Murder's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2016 25 great titles Best: Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
  2. #2 2021 25 great titles Best: Mare of Easttown
  3. #3 2020 25 great titles Best: Defending Jacob
  4. #4 2017 25 great titles Best: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  5. #5 2019 25 great titles Best: The Promised Neverland
  6. #6 2018 25 great titles Best: Girl from Nowhere
  7. #7 2025 25 great titles Best: Dexter: Resurrection
  8. #8 2013 25 great titles Best: Peaky Blinders
  9. #9 2015 25 great titles Best: Death Parade
  10. #10 2022 25 great titles Best: Big Mouth
  11. #11 2014 25 great titles Best: True Detective
  12. #12 2023 25 great titles Best: Love & Death
  13. #13 2024 25 great titles Best: The Judge from Hell
  14. #14 2010 25 great titles Best: Sherlock
  15. #15 2009 25 great titles Best: The Secret in Their Eyes
  16. #16 2007 25 great titles Best: Hot Fuzz
  17. #17 2006 25 great titles Best: Death Note
  18. #18 2003 25 great titles Best: Memories of Murder
  19. #19 1995 25 great titles Best: Se7en
  20. #20 2008 25 great titles Best: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
  21. #21 2012 25 great titles Best: The Body
  22. #22 2000 25 great titles Best: Memento
  23. #23 2004 25 great titles Best: Hotel Rwanda
  24. #24 2002 25 great titles Best: Dolls
  25. #25 1990 25 great titles Best: GoodFellas
  26. #26 1972 25 great titles Best: Don't Torture a Duckling
  27. #27 1974 25 great titles Best: The Godfather Part II
  28. #28 2011 25 great titles Best: Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda
  29. #29 1988 25 great titles Best: Die Hard
  30. #30 1971 25 great titles Best: Columbo
  31. #31 1997 25 great titles Best: Lost Highway
  32. #32 1996 25 great titles Best: Fargo
  33. #33 1999 25 great titles Best: Boys Don't Cry
  34. #34 1976 25 great titles Best: Network
  35. #35 1984 25 great titles Best: Once Upon a Time in America
  36. #36 1998 25 great titles Best: The Negotiator
  37. #37 1981 25 great titles Best: Possession
  38. #38 1973 25 great titles Best: The Long Goodbye
  39. #39 1982 25 great titles Best: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  40. #40 1987 25 great titles Best: Inspector Morse