New Line Cinema's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 1997 13 great titles Best: Boogie Nights
  2. #2 1996 13 great titles Best: Set It Off
  3. #3 1998 10 great titles Best: American History X
  4. #4 2001 10 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  5. #5 2019 10 great titles Best: His Dark Materials
  6. #6 2005 11 great titles Best: A History of Violence
  7. #7 2016 10 great titles Best: Me Before You
  8. #8 2000 10 great titles Best: Love & Basketball
  9. #9 1994 10 great titles Best: The Mask
  10. #10 2008 10 great titles Best: Appaloosa
  11. #11 2002 9 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  12. #12 2007 9 great titles Best: Fracture
  13. #13 2003 9 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  14. #14 1995 9 great titles Best: Se7en
  15. #15 2006 9 great titles Best: Little Children
  16. #16 1993 9 great titles Best: Menace II Society
  17. #17 2004 8 great titles Best: The Notebook
  18. #18 1999 8 great titles Best: Magnolia
  19. #19 2009 8 great titles Best: My Sister's Keeper
  20. #20 2014 7 great titles Best: If I Stay
  21. #21 1992 7 great titles Best: Deep Cover
  22. #22 2013 6 great titles Best: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  23. #23 2017 6 great titles Best: It
  24. #24 2018 6 great titles Best: Creed II
  25. #25 1988 6 great titles Best: Freddy's Nightmares
  26. #26 2011 6 great titles Best: Horrible Bosses
  27. #27 2025 5 great titles Best: Weapons
  28. #28 2021 5 great titles Best: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
  29. #29 2022 5 great titles Best: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
  30. #30 2024 5 great titles Best: Caddo Lake
  31. #31 1991 5 great titles Best: My Own Private Idaho