Best Movies and Shows on Max
Prestige drama and blockbuster films from HBO and Warner Bros.
Max — Genre × Quality
How ranked titles are distributed across genres and quality tiers. Stronger color = more ranked titles.
| Drama | 56 | 116 | 297 |
| Fantasy | 23 | 33 | 91 |
| Comedy | 19 | 64 | 162 |
| Action | 19 | 44 | 100 |
| Horror | 15 | 24 | 59 |
| Thriller | 10 | 36 | 70 |
| Kids | 13 | 46 | 69 |
| Romance | 9 | 33 | 64 |
| Sci-Fi | 4 | 10 | 35 |
Fewer → More ranked titles
Each column shaded independently.Drama has the most elite content (32 top-1% titles). Horror has the highest quality concentration — 39% of its ranked titles are in the top 10%.
Max — Content by Decade
When ranked titles were released, colored by quality tier. Brighter = higher quality.
2020s268
2010s303
2000s151
1990s95
1980s55
pre-1980257
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Max's pre-1980 content leads with 92 top-10% ranked titles. Their pre-1980 catalog has the highest quality density — 36% of ranked titles are in the top 10%.
Full Breakdown
Max Genre Scorecard
Performance across 18 genres, ranked against 12 featured services. Click a genre for top titles.
| Genre | Rank | Total | Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sci-FiSci-Fi | #7 | 55 | 10 |
| FantasyFantasy | #4 | 193 | 69 |
| HorrorHorror | #4 | 136 | 53 |
| ActionAction | #6 | 199 | 55 |
| ThrillerThriller | #4 | 157 | 51 |
| DramaDrama | #4 | 571 | 158 |
| RomanceRomance | #4 | 131 | 34 |
| KidsKids | #6 | 152 | 37 |
| ComedyComedy | #6 | 286 | 60 |
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Top 1%
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2008 · Movie
Top 1%
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Movie
Top 1%
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Movie
Top 1%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Movie
Top 1%
Joker
2019 · Movie
Top 1%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Movie
Top 1%
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Movie
Top 1%
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2006 · Movie
Top 1%
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2021 · Movie
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