Best Movies and Shows on Netflix
The biggest name in streaming — originals, drama, and international hits.
Netflix — Genre × Quality
How ranked titles are distributed across genres and quality tiers. Stronger color = more ranked titles.
| Drama | 96 | 245 | 974 |
| Comedy | 56 | 151 | 693 |
| Action | 50 | 108 | 401 |
| Kids | 41 | 112 | 249 |
| Fantasy | 31 | 70 | 305 |
| Thriller | 25 | 68 | 331 |
| Sci-Fi | 17 | 42 | 186 |
| Romance | 12 | 44 | 257 |
| Horror | 16 | 32 | 139 |
Fewer → More ranked titles
Each column shaded independently.Drama has the most elite content (32 top-1% titles). Action 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.
2020s1,843
2010s1,050
2000s163
1990s65
1980s28
pre-198015
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Netflix's 2020s content leads with 194 top-10% ranked titles. Their pre-1980 catalog has the highest quality density — 53% 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.
| Genre | Rank | Total | Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sci-FiSci-Fi | #1 | 273 | 45 |
| ActionAction | #2 | 621 | 112 |
| FantasyFantasy | #1 | 451 | 76 |
| DramaDrama | #2 | 1447 | 228 |
| ThrillerThriller | #3 | 461 | 62 |
| KidsKids | #2 | 439 | 78 |
| HorrorHorror | #5 | 202 | 31 |
| RomanceRomance | #3 | 337 | 36 |
| ComedyComedy | #2 | 959 | 115 |
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Best Shows on Netflix
Top 1%
Breaking Bad
2008 · TV Show
Top 1%
Arcane
2021 · TV Show
Top 1%
Stranger Things
2016 · TV Show
Top 1%
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005 · TV Show
Top 1%
Dark
2017 · TV Show
Top 1%
The Queen's Gambit
2020 · TV Show
Top 1%
Peaky Blinders
2013 · TV Show
Top 1%
When Life Gives You Tangerines
2025 · TV Show
Top 1%
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019 · TV Show
Top 1%
One Piece
1999 · TV Show
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