the apocalypse that they typify did n’t start or finish withThe Walking Dead .
To be weigh as one of the good movies likeThe Walking Dead , a motion picture has to deliver plenty of interpersonal dramatic event as well as gore and repulsion . Now that the independent series ofThe walk Deadhas get along to an ending , fans of the show are in need now more than ever of likewise arresting examination of social breakdown . Luckily , when seem at zombie picture show history and beyond , there are plenty of films that offer up different aspect ofThe Walking Dead ’s distinct tone and personality .
15#Alive (2020)
Stream on Netflix
A young man ( Yoo Ah - in ) gets pin down in his apartment during a zombie outbreak in Seoul , leave him safe from the undead but in risk of starvation . As he learns to take care of himself , he encounters another survivor ( Park Shin - hye ) , and the two hatching an escape valve plan.#Alivemakes a sight out of a fair circumscribed setting , grant its human drama to shine through while still packing the refreshing runtime with plenty of zombie action . rooter of theWalking Deadepisodes that revolve around the early day of the eruption in the serial will enjoy watching these type adapt to their situation .
14The Road (2009)
Stream on Amazon Prime Video, Pluto TV, and Tubi
A Father of the Church ( Viggo Mortensen)and Logos ( Kodi Smit - McPhee ) trek across a post - apocalyptic American wasteland in search of some glimmer of hope , contending with hungriness , cannibals , and a barren landscape in this marvellously - acted adaptation of Cormac McCarthy ’s novel of the same name . sports fan of theWalking Deadepisodes that pore on parental relationship – particularly the one between Rick and Carl Grimes – will get a lot out of this harsh but sometimes beautiful survival dramatic event .
13The Survivalist (2015)
Stream on AMC+
This unsentimental and unsettling skill - fiction film keep up a man ( Martin McCann ) hold out a safe but isolated existence in the wilderness to escape the horrors of a post - revelatory reality as he has his flimsy peace shatter by the arrival of a woman ( Olwen Fouéré ) and herdaughter ( Mia Goth ) . The best movies likeThe Walking Deadshare the series ' interest in both the physical and worked up grinds of post - apocalypse living , withThe Survivalistcertainly being a deed of conveyance deserving seeking out for those fan who favour the show ’s more realistic and virtuously ambiguous side .
1228 Days Later (2002)
Stream on Cinemax
Director Danny Boyle craft an instant automaton flick classic with this account about a man ( Cillian Murphy ) who wake up in a hospital only to discover an spookily derelict London populated almost exclusively by people defeat by an transmission of " Rage . " The similarities between the initial introductions to the post - revelatory zombie worlds see in28 Days LaterandThe Walking Deadare undeniably striking , but the movie ’s unflinching brutality will keep fans of the show hooked beyond just the hatchway .
11The Signal (2007)
Stream on Pluto TV, Vudu, Crackle, and Peacock
Mya ( Anessa Ramsey ) has ascertain a way out of her unhappy marriage . A mysterious transmission from the radio , telephone , and television is have people to play queerly and violently , with their bad negative traits exponentially augmented . With her husband ( AJ Bowen ) turn into one of the infect , Mya occupy this chance to run away with Ben ( Justin Welborn ) .
Directors David Bruckner , Dan Bush , and Jacob Gentry reject the expression of closely every zombie picture show out there . In place of focusing on a group of survivors , The Signalaims for a more personal tale about two people finding love in a messed - up domain . It should speak to fans ofthe best relationships inThe walk Dead .
10It Comes At Night (2017)
Stream on Showtime and Paramount+
In this strongly pernicious psychological repulsion movie , a menage shelter in the woods from a world - ending disease and the trigger-happy despair that it ’s infuse in the survive population set about to experience together with another family that materialise upon their household . Fans ofThe Walking Dead ’s exploration of the breakdown of human relationships in high - pressure level situations will find the tension and paranoia inIt Comes At Nighthighly compelling .
9Carriers (2009)
Stream on Pluto TV, fuboTV, and Paramount+
Humanity has been intimately wipe out by a computer virus and a mathematical group of survivor travel across the Southwest in search of supplies and sanctuary in this sci - thriller . Along the way , the group of characters is forced to make unmanageable decisions as they encounter the infected and other heroic survivor .
Carriershas seen a resurgence of interestaround it in late years despite it not being a straight - up zombie movie . However , the terror of death remains in high spirits throughout the film . The film challenges its PG-13 rating with some intense consistence horror moments . However , Carriersis a drama first and foremost . Chris Pine is specially gratifying as the arrogant fomenter of the group and his personality character will be very recognizable to fans ofThe Walking Dead .
8Pontypool (2008)
While on the air , a disc jockey ( Stephen McHattie ) and his staff find out that there ’s a venomous viral outbreak going on outside . This is no ordinary virus , though , as it ’s somehow transmitted through words in the English language and now the wireless host has to attempt to admonish his listener of the virus and how it ’s spread . Though theinfected inPontypoolare far from established zombies , the film is a tonic take on the complex body part of the writing style , as it takes plaza only in the studio apartment .
7The Battery (2012)
Stream on Redbox
A friendship between two former baseball thespian ( Jeremy Gardner and Adam Cronheim ) buckles under the pressure of a total zombie apocalypse in this radical - low - budget indie horror film . On only a $ 6,000 budget , Jeremy Gardner develop one of the in force zombie drama movies likeThe Walking Dead . The Batterydoesn’t feature non - stop , life - and - death scenarios that the character scramble to get out of . In fact , for a zombie movie , it ’s comparatively laid back . But the tension in the two men ’s friendship has all the dramatic machination of some oftheWalking Dead ’s best episode .
6Night Of The Living Dead (1990)
Stream on MGM+
EveryWalking Deadfan should make out about the cinema that start up all the forward-looking zombi tropes that people jazz today . In this remake of the classic originalNight of the Living Dead , the deceased become renovate , and a woman ( Patricia Tallman ) finds recourse in a rural family with other survivor . The threat inside , however , is shown to be just as shaky as the one out of doors .
As important as George A. Romero ’s 1968 movie is to horror chronicle , the 1990 remake ’s aesthetic and modality is more akin toThe walk Dead . What make them interchangeable is the updates that music director andVFX maestro Tom Savinimade such as turning Barbara into a final little girl as opposed to give her to be zombie fresh fish like in the original .
