Best Movies and Shows on Netflix

The biggest name in streaming — originals, drama, and international hits.

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43 curated titles ranked by quality

Netflix — Genre × Quality

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


Drama	22	104	97	239	921
Comedy	11	54	59	148	578
Action	9	41	47	103	342
Kids	9	30	46	122	207
Fantasy	8	37	35	78	289
Sci-Fi	6	25	18	43	187
Thriller	5	23	18	53	259
Romance	4	20	14	39	210
Horror	2	10	12	22	88

Fewer → More ranked titles

Each column shaded independently.

Drama has the most elite content (22 top-1% titles). Kids has the highest quality concentration — 21% 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

1,670

2010s

991

2000s

144

1990s

1980s

pre-1980

Top 1%

Top 5%

Top 10%

Top 25%

Rest

Netflix's 2020s content leads with 184 top-10% ranked titles. Their 1980s catalog has the highest quality density — 28% 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	279	49	—	—	—	279	49	Top 43%
ActionAction	#1 of 11	542	97	320	56	Top 33%	222	41	Top 45%
KidsKids	#1 of 11	414	85	206	39	Top 36%	208	46	Top 32%
FantasyFantasy	#1 of 11	447	80	168	31	Top 37%	279	49	Top 43%
HorrorHorror	#6 of 11	134	24	134	24	Top 37%	—	—	—
DramaDrama	#2 of 11	1383	223	716	115	Top 41%	667	108	Top 43%
ThrillerThriller	#4 of 11	358	46	358	46	Top 43%	—	—	—
RomanceRomance	#3 of 11	287	38	287	38	Top 45%	—	—	—
ComedyComedy	#1 of 11	850	124	545	64	Top 46%	305	60	Top 35%