The zombie movie genre is filled with surprises. Fortunately, you can find and watch some of the best Zombie movies on Netflix.

Netflix, the streaming giant bought international distribution licenses for Zombie movies like Army of the Dead and Alive. In addition, Netflix also produces and distributes a few fantastic Zombie TV series such as Kingdom, Daybreak, or Black Summer.  

Netflix also buys country-specific licenses to distribute some of the best Zombie movies, such as I am legend, Train to Busan, World War Z, and Shaun of the Dead. However, such licenses are not permanent and not available in every country, so you’ll have to search deeper. 

The Best 16 Netflix Zombie Movies

The following list shows the 16 best Netflix zombie movies. Although you’ll be able to stream Netflix’s worldwide licensed movies like Army of the Dead, Alive, Cargo, and Ravenous (Les Affemes), you might be restricted to watching other zombie films based on your geography. But don’t worry there are still ways to unlock restricted Netflix content.

How to watch all the best zombie movies on Netflix? 

If you cannot access some of the best Netflix Zombie movies on this list, or if you get the “Oh no! This title currently isn’t available to watch in your country.”…

You will have to use a VPN to bypass Netflix geo-restrictions and watch the movie as if you were in another country. To watch one of these movies, simply connect to the VPN server located in a country that Netflix is likely to have purchased a license. 

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1. Army of the Dead. 

Army of Dead follows a worldwide zombie outbreak. The movie takes place during the zombie outbreak in the city of Las Vegas. A group of mercenaries ventures into the heart of the apocalyptic zombie city to pull off an impossible heist. Make money, kill zombies or die. 

• Year: 2021
• Director: Zack Snyder
• Stars: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 67% Audience Score 75% 
• IMBD Rating: 5.7/10
• Length: 2hr 28m  
• Netflix Location: Worldwide Netflix

2. Alive

Alive is about a video game live streamer forced to stay alone in his apartment during a zombie apocalypse in Seoul, South Korea. The video gamer struggles for survival as he is left alone in a city full of flesh-eating monsters. 

• Year: 2020
• Director: Il Cho
• Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-Hye, and Jeon Bae-soo
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 88% Audience Score 62% 
• IMBD Rating: 6.3/10
• Length: 1hr 38m  
• Netflix Location: Worldwide Netflix

3. I am Legend

The movie is based on a post-apocalyptic New York City. After a virus originally created to cure cancer wipes out almost all humanity, Nevile (immune to the virus) is left alone in New York City looking for survival and creating a cure. 

• Year: 2007
• Director: Francis Lawrence
• Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 68% Audience Score 68% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.2/10
• Length: 1h 41m 
• Netflix Location: As of March 2020, Netflix US does not have the license, but you can watch it from other countries in Asia and Europe. 

4. Train to Busan

A divorced man trying to spend time with his daughter embarks on a holiday on a train to Busan, South Korea. During the trip, a zombie outbreak develops, and the father, daughter, and other passengers become trapped and struggle to survive. 

• Year: 2016
• Director: Sang-ho Yeon
• Stars: Gong Yoo, Yu-mi Jung, Ma Dong-seok
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 94% Audience Score 89% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.6/10
• Length: 1h 58m
• Netflix Location: If you can’t watch Train to Busan in your Netflix region, try Netflix South Korea or US. 

5. Cargo

During a virus outbreak that turns people rabid within 48 hours, a father goes out into the Australian wilds looking for someone to protect and take care of his daughter. 

• Year: 2017
• Director: Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke
• Stars: Simone Landers, Martin Freeman, Marlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 88% Audience Score 66% 
• IMBD Rating: 6.3/10
• Length: 1h 45m
• Netflix Location: Released in Netflix Australia. Worldwide Netflix. 

6. Kingdom: Ashin of the North

Kingdom: Ashin of the North is a special 92-minute episode of the popular Korean Netflix TV series Kingdom. Although Kingdom: Ashin of the North is part of the TV series (episode thirteen) and considered a prequel to Season 1, its exceptional cinematic characteristics and length make it watchable as a standalone movie. This 92-minute episode explains the background of Ashin— the mysterious woman that appeared in Season 2.

• Year: 2020
• Director: Seong-hun Kim
• Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Si-ah Kim, Byeong-eun Park
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Audience Score 76% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.0/10
• Length:1h 56m
• Netflix Location: Worldwide Netflix. 

7. Les Affamés (Ravenous)

During an outbreak in a remote village in northern Quebec, locals become flesh-eating monsters that’ll eat anything, including their loved ones. A group of survivors goes hiding in the woods, looking for others like them.

• Year: 2017
• Director: Robin Aubert
• Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, and Charlotte St-Martin
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 88% Audience Score 58% 
• IMBD Rating: 5.8/10
• Length: 1h 43m
• Netflix Location: Worldwide Netflix. 

8. Dawn of the Dead

Due to a worldwide plague, millions of flesh-eating zombies invade North America. A group of survivors, including a nurse, a policeman, a salesman, and a young married couple, find refuge in a shopping mall. 

• Year: 2004
• Director: Zack Snyder
• Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 76% Audience Score 77% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.3/10
• Length: 1 h 40 min
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch Dawn of the Dead in your Netflix region, try Netflix US. 

9. Zombieland (2009)

During a virus outbreak that turns most people into zombies, a group of survivors, including Tallahassee, Columbus, and two sisters, Wichita and Little Rock, follow strict survival and zombie-killing rules as they take on a long trip towards a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles.

• Year: 2009
• Director: Ruben Fleischer
• Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 89% Audience Score 86% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.6/10
• Length: 1 h 27 min
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch Zombieland in your Netflix region, try Netflix US. 

10. World War Z

During a zombie crisis during which millions of people worldwide are attacked, killed, and turned into monsters, a former United Nations employee is put back on the frontlines to help find the cure.

• Year: 2013
• Director: Marc Forster
• Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 66% Audience Score 72% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.10/10
• Length:1h 55m
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch World War Z in your Netflix region, try Netflix US. 

11. Shaun of the Dead.

Shaun of the dead is a witty and fantastic romantic comedy with zombies. London-based electronics salesman, Shaun (Simon Pegg), living a boring routine with his lazy roommate Ed (Nick Frost) and Pete (Peter Serafinowicz), is suddenly disrupted by a zombie apocalypse.

• Year: 2004
• Director: Edgar Wright
• Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 92% Audience Score 93% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.9/10
• Length: 1h 37m
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch Shaun of the Dead in your Netflix region, try Netflix US, UK, or South Korea. 

12. REC

A television reporter (Ángela Vidal), along with her cameraman (Pablo), recorded a Barcelona morning program following the emergency workers into a dark apartment building, where something unexpectedly terrifying awaited.

• Year: 2007
• Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
• Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 89% Audience Score 82% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.4/10
• Length: 1h 42m
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch REC in your Netflix region, try Netflix US, or Spain. 

13. Paranorman. 

An oddly different animated zombie movie safe for kids and family, Paranoman, takes place in the town of Blithe Hollow, where a boy named Norman Babcock speaks to the dead. Norman is assigned by his eccentric uncle to protect an important annual ritual.

• Year: 2012
• Director: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
• Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee(voice), Anna Kendrick(voice), Christopher Mintz-Plasse(voice)
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 89% Audience Score 72% 
• IMBD Rating: 7.0/10
• Length: 1h 36m
• Netflix Location:  Restricted license. If you can’t watch Zombieland in your Netflix region, try Netflix US, or Spain. 

14. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

A film with lower rankings but fantastic for the Resident Evil fans. Alice (Milla Jovovich) returns to The Hive in Racoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is building forces to strike the few remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

• Year: 2016
• Director: Edgar Wright
• Stars: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 37% Audience Score 48% 
• IMBD Rating: 5.5/10
• Length: 1h 42m
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in your Netflix region, try Netflix Brazil or South Korea. 

15. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

During the 19th century British Regency era, a growing virus outbreak takes a large portion of England and the rest of the world. Five sisters at that time must cope with the pressure of marrying while surviving the growing masses of flesh-eating zombies.

• Year: 2016
• Director: Burr Steers
• Stars: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 46% Audience Score 45% 
• IMBD Rating: 5.8/10
• Length:1h 48m
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in your Netflix region, try Netflix US or UK. 

16. Train to Busan: Peninsula

A movie with a lower general ranking, but loved by the true fans of the Train to Busan movie. It takes place during the four years since the zombie virus outbreak in South Korea started; four survivors sail from Hong Kong to Incheon, South Korea, to pull off a heist worth USD 20,000,000.

• Year: 2020
• Director: Sang-ho Yeon
• Stars: Dong-won Gang, Lee Jung-hyun, Re Lee
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Tomatometer: 55% Audience Score 76% 
• IMBD Rating: 5.5/10
• Length:1h 56m
• Netflix Location: Restricted license. If you can’t watch Peninsula in your Netflix region, try Netflix US or South Korea.