Some notable mentions:

Kasabian
https://music.apple.com/us/album/act-iii/1887548705

Ariana Grande:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/petal/1895420989

Previous rankings:

100 Best Dolby Atmos Movies

The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Demo Scene Ranking (with timestamps)

Every Dolby Atmos album ever recommended on Reddit

Top 15 Dolby Atmos scenes from articles and news only

View Poll

Here are the Dolby Atmos rankings I made so far:

• 100 Best Dolby Atmos Movies
• The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Demo Scene Ranking (with timestamps)
• Every Dolby Atmos album ever recommended on Reddit
• Top 15 Dolby Atmos scenes from articles and news only

What should the next one be? Drop it in the comments.

New stuff coming up next week. Some tracks are partially available.

As the title says, if you have a favorite artist, I can put together a playlist with all of their Dolby Atmos tracks.

In the comments, format your request as [Platform] - Artist Name
For example: [Tidal] - Metallica.

There is a lot of niche music on Rate Your Music website. I found the Top albums of 2026 and thought it would be cool to check how are these albums mixed for Dolby Atmos. I went through the top 100 and took whatever was available in Atmos. I'm not sure if the Atmos quality will be great, but it these were well rated in general.

Let me know what you think abut these.

#	RYM #	Artist	Album	Apple Music	Tidal
1	1	Geese	Getting Killed	Apple	Tidal
2	2	Deafheaven	Lonely People With Power	Apple	Tidal
3	3	Clipse	Let God Sort Em Out	Apple	Tidal
4	14	Ethel Cain	Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You	Apple	Tidal
5	27	The Protomen	Act III: This City Made Us	Apple	—
6	28	Little Simz	Lotus	Apple	Tidal
7	29	Rochelle Jordan	Through the Wall	Apple	Tidal
8	30	Milo J	La vida era más corta	Apple	—
9	47	Model/Actriz	Pirouette	Apple	Tidal
10	64	Mon Laferte	Femme fatale	Apple	—
11	68	FKA twigs	Eusexua	Apple	Tidal
12	82	Annahstasia	Tether	Apple	Tidal
13	88	Kali Uchis	Sincerely,	Apple	Tidal
14	97	Black Country, New Road	Forever Howlong	Apple	Tidal
15	99	Jae Stephens	Total Sellout	Apple	Tidal

Since I already have this data, I thought some of you might want to take a look.

Disclaimer: It's possible that some might not be available in Atmos (I didn't have time to check all carefully). The order is by score, but it's not that reliable, as most of them are just titles mentioned once on Reddit with a bunch of upvotes.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	Mentions	Sources
101	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	2017	7.07	1	1
102	The Amazing Spider-Man	2012	7.07	1	1
103	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	2013	7.06	4	4
104	District 9	2009	6.90	4	3
105	All Quiet on the Western Front	2022	6.83	6	5
106	The Invisible Man	2020	6.64	3	3
107	Elvis	2022	6.61	2	2
108	Transformers: The Last Knight	2017	6.45	4	3
109	Gladiator	2000	6.41	6	1
110	Angel Has Fallen	2019	6.41	3	3
111	The Matrix Revolutions	2003	6.11	3	3
112	mother!	2017	6.00	2	2
113	Nobody	2021	6.00	2	2
114	Kung Fu Panda	2008	5.90	2	2
115	Roger Waters The Wall	2014	5.90	2	2
116	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	2016	5.90	2	2
117	Joker	2019	5.73	3	3
118	La La Land	2016	5.50	5	5
