Science Fiction's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2021 25 great titles Best: Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
  2. #2 2024 25 great titles Best: The Wild Robot
  3. #3 2013 25 great titles Best: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
  4. #4 2018 25 great titles Best: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  5. #5 2025 25 great titles Best: Predator: Badlands
  6. #6 2022 25 great titles Best: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
  7. #7 2023 25 great titles Best: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  8. #8 2014 25 great titles Best: Interstellar
  9. #9 2009 25 great titles Best: Mr. Nobody
  10. #10 2017 25 great titles Best: Logan
  11. #11 2006 25 great titles Best: The Prestige
  12. #12 2015 25 great titles Best: Regular Show: The Movie
  13. #13 2020 25 great titles Best: Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
  14. #14 2019 25 great titles Best: Avengers: Endgame
  15. #15 2026 25 great titles Best: Project Hail Mary
  16. #16 2016 25 great titles Best: Arrival
  17. #17 2007 25 great titles Best: The Man from Earth
  18. #18 2011 25 great titles Best: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  19. #19 2010 25 great titles Best: Inception
  20. #20 2012 25 great titles Best: The Avengers
  21. #21 2004 25 great titles Best: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  22. #22 2008 25 great titles Best: WALL·E
  23. #23 2002 25 great titles Best: Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
  24. #24 1997 25 great titles Best: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
  25. #25 1986 25 great titles Best: Aliens
  26. #26 1985 25 great titles Best: Back to the Future
  27. #27 1999 25 great titles Best: The Matrix
  28. #28 2005 25 great titles Best: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  29. #29 2001 25 great titles Best: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
  30. #30 1995 25 great titles Best: Ghost in the Shell
  31. #31 1987 25 great titles Best: Predator
  32. #32 1993 25 great titles Best: Jurassic Park
  33. #33 1984 25 great titles Best: The Terminator
  34. #34 1991 25 great titles Best: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  35. #35 2003 25 great titles Best: The Animatrix
  36. #36 1990 25 great titles Best: Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
  37. #37 1988 25 great titles Best: Akira
  38. #38 2000 25 great titles Best: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
  39. #39 1998 25 great titles Best: Dark City
  40. #40 1989 25 great titles Best: Back to the Future Part II