Best Movies and Shows on Hulu

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Hulu — Genre × Quality

How ranked titles are distributed across genres and quality tiers. Stronger color = more ranked titles.


Drama	14	39	36	80	278
Action	14	30	24	40	134
Comedy	10	24	32	66	217
Kids	9	19	32	61	104
Fantasy	8	20	22	29	113
Sci-Fi	5	15	13	19	81
Thriller	6	16	9	30	112
Horror	2	12	9	18	89
Romance	2	3	7	17	37

Fewer → More ranked titles

Each column shaded independently.

Drama has the most elite content (14 top-1% titles). Action has the highest quality concentration — 28% of its ranked titles are in the top 10%.

Hulu — Content by Decade

When ranked titles were released, colored by quality tier. Brighter = higher quality.

2020s

517

2010s

342

2000s

167

1990s

1980s

pre-1980

Top 1%

Top 5%

Top 10%

Top 25%

Rest

Hulu's 2020s content leads with 79 top-10% ranked titles. Their 1980s catalog has the highest quality density — 48% of ranked titles are in the top 10%.

Full Breakdown

Hulu Genre Scorecard

Performance across 18 genres, ranked against 12 featured services. Click a genre for top titles.

		Movies			TV Shows
Genre	Rank	Total	Top 10%	Ranked Titles	Top 10%	Median Title Quality ↑	Ranked Titles	Top 10%	Median Title Quality
Sci-FiSci-Fi	#2 of 11	133	33	—	—	—	133	33	Top 38%
FantasyFantasy	#6 of 11	192	50	59	17	Top 28%	133	33	Top 38%
RomanceRomance	#7 of 11	66	12	66	12	Top 30%	—	—	—
KidsKids	#3 of 11	225	60	86	20	Top 32%	139	40	Top 28%
ActionAction	#4 of 11	242	68	131	35	Top 34%	111	33	Top 28%
DramaDrama	#5 of 11	447	89	211	40	Top 39%	236	49	Top 43%
ComedyComedy	#5 of 11	349	66	181	26	Top 47%	168	40	Top 31%
HorrorHorror	#8 of 11	130	23	130	23	Top 47%	—	—	—
ThrillerThriller	#7 of 11	173	31	173	31	Top 48%	—	—	—