Movies & TV
Films, series, villains, and iconic moments
Movies and TV is the category most people are most invested in, because film and television opinions feel personal in a way that, say, console preferences usually don't. The polls in this category cover director filmographies (Nolan, Tarantino, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, the Coens, Fincher, PTA, Wes Anderson), franchise tier lists (the MCU saga by saga, every Star Wars film, every Harry Potter, every James Bond actor), genre-defining lists (best sci-fi of all time, best horror, best thriller, best superhero film), and era retrospectives (best 80s movies, best 90s sitcoms, best 2000s TV shows, best of the 2010s). We also track character rankings within series — the Office, Friends, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad — because that's where the most arguments happen. Posters and stills are pulled from iTunes and Wikipedia so the tier list actually looks like the films you're ranking. The Movies & TV category gets the most votes overall of any category on Hot Ranking, and the consensus is rarely what you'd expect.
What you'll find in Movies & TV
Director filmographies
Rank every Nolan film, every Tarantino, every Kubrick, every Scorsese. The auteurs whose discographies generate the sharpest debates.
Franchise sagas
The MCU phase by phase, every Star Wars trilogy, every Harry Potter, the Bond and Batman actor lineages.
Genre GOATs
Best sci-fi. Best horror. Best thriller. Best rom-com. Genre tier lists where critics and audiences often disagree.
TV characters
Friends, The Office, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things — the casts whose individual rankings power the most heated arguments.
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All Movies & TV polls
Friends vs Seinfeld
The two greatest sitcoms of the 90s. Only one can reign.
Rank Disney Animated Classics
Lion King, Aladdin, Mulan — the Disney vault ranked.
+14 more Rank Friends Characters
Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey, Phoebe. Rank your faves.
+3 more Rank Pixar Movies
Toy Story, Up, Wall-E — the greatest animation studio ever? Rank them.
+11 more Rank 90s Movies
Titanic, The Matrix, Forrest Gump — which 90s film hits different?
+9 more Rank Harry Potter Movies
Sorcerer's Stone vs Deathly Hallows — rank the Wizarding World films.
+2 more Rank the Best Movies of 2025
Sinners, The Minecraft Movie, Thunderbolts... which film actually won 2025?
Rank Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Interstellar, The Matrix, 2001, Arrival — the ultimate sci-fi tier list.
+10 more Rank 2000s Animated Movies
Shrek, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles — the golden era of animated films.
+9 more Netflix vs Disney+ vs HBO Max
Cuál es la mejor plataforma de streaming? Solo hay una respuesta correcta.
+6 more Rank Marvel Cinematic Villains
From god-tier to mid, rank the MCU's rogues gallery.
+28 more Die Hard is a Christmas movie
It takes place on Christmas Eve. Case closed? You decide.
Rank 80s Movies
Back to the Future, Top Gun, The Breakfast Club — the greatest decade in film.
+10 more Rank The Office US Characters
Michael, Dwight, Jim, Pam — who's the real MVP of Dunder Mifflin?
+7 more The remake is better than the original
Is Hollywood's obsession with remakes actually producing better films?
Books vs Movies: Which is Better?
The movie is never as good as the book. Or is it?
Rank Best Time Travel Movies
Paradoxes, loops, and DeLoreans
Rank Euphoria Season 3 Characters
Season 3 is finally here after 4 years. Rank the Euphoria characters from S-tier to F-tier.
+2 more Rank 90s Disney Villains
The most iconic villain from the Disney Renaissance era?
+18 more Euphoria Season 3 es mejor que Season 1
Después de 4 años de espera, ¿el regreso de Euphoria valió la pena?
Rank Best Alien Invasion Movies
Earth vs. the unknown
Rank Best Biopic Films
Real lives, real drama
The Godfather vs Goodfellas
Two mafia masterpieces — which is the better crime film?
Joker vs Thanos
Greatest movie villains — chaos or inevitability?
How Movies & TV rankings work on Hot Ranking
Every poll in this category is curated by our editorial team — not auto-generated from a trending feed. We pick the topics we actually want to argue about, and we source a real image for every option (album art, posters, character portraits, dish photos). No emoji-only stand-ins. No broken images. If we can't find a clean visual for a candidate, we don't include it.
Votes are anonymous and one-per-poll-per-browser, enforced by a hashed fingerprint that can't identify you personally. Aggregated results update in real time so you can see how your tier list compares to the movies & tv consensus as soon as you submit.
Want to suggest a new movies & tv ranking? Use the Create a Poll page, or email polls@hotranking.app. For longer reads on tier-list culture and the great GOAT debates, see our blog or the methodology page.