Paramount Pictures's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2002 15 great titles Best: We Were Soldiers
  2. #2 2024 13 great titles Best: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  3. #3 2004 14 great titles Best: Collateral
  4. #4 1993 13 great titles Best: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  5. #5 1992 13 great titles Best: Juice
  6. #6 1986 12 great titles Best: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  7. #7 1996 12 great titles Best: Primal Fear
  8. #8 1994 12 great titles Best: Forrest Gump
  9. #9 1998 11 great titles Best: Saving Private Ryan
  10. #10 1997 11 great titles Best: Titanic
  11. #11 2009 11 great titles Best: Star Trek
  12. #12 1989 11 great titles Best: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  13. #13 2003 11 great titles Best: The School of Rock
  14. #14 2018 10 great titles Best: Instant Family
  15. #15 1990 10 great titles Best: The Godfather Part III
  16. #16 2019 10 great titles Best: Rocketman
  17. #17 2006 10 great titles Best: Last Holiday
  18. #18 2005 10 great titles Best: Coach Carter
  19. #19 2001 10 great titles Best: Enemy at the Gates
  20. #20 1983 10 great titles Best: Trading Places
  21. #21 2022 9 great titles Best: Top Gun: Maverick
  22. #22 2017 10 great titles Best: mother!
  23. #23 2021 9 great titles Best: A Quiet Place Part II
  24. #24 1984 9 great titles Best: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  25. #25 1999 9 great titles Best: Angela's Ashes
  26. #26 1991 9 great titles Best: The Addams Family
  27. #27 2016 9 great titles Best: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
  28. #28 2015 9 great titles Best: The Big Short
  29. #29 2011 9 great titles Best: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
  30. #30 2010 9 great titles Best: Shutter Island
  31. #31 1995 9 great titles Best: Clueless
  32. #32 1974 8 great titles Best: The Godfather Part II
  33. #33 2008 9 great titles Best: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  34. #34 1978 8 great titles Best: Days of Heaven
  35. #35 1987 8 great titles Best: The Untouchables
  36. #36 2007 8 great titles Best: Zodiac
  37. #37 1985 8 great titles Best: Clue
  38. #38 1988 8 great titles Best: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  39. #39 2013 8 great titles Best: Star Trek Into Darkness
  40. #40 1982 8 great titles Best: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan