Best Movies and Shows on Prime Video

A broad catalog of originals and licensed titles, included with Amazon Prime.

Prime Video — Genre × Quality

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


Drama	28	55	85	239	1890
Thriller	14	35	46	127	1298
Action	14	30	48	109	1143
Comedy	9	22	35	136	1127
Fantasy	11	16	20	56	495
Horror	5	15	25	69	933
Kids	6	12	20	55	280
Romance	2	12	17	64	497
Sci-Fi	5	12	6	22	168

Fewer → More ranked titles

Each column shaded independently.

Drama has the most elite content (28 top-1% titles). Sci-Fi has the highest quality concentration — 11% of its ranked titles are in the top 10%.

Prime Video — Content by Decade

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

2020s

906

2010s

1,548

2000s

616

1990s

280

1980s

265

pre-1980

271

Top 1%

Top 5%

Top 10%

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Rest

Prime Video's 2010s content leads with 123 top-10% ranked titles. Their pre-1980 catalog has the highest quality density — 13% of ranked titles are in the top 10%.

Full Breakdown

Prime Video 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	#3 of 11	146	23	—	—	—	146	23	Top 54%
DramaDrama	#3 of 11	1660	168	1323	129	Top 52%	337	39	Top 51%
RomanceRomance	#3 of 11	449	31	448	31	Top 55%	1	—	Top 24%
ActionAction	#3 of 11	941	92	807	77	Top 58%	134	15	Top 67%
KidsKids	#5 of 11	275	38	201	26	Top 58%	74	12	Top 45%
FantasyFantasy	#3 of 11	423	47	277	24	Top 59%	146	23	Top 54%
ThrillerThriller	#2 of 11	1064	95	1064	95	Top 60%	—	—	—
ComedyComedy	#3 of 11	979	66	832	45	Top 61%	147	21	Top 36%
HorrorHorror	#2 of 11	721	45	721	45	Top 66%	—	—	—