Ranking George A. Romero's Films from Best to Weakest

My favourite movie. Every zombie movie made since borrows from this, whether it's acknowledged or not. Romero knows how to make a film made on a low budget look much more expensive than it was.

Romero's masterpiece. A poignant, haunting American gothic. The acting is superb and Romero and cinematographer Michael Gornick manage to make Pittsburgh look simultaneously beautiful and hellish. Proves vampire movies can be about more than whiny goths running around against CG backgrounds.

Still the most important and influential horror film ever made; It's impact is still being felt today in films of all genres.

This, and all Romero's DEAD films, are not so much about zombies as they are about people. That's why this film gains new fans every year while other similar horror films from this era are dated and forgotten.

Romero's best film since DAWN, and the best zombie movie since Lucio Fulci's ZOMBI 2. Also, this is really the only DEAD film other than NIGHT which is actually scary. The plot suits Romero's social commentary perfectly, and the hopefulness of LAND has been replaced by a much darker, existential tone.

The ultimate zombie-splatter film! Tom Savini's make-up effects have never been more realistic and grotestque. The whole film is much darker than DAWN, and except for the inexplicable happy ending, the most nihilistic of the DEAD films. Joe Pilato is the quintessential Romero villian: loud, violent and cartoonishly evil. A classic!

A hybrid Romero film: The look of the zombies and the overall production design resemble DAY, but the film has the hopeful, upbeat tone of DAWN. It may be the weakest of Romero's DEAD films, but it's still a whole lot better than 99.9% of the zombie movies being made.

An EC Comic brought to garish, bloody life. Stephen King's script is funny, Tom Savini's effects are nicely grotesque, and Romero's direction captures the style of a comic book far better than Ang Lee's work on HULK.

A tough film to rate: I'd give Romero's segment 5 stars (it's probably the most truly frightening thing Romero has ever directed) but I'd give Argento's 1 star (it's pointless and boring), which averages out to 3 stars. But a three star rating really isn't appropriate for either segment on it's own... oh, whatever.

Romero's lost classic! THE CRAZIES reverses the threat of the DEAD films: To become a zombie in Romero's world is to lose all individuality, whereas to become infected in THE CRAZIES is to lose all inhibition; essentially, your true self is unleashed. A major, unacknowledged influence of 28 Days Later...

Underrated psycho-drama from Romero. The story of a man who is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. A well-written, well-acted film, but there's no gore and no zombies, so nobody watched it. Sorry, George, but your real fans appreciate this film.

Kind of pretentious but undeniably fascinating drama from Romero. Anyone who mocks Tom Savini's acting needs to see how good he is in this.

Bizarre hippie-feminist borderline horror from Romero. Seems like George was trying to make a film that was both horror and not horror all at once.

Romero's weakest film. Jason Beghe's acting is terrible; anyone who thinks Joe Pilato overacted in DAY OF THE DEAD needs to see Beghe in this.

Romero is still a fine director (he's my favourite, actually) but this is just a silly story and just doesn't work for me.

George Romero is my favourite director and Stephen King is one of my favourite authors, but...

At least Michael Rooker is good in it.