Release OrderRecommended
0 / 7 watchedThe order Romero made them. Each film stands alone, so start at 1968.
- 1 Night of the Living Dead Farmhouse siege that created the modern zombie. Duane Jones stars.
- 2 Dawn of the Dead Survivors hold up in a shopping mall.
- 3 Day of the Dead Scientists and soldiers clash in an underground bunker.
- 4 Land of the Dead The living wall themselves inside Pittsburgh.
- 5 Diary of the Dead Found-footage reboot from the first days of the outbreak.
- 6 Survival of the Dead Feuding island families fight over the undead. Latest released entry.
- 7 Twilight of the Dead Announced seventh film from Romero's treatment. No date as of September 17, 2026.
Timeline Order
0 / 6 watchedStory order for the curious: the reboot pair sits between Night and Dawn.
- 1 Night of the Living Dead Where the outbreak begins.
- 2 Diary of the Dead Set at the start of the outbreak, alongside the first film.
- 3 Survival of the Dead Follows Diary; both precede Dawn in story terms.
- 4 Dawn of the Dead Society has collapsed; the mall is a fortress.
- 5 Land of the Dead Walled cities run on fear and firepower.
- 6 Day of the Dead The furthest point: humanity nearly gone.
About George Romero's Dead series
Romero directed six standalone Dead films between 1968 and 2009, each showing different people in the same zombie apocalypse. Release order is the recommended path, and a timeline order below re-sorts them by story.
Good to know
Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead (2009) reboot the timeline instead of continuing the earlier films. Twilight of the Dead, a seventh film built from Romero's treatment, is in development with no release date as of September 17, 2026.
