With AMC's The Walking Dead still blazing traumatizing trails on TV, the zombie genre has proven to be one of the most enduring and bankable blueprints in horror. The overall grimness of the genre, however, can make any attempt to binge-watch a depressing dive. It's not exactly a sunny ride. Rarely is there a "cure" in sight, which means that the zompocalypse hellscape is permanent and inescapable, making everyone's journey one of survival and little else. There are a few exceptions to the dreariness though and we've complied a list of famous films that managed to paint zombie outbreaks with a lighter brush.