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 | 47 | 100 | 267 |
| Fantasy | 19 | 32 | 81 |
| Action | 19 | 39 | 88 |
| Comedy | 17 | 57 | 144 |
| Thriller | 8 | 27 | 55 |
| Kids | 13 | 42 | 62 |
| Horror | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| Romance | 6 | 28 | 59 |
| Sci-Fi | 2 | 8 | 36 |
Fewer → More ranked titles
Each column shaded independently.Drama has the most elite content (32 top-1% titles). Horror has the highest quality concentration — 37% 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.
2020s253
2010s286
2000s132
1990s85
1980s46
pre-1980171
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Rest
Max's 2010s content leads with 69 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 | 52 | 8 |
| FantasyFantasy | #2 | 174 | 61 |
| ActionAction | #6 | 184 | 57 |
| HorrorHorror | #5 | 93 | 34 |
| ThrillerThriller | #5 | 123 | 41 |
| DramaDrama | #4 | 503 | 136 |
| RomanceRomance | #4 | 111 | 24 |
| KidsKids | #5 | 138 | 34 |
| ComedyComedy | #6 | 245 | 44 |
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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%
Your Name.
2016 · Movie
Top 1%
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2001 · Movie
Top 1%
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