Shows like The Walking Dead

15 picks with a similar feel

What defines The Walking Dead, going by its Boxlist taste profile: Otherworldly and dark: a heavy fantasy series, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like edge over warmth. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of social commentary, underdogs and resilience and survival, plus tags such as undead, gore and zombie.

Here are 15 shows with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.

Based on The Walking Dead (2010).

  1. 1

    S.O.Z: Soldiers or Zombies (2021)

    TV7.2

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: zombie.

  2. 2

    The Strain (2014)

    TV7.5

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of social commentary and underdogs. Common ground: horror, survival.

  3. 3

    Fallout (2024)

    TV8.1

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future.

  4. 4

    War of the Worlds (2019)

    TV7.4Slower burn

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future, survival.

  5. 5

    The 100 (2014)

    TV7.9

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of social commentary and underdogs. Common ground: survival.

  6. 6

    The Last of Us (2023)

    TV8.6Warmer in tone

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also sweeping, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future, survival.

  7. 7

    Constantine (2014)

    TV7.8

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of underdogs. Common ground: horror.

  8. 8

    The Rain (2018)

    TV7.5More intricate

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of social commentary. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future.

  9. 9

    Evil (2019)

    TV7.9Slower burn

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival.

  10. 10

    Snowpiercer (2020)

    TV7.5Warmer in tone

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of social commentary. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future.

  11. 11

    See (2019)

    TV8.3Warmer in tone

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and sweeping. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future.

  12. 12

    Dracula (2020)

    TV7.2

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of resilience and survival.

  13. 13

    Star Trek: Picard (2020)

    TV7.3More intricate

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of social commentary and underdogs.

  14. 14

    Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)

    TV7.6Lighter option

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: horror.

  15. 15

    Into the Night (2020)

    TV7.5

    Why it's like The Walking Dead: Also heightened and dark, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: survival.

Boxlist compares The Walking Dead with every show in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.2 or more from at least 150 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.

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Questions

What should I watch if I like The Walking Dead?
Picks with a similar feel include S.O.Z: Soldiers or Zombies, The Strain, Fallout and War of the Worlds. Each shares part of The Walking Dead's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 shows.
How are these shows like The Walking Dead chosen?
Boxlist compares The Walking Dead with every show in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.2 or more from at least 150 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.
Is there a lighter show like The Walking Dead?
Ash vs Evil Dead has a similar feel but scores lighter on Boxlist's weightiness scale.

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