Kidnapping's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Kidnapping? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Kidnapping 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: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
  2. #2 2016 25 great titles Best: Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
  3. #3 2017 25 great titles Best: Get Out
  4. #4 2014 25 great titles Best: Doctor Stranger
  5. #5 2015 25 great titles Best: Room
  6. #6 2019 22 great titles Best: Strangers from Hell
  7. #7 2020 21 great titles Best: Greenland
  8. #8 2008 19 great titles Best: The Chaser
  9. #9 2010 19 great titles Best: Inception
  10. #10 2024 16 great titles Best: When the Phone Rings
  11. #11 2007 17 great titles Best: Gone Baby Gone
  12. #12 2009 16 great titles Best: The Secret in Their Eyes
  13. #13 2013 15 great titles Best: Prisoners
  14. #14 2022 14 great titles Best: KinnPorsche: The Series
  15. #15 2023 14 great titles Best: Sound of Freedom
  16. #16 2012 15 great titles Best: The Imposter
  17. #17 2004 14 great titles Best: Man on Fire
  18. #18 2006 13 great titles Best: The Last King of Scotland
  19. #19 2021 12 great titles Best: The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
  20. #20 2011 13 great titles Best: Vera
  21. #21 1974 12 great titles Best: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  22. #22 2003 11 great titles Best: The Triplets of Belleville
  23. #23 1985 11 great titles Best: Fortress
  24. #24 2025 10 great titles Best: All Her Fault
  25. #25 2001 10 great titles Best: Monsters, Inc.
  26. #26 2000 10 great titles Best: Suzhou River
  27. #27 1997 9 great titles Best: Four Days in September
  28. #28 2026 8 great titles Best: Protector
  29. #29 2002 8 great titles Best: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
  30. #30 1993 8 great titles Best: Crime Story
  31. #31 1982 8 great titles Best: The Shadow Riders
  32. #32 1996 7 great titles Best: Fargo
  33. #33 1988 7 great titles Best: The Vanishing
  34. #34 1999 7 great titles Best: Garage Olimpo
  35. #35 1980 7 great titles Best: Nine to Five
  36. #36 1977 6 great titles Best: An Average Little Man
  37. #37 1992 6 great titles Best: Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine
  38. #38 1976 6 great titles Best: Family Plot
  39. #39 1994 6 great titles Best: True Lies
  40. #40 1978 6 great titles Best: The Wild Geese