Provided are a resist composition that can improve coatability (coating film formability) with respect to a substrate in spin coating and close adherence of a resist film and that can form a good pattern, and a resist film in which a good pattern is formed. The resist composition contains a polymer, a solvent, and an aromatic vinyl monomer, and has a content of the aromatic vinyl monomer relative to the polymer of not less than 10 mass ppm and not more than 30,000 mass ppm.