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The Best Movie in Every Genre

According to real audience votes. The #1 film in each of 18 genres, plus runners-up.

Drama
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Crime · 29,923 votes
95%
Schindler's List 93% The Godfather 90% The Godfather Part II 89%
Comedy
Forrest Gump
1994 · Drama, Romance · 29,379 votes
94%
Pulp Fiction 91% Parasite 89% Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 81%
Thriller
The Dark Knight
2008 · Action, Crime · 35,332 votes
92%
Fight Club 92% Pulp Fiction 91% Parasite 89%
Action
Seven Samurai
1954 · Drama · 4,140 votes
93%
The Dark Knight 92% Inception 87% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 85%
Romance
Your Name.
2016 · Animation, Drama · 12,351 votes
95%
Forrest Gump 94% Cinema Paradiso 93% Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 81%
Adventure
Interstellar
2014 · Drama, Science Fiction · 39,138 votes
92%
Inception 87% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 86% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 85%
Horror
The Shining
1980 · Thriller · 18,695 votes
88%
Alien 87% The Thing 87% Psycho 85%
Crime
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · 29,923 votes
95%
The Dark Knight 92% The Godfather 90% The Godfather Part II 89%
Science Fiction
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Adventure, Action · 18,164 votes
94%
Interstellar 92% Inception 87% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 82%
Fantasy
Spirited Away
2001 · Animation, Family · 18,061 votes
95%
The Green Mile 91% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 86% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 85%
Family
Spirited Away
2001 · Animation, Fantasy · 18,061 votes
95%
The Lion King 89% It's a Wonderful Life 88% The Wild Robot 86%
Mystery
Se7en
1995 · Crime, Thriller · 22,770 votes
91%
Rear Window 91% Shutter Island 89% Psycho 85%
Animation
Spirited Away
2001 · Family, Fantasy · 18,061 votes
95%
Your Name. 95% Howl's Moving Castle 95% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 82%
History
Schindler's List
1993 · Drama, War · 17,214 votes
93%
Hacksaw Ridge 93% Saving Private Ryan 91% Green Book 91%
War
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Animation, Drama · 6,403 votes
96%
The Pianist 94% Schindler's List 93% Apocalypse Now 89%
Music
The Legend of 1900
1998 · Drama · 2,413 votes
94%
Whiplash 92% Coco 88% Soul 86%
Documentary
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022 · 3,496 votes
81%
Western
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 · 9,483 votes
91%
Django Unchained 91% For a Few Dollars More 83% Once Upon a Time in the West 82%

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