diff --git a/templates/components/filter_bar.gohtml b/templates/components/filter_bar.gohtml
index 9d86587..3e2d660 100644
--- a/templates/components/filter_bar.gohtml
+++ b/templates/components/filter_bar.gohtml
@@ -106,15 +106,14 @@
         {{if .OrderBy}}<input type="hidden" name="order_by" value="{{.OrderBy}}">{{end}}
         {{if .Sort}}<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{{.Sort}}">{{end}}
         <input type="hidden" name="sfw" value="{{.SFW}}">
-        {{range .GenresList}}
-          {{$genreID := .MalID}}
-          {{$isSelected := hasGenre $genreID $selectedGenreIDs}}
-          <label class="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-hover hover:text-foreground">
-            <input id="genre-{{.MalID}}" type="checkbox" class="sr-only" name="genres" value="{{.MalID}}" data-checkbox-visual data-genre-visual {{if $isSelected}}checked{{end}}>
-            <div class="flex h-5 w-5 items-center justify-center border-2 transition-colors {{if $isSelected}}border-accent bg-foreground-muted/12{{else}}border-white/45 bg-transparent{{end}}">
-              <svg class="{{if not $isSelected}}hidden {{end}}h-3.5 w-3.5 text-accent" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="3"><path d="M20 6 9 17l-5-5" /></svg>
+        {{range orderedGenres .GenresList $selectedGenreIDs}}
+          {{$genre := .Genre}}
+          <label class="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-hover hover:text-foreground {{if .StartsInactive}}border-t border-white/15 mt-1 pt-2{{end}}">
+            <input id="genre-{{$genre.MalID}}" type="checkbox" class="sr-only" name="genres" value="{{$genre.MalID}}" data-checkbox-visual data-genre-visual {{if .Selected}}checked{{end}}>
+            <div class="flex h-5 w-5 items-center justify-center border-2 transition-colors {{if .Selected}}border-accent bg-foreground-muted/12{{else}}border-white/45 bg-transparent{{end}}">
+              <svg class="{{if not .Selected}}hidden {{end}}h-3.5 w-3.5 text-accent" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="3"><path d="M20 6 9 17l-5-5" /></svg>
             </div>
-            {{.Name}}
+            {{$genre.Name}}
           </label>
         {{end}}
       </form>
diff --git a/templates/funcs.go b/templates/funcs.go
index fdea393..8507934 100644
--- a/templates/funcs.go
+++ b/templates/funcs.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
+	"mal/internal/domain"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"slices"
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+type genreOption struct {
+	Genre          domain.Genre
+	Selected       bool
+	StartsInactive bool
+}
+
 func dict(values ...any) (map[string]any, error) {
 	if len(values)%2 != 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dict expects even number of values, got %d", len(values))
@@ -160,6 +167,31 @@ func hasGenre(id int, genres []int) bool {
 	return slices.Contains(genres, id)
 }
 
+func orderedGenreOptions(genres []domain.Genre, selectedGenres []int) []genreOption {
+	selected := make(map[int]struct{}, len(selectedGenres))
+	for _, genreID := range selectedGenres {
+		selected[genreID] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	out := make([]genreOption, 0, len(genres))
+	inactive := make([]genreOption, 0, len(genres))
+	for _, genre := range genres {
+		_, isSelected := selected[genre.MalID]
+		option := genreOption{Genre: genre, Selected: isSelected}
+		if isSelected {
+			out = append(out, option)
+			continue
+		}
+		inactive = append(inactive, option)
+	}
+
+	if len(out) > 0 && len(inactive) > 0 {
+		inactive[0].StartsInactive = true
+	}
+
+	return append(out, inactive...)
+}
+
 func div(a, b float64) float64 {
 	if b == 0 {
 		return 0
diff --git a/templates/funcs_test.go b/templates/funcs_test.go
index 8639f97..8b1dfde 100644
--- a/templates/funcs_test.go
+++ b/templates/funcs_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package templates
 
 import (
 	"html/template"
+	"mal/internal/domain"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -445,6 +446,63 @@ func TestGenresParamsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOrderedGenreOptionsSelectedFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	got := orderedGenreOptions(
+		[]domain.Genre{
+			{MalID: 1, Name: "Action"},
+			{MalID: 2, Name: "Comedy"},
+			{MalID: 3, Name: "Shounen"},
+			{MalID: 4, Name: "Drama"},
+		},
+		[]int{3, 1},
+	)
+
+	wantIDs := []int{1, 3, 2, 4}
+	if len(got) != len(wantIDs) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d genres, got %d", len(wantIDs), len(got))
+	}
+	for i, wantID := range wantIDs {
+		if got[i].Genre.MalID != wantID {
+			t.Fatalf("genre at index %d = %d, want %d", i, got[i].Genre.MalID, wantID)
+		}
+	}
+	if !got[0].Selected || !got[1].Selected {
+		t.Fatalf("expected first two genres to be selected, got %+v", got[:2])
+	}
+	if !got[2].StartsInactive {
+		t.Fatalf("expected first inactive genre to start divider, got %+v", got[2])
+	}
+	if got[3].StartsInactive {
+		t.Fatalf("expected divider only on first inactive genre, got %+v", got[3])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOrderedGenreOptionsNoSelectedGenresPreservesOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	got := orderedGenreOptions(
+		[]domain.Genre{
+			{MalID: 1, Name: "Action"},
+			{MalID: 2, Name: "Comedy"},
+		},
+		nil,
+	)
+
+	for i, option := range got {
+		if option.Selected {
+			t.Fatalf("expected genre at index %d to be inactive", i)
+		}
+		if option.StartsInactive {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no inactive divider without active genres")
+		}
+		if option.Genre.MalID != i+1 {
+			t.Fatalf("genre at index %d = %d, want %d", i, option.Genre.MalID, i+1)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPosterURLWebp(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/templates/renderer.go b/templates/renderer.go
index 103fb2c..1d3ce4f 100644
--- a/templates/renderer.go
+++ b/templates/renderer.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func rendererFuncs() template.FuncMap {
 		"browseURL":         browseURL,
 		"genresParams":      genresParams,
 		"hasGenre":          hasGenre,
+		"orderedGenres":     orderedGenreOptions,
 		"add":               func(a, b int) int { return a + b },
 		"sub":               func(a, b int) int { return a - b },
 		"mul":               func(a, b float64) float64 { return a * b },