Shaun of the Dead

Shaun is twenty-nine, stuck, and about to be dumped by his girlfriend Liz, who is tired of waiting for him to become someone with a plan. His best friend and flatmate Ed is not helping — Ed has no plan either, and is actively opposed to the concept. The morning after Liz ends it, London has a zombie problem. Shaun and Ed notice later than most.

Their plan: collect Shaun's mum Barbara and her husband Philip, pick up Liz and her flatmates David and Dianne, and wait it all out at The Winchester, their local. It is not a good plan. Philip has already been bitten by the time they reach him and turns in the back of his car. Barbara, it emerges, was also bitten earlier and said nothing.

The group reaches The Winchester and barricades in. The pub fills with zombies. David — who spent the journey being cowardly and sanctimonious in roughly equal measure — is eventually dragged through a window and torn apart. Dianne disappears into the horde. Barbara turns, and Shaun has to put her down.

Ed is bitten during the final siege. Rather than tell Shaun, he stays behind to hold the pub long enough for Shaun and Liz to escape through the cellar. The army arrives and mops up.

In the epilogue, months later, life has largely resumed. Zombies are used for menial labour and game show fodder. Shaun and Liz are together and doing fine. In the shed out back, Ed — now fully zombified — is chained up with a games controller. Some friendships survive everything.