Torture's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

1. #1 2010 17 great titles Best: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2. #2 2009 16 great titles Best: Law Abiding Citizen
3. #3 2007 16 great titles Best: An American Crime
4. #4 2006 11 great titles Best: V for Vendetta
5. #5 2014 11 great titles Best: Tokyo Ghoul
6. #6 2008 11 great titles Best: Martyrs
7. #7 2011 12 great titles Best: Snowtown
8. #8 2018 10 great titles Best: Goblin Slayer
9. #9 2019 9 great titles Best: Dororo
10. #10 1977 9 great titles Best: An Average Little Man
11. #11 2012 9 great titles Best: Psycho-Pass
12. #12 1970 9 great titles Best: The Confession
13. #13 2015 9 great titles Best: Gangsta.
14. #14 2017 8 great titles Best: The Handmaid's Tale
15. #15 2005 8 great titles Best: Earthlings
16. #16 2013 8 great titles Best: The Railway Man
17. #17 2003 7 great titles Best: Oldboy
18. #18 2016 7 great titles Best: The Good Place
19. #19 1972 7 great titles Best: State of Siege
20. #20 2020 7 great titles Best: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
21. #21 2022 6 great titles Best: KinnPorsche: The Series
22. #22 1976 6 great titles Best: The Wing or the Thigh?
23. #23 1980 6 great titles Best: Cannibal Holocaust
24. #24 2004 5 great titles Best: The Passion of the Christ
25. #25 1997 5 great titles Best: Berserk
26. #26 2025 5 great titles Best: Dhurandhar
27. #27 1985 5 great titles Best: Kiss of the Spider Woman