SimilarScreen
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

Fight the dead. Fear the living.

20108.111 Seasons177 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Created by Robert Kirkman
Written by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore
NetworksAMC

Top Cast

Lauren Cohan

Lauren Cohan

Maggie Greene

Norman Reedus

Norman Reedus

Daryl Dixon

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Negan Smith

Melissa McBride

Melissa McBride

Carol Peletier

Christian Serratos

Christian Serratos

Rosita Espinosa

Seth Gilliam

Seth Gilliam

Gabriel Stokes

Ross Marquand

Ross Marquand

Aaron

Josh McDermitt

Josh McDermitt

Eugene Porter

Khary Payton

Khary Payton

Ezekiel Sutton

Cooper Andrews

Cooper Andrews

Jerry

Themes & Keywords

post-apocalyptic futuregoreundeadsurvivalzombiebased on graphic novelhorror

About The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead is a action & adventure, drama, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of post-apocalyptic future, gore, undead, survival, zombie, based on graphic novel. Created by Robert Kirkman, it stars Lauren Cohan, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Shows Similar to The Walking Dead

Discover shows like The Walking Dead — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 shows similar to The Walking Dead

If you enjoyed The Walking Dead, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, creator filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of The Walking Dead.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond
52% Match

A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.

The Walking Dead: Dead City
46% Match

Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

Fear the Walking Dead
43% Match

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

High School of the Dead
37% Match

A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the living dead...will they escape?

Black Summer
33% Match

Black Summer(2019)

TV Show7.0/10

In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
32% Match

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon follows Daryl (Norman Reedus) after he washes ashore in France, navigating a fractured, walker-infested landscape to find his way home. As the fifth spin-off, it focuses on Daryl protecting a young boy, Laurent, who is seen as a messiah, while facing new, dangerous walker variants and the "Power of the Living" paramilitary group.

Z Nation
31% Match

Z Nation(2014)

TV Show7.2/10

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

The 100
30% Match

The 100(2014)

TV Show7.9/10

100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

War of the Worlds
29% Match

When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world. As aliens hunt and kill those left alive, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
27% Match

Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they've ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive – or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?

Falling Skies
26% Match

Falling Skies(2011)

TV Show7.1/10

Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

Aftermath
25% Match

Aftermath(2016)

TV Show5.9/10

The Copeland family battle for survival when civilization comes to an apocalyptic end, triggered by massive storms, meteor strikes, earthquakes, a plague - and the rise of supernatural creatures.

The Passage
25% Match

The Passage(2019)

TV Show7.0/10

A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.

Snowpiercer
25% Match

Snowpiercer(2020)

TV Show7.4/10

More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.