Thriller's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2019 25 great titles Best: Parasite
  2. #2 2017 25 great titles Best: The Invisible Guest
  3. #3 2025 25 great titles Best: Counterattack
  4. #4 2026 25 great titles Best: The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
  5. #5 2023 25 great titles Best: Monster
  6. #6 2014 25 great titles Best: Whiplash
  7. #7 2018 25 great titles Best: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
  8. #8 2022 25 great titles Best: Thirteen Lives
  9. #9 2006 25 great titles Best: The Departed
  10. #10 2021 25 great titles Best: Nobody
  11. #11 2016 25 great titles Best: The Handmaiden
  12. #12 2024 25 great titles Best: Succubus
  13. #13 2009 25 great titles Best: Inglourious Basterds
  14. #14 2013 25 great titles Best: Prisoners
  15. #15 2007 25 great titles Best: No Country for Old Men
  16. #16 2015 25 great titles Best: Room
  17. #17 2011 25 great titles Best: Drive
  18. #18 2010 25 great titles Best: Shutter Island
  19. #19 2003 25 great titles Best: Oldboy
  20. #20 2020 25 great titles Best: The Heist of the Century
  21. #21 2012 25 great titles Best: The Dark Knight Rises
  22. #22 2008 25 great titles Best: The Dark Knight
  23. #23 2004 25 great titles Best: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  24. #24 2005 25 great titles Best: Lady Vengeance
  25. #25 1999 25 great titles Best: Fight Club
  26. #26 2000 25 great titles Best: Memento
  27. #27 2002 25 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs
  28. #28 1997 25 great titles Best: L.A. Confidential
  29. #29 2001 25 great titles Best: Mulholland Drive
  30. #30 1993 25 great titles Best: Bound by Honor
  31. #31 1976 25 great titles Best: All the President's Men
  32. #32 1996 25 great titles Best: Fargo
  33. #33 1972 25 great titles Best: Sleuth
  34. #34 1998 25 great titles Best: Perfect Blue
  35. #35 1995 25 great titles Best: Se7en
  36. #36 1990 25 great titles Best: Red Dawn
  37. #37 1964 25 great titles Best: Woman in the Dunes
  38. #38 1991 25 great titles Best: The Silence of the Lambs
  39. #39 1987 25 great titles Best: The Untouchables
  40. #40 1994 25 great titles Best: Pulp Fiction