IGN rates its Top 10 Zombie Movies
1. Night of the living Dead
The granddaddy of the modern zombie genre, Romero's Night of the Living Dead rethought what a zombie movie could be, removing the shambling creatures from the realm of voodoo and black magic and Haitian jungles and placing them squarely in the backyard of middle-class America, with no clear explanation of the ghouls' origins but plenty of sociological and political subtext surrounding the undead things. A low budget indie that was, according to Romero, heavily influenced by Richard Matheson's vampire novel I Am Legend and the subsequent Vincent Price film version of Legend called The Last Man on Earth, Night would prove to be immensely influential itself on everything from modern, high-profile "zombie" pictures like 28 Days Later to countless low-budget cheapie rip-offs to, decades after its initial release, video game franchises such as Resident Evil.
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Launching into its sordid story with only the slightest of explanations, this film is at once a thrill ride and a mood piece: Ken Foree exudes calming authority as Peter, the S.W.A.T. team leader who anchors a foursome of refugees who hole up in a shopping mall after humanity discovers "there's no more room in hell." While much has been made in subsequent years of the film's running anti-consumerist commentary, the film proves to be much more interesting as a character study than a treatise on the dangers of too much shopping; but a healthy dose of gore, combined with some wicked humour and considerable invention on the part of the filmmakers make Dawn a genre classic.
3. Shaun of the Dead
Following in the social satire tradition of George Romero's zombie flicks, but played much more as a comedy than a straight-up horror film, Shaun of the Dead ranks as one of the most all-around entertaining zombie movies ever made. Telling the story of unambitious electronics salesman Shaun (Simon Pegg) as he races across town to save his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), who recently dumped him, from the undead. Shaun boasts some great characters (including Shaun's best friend, Ed, played by Nick Frost), hilarious scenes, and very funny lines, all mixed in with some real scares that elevate it above stock zombie films.
4. Zombi 2 (Zombie)
5. Dellamorte Dellamore (cemetery man)
6. Dawn of the Dead
7. Plan 9 from outer space
8. The Return of the Living Dead
9. Land of the Dead
10. Braindead (Dead Alive)
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2008/02/11/top-10-zombie-movies?page=2
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