Best Movies and Shows on Netflix

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Netflix — Genre × Quality

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


Drama	23	105	96	242	956
Comedy	9	53	58	147	631
Action	12	42	48	106	380
Kids	9	27	44	120	233
Fantasy	9	33	33	78	294
Thriller	6	27	23	61	304
Sci-Fi	6	20	19	45	186
Romance	6	19	11	41	218
Horror	3	14	14	28	109

Fewer → More ranked titles

Each column shaded independently.

Drama has the most elite content (23 top-1% titles). Kids has the highest quality concentration — 18% of its ranked titles are in the top 10%.

Netflix — Content by Decade

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

2020s

1,739

2010s

1,023

2000s

144

1990s

1980s

pre-1980

Top 1%

Top 5%

Top 10%

Top 25%

Rest

Netflix's 2020s content leads with 181 top-10% ranked titles. Their pre-1980 catalog has the highest quality density — 44% of ranked titles are in the top 10%.

Full Breakdown

Netflix 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	#1 of 11	276	45	—	—	—	276	45	Top 44%
ActionAction	#1 of 11	588	102	369	63	Top 34%	219	39	Top 47%
FantasyFantasy	#1 of 11	447	75	171	30	Top 37%	276	45	Top 44%
KidsKids	#2 of 11	433	80	226	36	Top 40%	207	44	Top 33%
HorrorHorror	#4 of 11	168	31	168	31	Top 41%	—	—	—
DramaDrama	#2 of 11	1422	224	753	121	Top 41%	669	103	Top 43%
ThrillerThriller	#3 of 11	421	56	421	56	Top 43%	—	—	—
RomanceRomance	#2 of 11	295	36	295	36	Top 46%	—	—	—
ComedyComedy	#2 of 11	898	120	588	61	Top 49%	310	59	Top 37%