Crime's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2018 25 great titles Best: The Rookie
  2. #2 2021 25 great titles Best: Vincenzo
  3. #3 2017 25 great titles Best: Dark
  4. #4 2019 25 great titles Best: BEASTARS
  5. #5 2022 25 great titles Best: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  6. #6 2013 25 great titles Best: Peaky Blinders
  7. #7 2020 25 great titles Best: The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo
  8. #8 2014 25 great titles Best: Chicago P.D.
  9. #9 2023 25 great titles Best: Bloodhounds
  10. #10 2025 25 great titles Best: Dexter: Resurrection
  11. #11 2016 25 great titles Best: Lucifer
  12. #12 2015 25 great titles Best: Better Call Saul
  13. #13 2008 25 great titles Best: Breaking Bad
  14. #14 2010 25 great titles Best: Sherlock
  15. #15 2024 25 great titles Best: The Penguin
  16. #16 2002 25 great titles Best: The Wire
  17. #17 2007 25 great titles Best: Elite Squad
  18. #18 2011 25 great titles Best: Person of Interest
  19. #19 2026 25 great titles Best: The Punisher: One Last Kill
  20. #20 2005 25 great titles Best: Criminal Minds
  21. #21 2012 25 great titles Best: Line of Duty
  22. #22 2004 25 great titles Best: Monster
  23. #23 2009 25 great titles Best: White Collar
  24. #24 1999 25 great titles Best: The Sopranos
  25. #25 2006 25 great titles Best: Dexter
  26. #26 2003 25 great titles Best: Memories of Murder
  27. #27 2000 25 great titles Best: Requiem for a Dream
  28. #28 1996 25 great titles Best: Trainspotting
  29. #29 1995 25 great titles Best: Se7en
  30. #30 1993 25 great titles Best: The X-Files
  31. #31 1997 25 great titles Best: Oz
  32. #32 1988 25 great titles Best: Mississippi Burning
  33. #33 1994 25 great titles Best: The Shawshank Redemption
  34. #34 1998 25 great titles Best: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  35. #35 1991 25 great titles Best: The Silence of the Lambs
  36. #36 1973 25 great titles Best: The Sting
  37. #37 1971 25 great titles Best: A Clockwork Orange
  38. #38 1992 25 great titles Best: The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
  39. #39 1989 25 great titles Best: Agatha Christie's Poirot
  40. #40 1987 25 great titles Best: The Untouchables