Kidnapping's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2018 21 great titles Best: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
  2. #2 2017 18 great titles Best: Get Out
  3. #3 2016 16 great titles Best: Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
  4. #4 2014 15 great titles Best: Doctor Stranger
  5. #5 2007 14 great titles Best: Gone Baby Gone
  6. #6 2015 13 great titles Best: Room
  7. #7 2024 12 great titles Best: Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart!
  8. #8 2019 12 great titles Best: Strangers from Hell
  9. #9 2021 11 great titles Best: The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
  10. #10 2020 11 great titles Best: Greenland
  11. #11 2010 11 great titles Best: Inception
  12. #12 2006 11 great titles Best: The Last King of Scotland
  13. #13 2008 10 great titles Best: The Chaser
  14. #14 2013 10 great titles Best: Prisoners
  15. #15 2009 10 great titles Best: The Secret in Their Eyes
  16. #16 2025 9 great titles Best: All Her Fault
  17. #17 2023 9 great titles Best: Sound of Freedom
  18. #18 2022 8 great titles Best: KinnPorsche: The Series
  19. #19 2026 8 great titles Best: Protector
  20. #20 2012 9 great titles Best: Holy Motors
  21. #21 2004 8 great titles Best: Man on Fire
  22. #22 1985 7 great titles Best: Commando
  23. #23 1997 6 great titles Best: Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
  24. #24 1974 6 great titles Best: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  25. #25 2002 6 great titles Best: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
  26. #26 2001 6 great titles Best: Monsters, Inc.
  27. #27 2000 6 great titles Best: Suzhou River
  28. #28 1999 5 great titles Best: Garage Olimpo
  29. #29 1994 5 great titles Best: True Lies
  30. #30 1993 5 great titles Best: Crime Story
  31. #31 2011 5 great titles Best: Vera