119	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	2021	5.45	2	2
120	The Matrix Reloaded	2003	5.10	2	2
121	The Wild Robot	2024	5.05	2	2
122	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	2012	5.00	2	2
123	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	2014	5.00	2	2
124	The Power of the Dog	2021	5.00	2	2
125	Deadpool & Wolverine	2024	5.00	3	2
126	Jupiter Ascending	2015	4.90	1	1
127	Last Action Hero	1993	4.90	1	1
128	Pitch Black	2000	4.90	1	1
129	Rocketman	2019	4.90	1	1
130	San Andreas	2015	4.90	1	1
131	The Greatest Showman	2017	4.82	4	2
132	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	2023	4.73	2	2
133	Annihilation	2018	4.65	3	3
134	Spider-Man 2	2004	4.65	2	2
135	The House with a Clock in its Walls	2018	4.52	3	2
136	Bumblebee	2018	4.46	2	2
137	The Hurt Locker	2008	4.46	2	2
138	Alien: Covenant	2017	4.45	3	3
139	Final Destination: Bloodlines	2025	4.20	1	1
140	It	2017	4.16	2	2
141	Pride and Prejudice	2005	4.16	2	2
142	Weapons	2025	4.15	3	2
143	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	2018	4.06	2	2
144	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	4.00	4	3
145	Ratatouille	2007	4.00	2	2
146	Space Jam: A New Legacy	2021	4.00	2	2
147	The Matrix Resurrections	2021	4.00	2	2
148	The Martian	2015	3.92	3	3
149	Kingdom of Heaven	2005	3.90	1	1
150	A Complete Unknown	2024	3.75	1	1
151	Jaws	1975	3.75	2	2
152	Zack Snyder's Justice League	2021	3.73	3	1
153	The Creator	2023	3.73	2	2
154	10 Cloverfield Lane	2016	3.65	2	2
155	Leave the World Behind	2023	3.65	2	2
156	Superman	2025	3.61	1	1
157	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	2014	3.61	1	1
158	Godzilla	2014	3.46	2	2
159	Deadpool 2	2018	3.46	1	1
160	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	2021	3.46	1	1
161	Parasite	2019	3.46	1	1
162	The Northman	2022	3.46	1	1
163	Wonder Woman	2017	3.46	1	1
164	The Last Voyage of the Demeter	2023	3.45	1	1
165	Moonfall	2022	3.39	2	2
166	Pet Sematary	2019	3.32	1	1
167	Black Panther	2018	3.25	2	2
168	Coraline	2009	3.24	2	2
169	War for the Planet of the Apes	2017	3.24	2	2
170	Hamnet	2025	3.16	1	1
171	Haunted Mansion	2023	3.00	3	2
172	Incredibles 2	2018	3.00	2	2
173	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	2010	3.00	2	2
174	A Haunting in Venice	2023	3.00	1	1
175	Belfast	2021	3.00	1	1
176	Black Adam	2022	3.00	1	1
177	Conclave	2024	3.00	1	1
178	DC League of Super-Pets	2022	3.00	1	1
179	Everything Everywhere All at Once	2022	3.00	1	1
180	Frankenstein	2025	3.00	1	1
181	Mortal Kombat	2021	3.00	1	1
182	Swiss Army Man	2016	3.00	1	1
183	The Many Saints of Newark	2021	3.00	1	1
184	The Tomorrow War	2021	3.00	1	1
185	Thunderbolts	2025	3.00	1	1
186	Tom & Jerry	2021	3.00	1	1
187	Training Day	2001	3.00	1	1
188	Wicked	2024	3.00	1	1
189	A Star Is Born	2018	2.80	1	1
190	Ant-Man and the Wasp	2018	2.65	1	1
191	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	2022	2.65	1	1
192	The Princess and the Frog	2009	2.65	1	1
193	Stop Making Sense	1984	2.45	1	1
194	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning	2025	2.41	2	2
195	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	2019	2.41	2	2
196	Spider-Man: Homecoming	2017	2.27	2	2
197	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	2017	2.25	2	2
198	Hans Zimmer in Vienna	2018	2.24	1	1
199	John Williams in Berlin	2022	2.24	1	1
200	Logan	2017	2.13	1	1

