Direction: George A. Romero

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by George A. Romero. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Night of the Living Dead

1968 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Judith O'Dea · Duane Jones · Marilyn Eastman · Karl Hardman

Synopsis A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.

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7.1

35K votes

7.1

35K votes

Dawn of the Dead

1978 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast David Emge · Ken Foree · Scott H. Reiniger · Gaylen Ross

Synopsis Picking up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD left off, and still offering no explanation of why the dead are walking the earth, DAWN plunges headlong into one of the most violent and original horror films ever made. After securing...

6.9

9K votes

6.9

9K votes

Day of the Dead

1985 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Lori Cardille · Terry Alexander · Joseph Pilato · Jarlath Conroy

Synopsis Set in Florida, as the film begins the dead have taken over the world, outnumbering humans 400,000 to one. The handful of surviving humans have taken refuge in an underground missile silo and argue and yell at each other. Among...

6.5

6K votes

6.5

6K votes

Martin

1978 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast John Amplas · Lincoln Maazel · Christine Forrest · Elyane Nadeau

Synopsis A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Creepshow

1982 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Hal Holbrook · Leslie Nielsen · Adrienne Barbeau · Fritz Weaver

Synopsis Five tales of terror are presented in the gothic style of the old EC comics such as Tales From The Crypt and The Haunt of Fear. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get...

6.2

7K votes

6.2

7K votes

Monkey Shines

1988 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Jason Beghe · John Pankow · Kate McNeil · Joyce Van Patten

Synopsis A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

Land of the Dead

2005 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Simon Baker · John Leguizamo · Dennis Hopper · Asia Argento

Synopsis George A. Romero's Land of the Dead" is the acclaimed director's long-awaited return to the horror genre he invented, beginning with the seminal "Night of the Living Dead" and continuing with "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead"....

5.6

11K votes

5.6

11K votes

Two Evil Eyes

1990 · Movie · 120 min. · Italy

Direction Dario Argento · George A. Romero

Cast Adrienne Barbeau · Ramy Zada · Bingo O'Malley · Jeff Howell

Synopsis Two horror tales based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by two famous horror directors, George A. Romero and Dario Argento. "The Facts in the Case of Mr Valdemar": Jessica Valdemar and her lover Dr Robert Hoffman have...

5.6

893 votes

5.6

893 votes

There's Always Vanilla

1971 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Raymond Laine · Judith Ridley · Johanna Lawrence · Richard Ricci

Synopsis A young man returns to his home city of Pittsburgh and moves in with an older woman whom he begins to rely on for emotional and financial support.

5.4

23 votes

5.4

23 votes

The Dark Half

1993 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Timothy Hutton · Michael Rooker · Amy Madigan · Julie Harris

Synopsis Marking the first collaboration between horror legends George A. Romero and Stephen King since 1982's Creepshow, this moody, atmospheric adaptation of King's novel was actually completed in 1991, but the highly-publicized bankruptcy of its distributor Orion Pictures in that same...

5.4

2K votes

5.4

2K votes

Diary of the Dead

2007 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Joshua Close · Michelle Morgan · George Buza · Joe Dinicol

Synopsis If Land of the Dead was the glorious and triumphal return of George A. Romero to the zombie subgenre, Diary of the Dead is its perfect counterpoint: the return to his roots in the form of an independent production (his...

5.0

6K votes

5.0

6K votes

Knightriders

1981 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Ed Harris · Gary Lahti · Tom Savini · Amy Ingersoll

Synopsis A travelling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, financial troubles and their failure to live up to their own ideals. The group's leader, King Billy, is increasingly unable to maintain his warrior's...

4.8

415 votes

4.8

415 votes

The Crazies

1973 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Lane Carroll · Will MacMillan · Harold Wayne Jones · Lloyd Hollar

Synopsis Soldiers arrive in Evans City, Pennsylvania, where they quickly establish martial law and round up and place the populace in the high school. It is revealed that a plane containing a viral bio-weapon, the effects of which drive people insane,...

4.8

975 votes

4.8

975 votes

Bruiser

2000 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Jason Flemyng · Peter Stormare · Leslie Hope · Nina Garbiras

Synopsis George Romero directs this thriller about a 99-pound weakling who strikes back at everyone who has wronged him in the past. Henry Creedlow (Jason Flemyng) works at a fashion mag called Bruiser for the short-fused, dictatorial Miles Styles (Peter Stormare)....

4.6

470 votes

4.6

470 votes

Hungry Wives (Season of the Witch)

1972 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Jan White · Raymond Laine · Ann Muffly · Joedda McClain

Synopsis A bored, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft and murder.

4.4

306 votes

4.4

306 votes

Survival of the Dead

2009 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Alan Van Sprang · Kenneth Welsh · Kathleen Munroe · Athena Karkanis

Synopsis On a small island off North America’s coast, the dead rise to menace the living. Yet…the islanders can’t bring themselves to exterminate their loved ones, despite the growing danger from those the once held dear. A rebel among them hunts...

3.9

3K votes

3.9

3K votes

Jacaranda Joe (S)

1994 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Synopsis In June 1994, George Romero traveled to Valencia College in Florida to make a short film called Jacaranda Joe. It was a re-imagined version of a movie he’d tried to make in the 1970s called The Footage, about a TV...

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The Winners (TV Series)

1973 · Documentary · United States

Direction George A. Romero · Michael Gornick · Richard P. Rubinstein

Cast Terry Bradshaw · Franco Harris · Chuck Noll · Joe Paterno

Synopsis A series of sports documentaries produced by George A. Romero and Richard P. Rubinstein during the mid 1970's.

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The Amusement Park (TV)

1973 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction George A. Romero

Cast Lincoln Maazel · Harry Albacker · Phyllis Casterwiler · Pete Chovan

Synopsis An elderly gentlemen sets out for what he thinks will be a normal day at an amusement park and is soon embroiled in a waking nightmare the likes of which you’ve never seen.

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