Paramount Pictures's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 1932 17 great titles Best: Trouble in Paradise
  2. #2 2002 17 great titles Best: We Were Soldiers
  3. #3 1992 16 great titles Best: The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
  4. #4 1994 16 great titles Best: Forrest Gump
  5. #5 1990 15 great titles Best: The Godfather Part III
  6. #6 1997 15 great titles Best: Titanic
  7. #7 1991 15 great titles Best: The Addams Family
  8. #8 1993 15 great titles Best: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  9. #9 2004 15 great titles Best: Collateral
  10. #10 2003 15 great titles Best: Tupac: Resurrection
  11. #11 1942 14 great titles Best: The Major and the Minor
  12. #12 1996 14 great titles Best: Primal Fear
  13. #13 2024 13 great titles Best: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  14. #14 1998 13 great titles Best: Saving Private Ryan
  15. #15 1986 13 great titles Best: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  16. #16 1984 13 great titles Best: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  17. #17 1983 13 great titles Best: Trading Places
  18. #18 2001 13 great titles Best: Enemy at the Gates
  19. #19 1989 13 great titles Best: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  20. #20 1974 12 great titles Best: The Godfather Part II
  21. #21 1966 12 great titles Best: El Dorado
  22. #22 2000 13 great titles Best: Wonder Boys
  23. #23 1999 12 great titles Best: Angela's Ashes
  24. #24 2009 12 great titles Best: Star Trek
  25. #25 2005 12 great titles Best: Coach Carter
  26. #26 1969 12 great titles Best: True Grit
  27. #27 1960 12 great titles Best: The Savage Innocents
  28. #28 1982 12 great titles Best: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  29. #29 1968 11 great titles Best: Once Upon a Time in the West
  30. #30 1995 12 great titles Best: Clueless
  31. #31 1955 11 great titles Best: To Catch a Thief
  32. #32 1944 11 great titles Best: Double Indemnity
  33. #33 2018 11 great titles Best: Instant Family
  34. #34 1933 11 great titles Best: Duck Soup
  35. #35 1985 11 great titles Best: Clue
  36. #36 2010 11 great titles Best: Shutter Island
  37. #37 2022 10 great titles Best: Top Gun: Maverick
  38. #38 1953 10 great titles Best: Roman Holiday
  39. #39 2015 11 great titles Best: The Big Short
  40. #40 2021 10 great titles Best: A Quiet Place Part II