A lot of you ask about physical Atmos media when I share rankings or recent/upcoming releases lists. Drop websites, and apps in the comments. Maybe it’s time to close the gap and bring the physical media release updates into one place as well?

You picked this one. One week ago I ran a poll on what the next data-driven ranking should be, and Best Dolby Atmos demo scenes won. I then asked r/DolbyAtmosContent, r/hometheater, r/4kbluray and r/movies to drop their favorite scenes in the comments, and folded those in with everything else I could find.

The result: 48 sources analyzed (24 Reddit threads, 16 publications and blogs, 8 YouTube videos), 716 scene mentions, narrowed to 354 ranked scenes. The ranked unit is a specific scene, not a whole film, with a timestamp so you can cue it up fast.

Full 100 list with links to streaming and physical, and nicer UI:

The Best Dolby Atmos Demo Scenes

The Top 50

Rank	Film	Scene	Year	Timestamp*	Score	Mentions	Sources
1	Ready Player One	Race scene	2018	00:14:00	132.48	33	26
2	Gravity	Drifting in Space	2013	Opening scene	75.84	23	17
3	Mad Max: Fury Road	Opening scene	2015	Opening scene	53.52	17	14
4	The Batman	Car chase	2022	01:18:00	46.48	14	13
5	A Quiet Place	Giving Birth	2018	00:58:40	41.94	11	10
6	Unbroken	Bombing Run	2014	Opening scene	38.58	10	9
7	Dune	The Sandworm Reveal	2021	01:00:00	34.40	11	11
8	Saving Private Ryan	Storming Omaha Beach	1998	00:04:32	29.63	10	8
9	Top Gun: Maverick	Actual flight mission scene	2022	01:34:50	29.51	10	10
10	Baby Driver	The Bellbottoms Bank Job	2017	Opening scene	27.11	9	9
11	Mad Max: Fury Road	The sandstorm chase	2015	00:26:00	21.49	9	8
12	Blade Runner 2049	Opening scene	2017	Opening scene	21.40	8	8
13	Mission: Impossible - Fallout	Helicopter Chase	2018	01:53:30	21.39	7	7
14	Top Gun: Maverick	Darkstar Mach 10 run	2022	00:05:43	20.83	8	7
15	Bohemian Rhapsody	Live Aid	2018	01:55:10	20.38	6	6
16	1917	Flares burning overhead	2019	01:07:00	18.99	8	6
17	1917	Biplane and barn sequence	2019	00:42:25	18.45	7	6
18	Kong: Skull Island	Opening dog-fight	2017	Opening scene	17.08	6	6
19	The Matrix	Lobby shootout	1999	01:41:05	16.90	5	5
20	Midway	Attack on Pearl Harbor	2019	01:15:48	16.84	6	6
21	Civil War	Battle for Washington, D.C.	2024	?	16.44	6	4
22	Kong: Skull Island	Kong's first appearance	2017	00:27:00	16.33	6	6
23	Deepwater Horizon	Explosion and aftermath	2016	01:02:39	16.18	5	5
24	1917	Desperate Sprint	2019	01:30:00	14.88	6	6
25	Ready Player One	Final battle sequence	2018	01:48:00	14.82	5	5
26	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Pod race	1999	00:59:50	14.31	7	6
27	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Jakku Falcon escape	2015	00:29:50	14.01	5	4
28	Blade Runner 2049	Final scene, flooding spinner	2017	02:18:40	13.48	4	4
29	Roma	The Rescue	2018	02:00:00	13.40	5	5
30	Mad Max: Fury Road	Coma-Doof Warrior chase	2015	00:16:00	13.02	5	5
31	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Mysterio in the shadows	2019	01:17:40	12.66	5	5
32	Avengers: Endgame	Cap with Mjolnir vs Thanos	2019	02:12:50	11.23	5	5
33	Blade Runner 2049	Walking through the Vegas ruins	2017	02:16:00	10.47	6	5
34	Edge of Tomorrow	Air drop, beach battle	2014	00:16:24	9.56	5	5
35	Sinners	'I Lied to You' song	2025	00:54:20	8.02	3	3
36	Hacksaw Ridge	Navy Cannon and Ridge Battle	2016	01:08:30	7.72	3	3
37	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	The first skirmish	2003	00:08:00	7.68	3	3
38	Blade Runner 2049	Flight to the Orphanage	2017	00:58:00	7.21	3	3
39	The Tomorrow War	Time Jumping to 2051	2021	00:32:25	7.12	3	3
40	Everest	Wind blows around the tents	2015	01:15:30	7.12	3	3
41	Ford v Ferrari	Car show plane fly-over	2019	00:44:23	7.12	3	3
42	Jurassic Park	T-Rex introduction scene	1993	01:03:01	6.92	3	3
43	Midway	Bombing the Japanese Fleet	2019	01:05:20	6.82	3	3
44	Angel Has Fallen	The Assassination Attempt	2019	00:19:34	6.73	2	2
45	The Power of the Dog	The Duelling Banjo	2021	00:47:00	6.73	2	2
46	6 Underground	First car chase scene	2019	00:05:20	6.47	3	3
47	Soul	The Great Before vs New York	2020	00:11:35	6.40	2	2
48	Star Trek Into Darkness	Opening, planet with exploding volcano	2013	Opening scene	6.13	3	3
49	Incredibles 2	Jack-Jack enters another dimension	2018	01:05:30	5.88	3	3
50	1917	Bunker collapse	2019	00:27:50	5.81	3	3

Everything below #50 drops off fast: those scenes were named by far fewer sources, so the tail of the ranking gets noisy. The full 100 is on the site.

*A note on timestamps

The timestamps are gathered from the sources and from web searches, so some may be off. One is blank, because I could not verify it. If you know a missing timestamp, or you spot one that is wrong, drop it in the comments.

How I scored it

The ranked unit here is a specific scene (for example "Mad Max: Fury Road, opening chase"), not a whole film. Scenes that different sources named differently were merged so they aggregate as one.

AV publications and review sites (16 sources, tier-weighted) What Hi-Fi, Sound & Vision, Cineluxe, hifi.de, Audio Advice, KEF and others. Sources rated top / high / mid / low based on editorial track record and home-theater credibility. Top-tier carries 3x weight; low-tier carries 0.25x, and any source not yet assessed defaults to low. If the source was a ranked list, position matters: #1 gets a 1.5x bonus, tapering to 1.05x for last place.

YouTube videos (8 videos) Audio Advice, Chris At The Movies, Theater At Home, Theater Advice, Youthman, Yuri Brus, Genius Home Theater. Scored by engagement. Keeps smaller-channel picks in the mix without letting a viral video dominate.

Reddit threads (24 threads analyzed) Pulled from r/hometheater, r/4kbluray, r/sonos, r/movies, r/MovieSuggestions and r/DolbyAtmosContent. Each mention is upvote-weighted on a logarithmic curve, so a highly-upvoted comment counts more, but the curve is capped: no single hot comment can outweigh a top-tier publication.

Breadth beats hype Every scene's score is then multiplied by a breadth based on how many separate sources picked it. A scene picked across twenty different threads, articles and videos rises well above one that a single viral comment happened to mention.

Missing your pick? Or you think it should be higher?

This is based on what exists publicly. I am going to re-run the algorithm in some time with this thread's comments as a new source. If your favorite Atmos scene is not here, or is not where it should be, drop it below. Upvoted comments weight more.

Data source with links and scoring code

Full source data, the Python scoring code, and the audit trail are on GitHub. Fork it, change the weights, run your own ranking if you wish.