Adventure's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Adventure? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Adventure 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: Avengers: Endgame
  2. #2 2021 25 great titles Best: Zack Snyder's Justice League
  3. #3 2018 25 great titles Best: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  4. #4 2024 25 great titles Best: The Wild Robot
  5. #5 2014 25 great titles Best: Interstellar
  6. #6 2015 25 great titles Best: Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
  7. #7 2022 25 great titles Best: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  8. #8 2025 25 great titles Best: Counterattack
  9. #9 2020 25 great titles Best: Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
  10. #10 2023 25 great titles Best: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  11. #11 2017 25 great titles Best: Coco
  12. #12 2016 25 great titles Best: Zootopia
  13. #13 2009 25 great titles Best: Up
  14. #14 2002 25 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  15. #15 2003 25 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  16. #16 2012 25 great titles Best: The Avengers
  17. #17 2004 25 great titles Best: Howl's Moving Castle
  18. #18 2013 25 great titles Best: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
  19. #19 2010 25 great titles Best: Inception
  20. #20 2005 25 great titles Best: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  21. #21 2006 25 great titles Best: Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
  22. #22 2011 25 great titles Best: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  23. #23 2026 25 great titles Best: Swapped
  24. #24 2001 25 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  25. #25 2000 25 great titles Best: Gladiator
  26. #26 2007 25 great titles Best: Into the Wild
  27. #27 1997 25 great titles Best: Princess Mononoke
  28. #28 2008 25 great titles Best: Iron Man
  29. #29 1998 25 great titles Best: Mulan
  30. #30 1999 25 great titles Best: Tarzan
  31. #31 1995 25 great titles Best: Toy Story
  32. #32 1996 25 great titles Best: Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
  33. #33 1986 25 great titles Best: Castle in the Sky
  34. #34 1993 25 great titles Best: Jurassic Park
  35. #35 1982 25 great titles Best: The Plague Dogs
  36. #36 1981 25 great titles Best: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  37. #37 1985 25 great titles Best: Back to the Future
  38. #38 1983 25 great titles Best: Return of the Jedi
  39. #39 1994 25 great titles Best: Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
  40. #40 1987 25 great titles Best: Where Is The Friend's House?