Shocking's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

1. #1 2024 11 great titles Best: Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
2. #2 2025 10 great titles Best: S Line
3. #3 2023 9 great titles Best: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
4. #4 2018 9 great titles Best: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
5. #5 2020 9 great titles Best: Snowpiercer
6. #6 2022 8 great titles Best: All Quiet on the Western Front
7. #7 2019 7 great titles Best: Why Women Kill
8. #8 2026 7 great titles Best: Can This Love Be Translated?
9. #9 2021 7 great titles Best: Midnight Mass
10. #10 2016 6 great titles Best: The Handmaiden
11. #11 2008 5 great titles Best: The Wrestler
12. #12 2013 5 great titles Best: 12 Years a Slave
13. #13 2014 5 great titles Best: The Salt of the Earth
14. #14 2011 5 great titles Best: The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
15. #15 2010 5 great titles Best: The Yellow Sea