Adventure's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Adventure? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Adventure titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2019 25 great titles Best: Avengers: Endgame
  2. #2 2021 25 great titles Best: Zack Snyder's Justice League
  3. #3 2018 25 great titles Best: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  4. #4 2015 25 great titles Best: Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
  5. #5 2024 25 great titles Best: The Wild Robot
  6. #6 2025 25 great titles Best: Counterattack
  7. #7 2014 25 great titles Best: Interstellar
  8. #8 2022 25 great titles Best: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  9. #9 2020 25 great titles Best: Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
  10. #10 2017 25 great titles Best: Coco
  11. #11 2023 25 great titles Best: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  12. #12 2026 25 great titles Best: Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
  13. #13 2009 25 great titles Best: Up
  14. #14 2012 25 great titles Best: The Avengers
  15. #15 2016 25 great titles Best: Zootopia
  16. #16 2002 25 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  17. #17 2003 25 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  18. #18 2011 25 great titles Best: Scooby-Doo! and the Robots
  19. #19 2013 25 great titles Best: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
  20. #20 2010 25 great titles Best: Inception
  21. #21 2004 25 great titles Best: Howl's Moving Castle
  22. #22 2005 25 great titles Best: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  23. #23 2000 25 great titles Best: Gladiator
  24. #24 2001 25 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  25. #25 2006 25 great titles Best: Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
  26. #26 2008 25 great titles Best: South Park: Imaginationland
  27. #27 2007 25 great titles Best: Into the Wild
  28. #28 1998 25 great titles Best: Mulan
  29. #29 1997 25 great titles Best: Princess Mononoke
  30. #30 1995 25 great titles Best: Toy Story
  31. #31 1982 25 great titles Best: The Plague Dogs
  32. #32 1986 25 great titles Best: Castle in the Sky
  33. #33 1999 25 great titles Best: Tarzan
  34. #34 1981 25 great titles Best: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  35. #35 1992 25 great titles Best: Porco Rosso
  36. #36 1970 25 great titles Best: A Touch of Zen
  37. #37 1987 25 great titles Best: Where Is The Friend's House?
  38. #38 1972 25 great titles Best: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  39. #39 1968 25 great titles Best: 2001: A Space Odyssey
  40. #40 1993 25 great titles Best: Jurassic Park