Murder's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Murder? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Murder 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: Mare of Easttown
  2. #2 2016 25 great titles Best: Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
  3. #3 2019 25 great titles Best: The Promised Neverland
  4. #4 2017 25 great titles Best: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  5. #5 2020 25 great titles Best: Flower of Evil
  6. #6 2018 25 great titles Best: Girl from Nowhere
  7. #7 2025 25 great titles Best: Dexter: Resurrection
  8. #8 2022 25 great titles Best: Big Mouth
  9. #9 2013 25 great titles Best: Peaky Blinders
  10. #10 2015 25 great titles Best: Death Parade
  11. #11 2014 25 great titles Best: True Detective
  12. #12 2023 25 great titles Best: Love & Death
  13. #13 2024 25 great titles Best: The Judge from Hell
  14. #14 2007 25 great titles Best: Hot Fuzz
  15. #15 2009 25 great titles Best: The Secret in Their Eyes
  16. #16 2010 25 great titles Best: Sherlock
  17. #17 2012 25 great titles Best: The Body
  18. #18 2003 23 great titles Best: Memories of Murder
  19. #19 2006 23 great titles Best: Death Note
  20. #20 2004 23 great titles Best: Hotel Rwanda
  21. #21 2000 21 great titles Best: Memento
  22. #22 2011 21 great titles Best: Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda
  23. #23 1996 21 great titles Best: Fargo
  24. #24 1995 20 great titles Best: Se7en
  25. #25 1981 19 great titles Best: Possession
  26. #26 1987 19 great titles Best: Inspector Morse
  27. #27 1986 19 great titles Best: Blue Velvet
  28. #28 1982 19 great titles Best: Evil Under the Sun
  29. #29 2002 18 great titles Best: Minority Report
  30. #30 1988 18 great titles Best: Die Hard
  31. #31 1990 18 great titles Best: GoodFellas
  32. #32 1993 19 great titles Best: Homicide: Life on the Street
  33. #33 1989 18 great titles Best: Twin Peaks
  34. #34 2008 17 great titles Best: Let the Right One In
  35. #35 1998 16 great titles Best: The Negotiator
  36. #36 1997 15 great titles Best: Lost Highway
  37. #37 1984 15 great titles Best: Once Upon a Time in America
  38. #38 1999 15 great titles Best: Boys Don't Cry
  39. #39 1971 15 great titles Best: Columbo
  40. #40 2026 13 great titles Best: Among Us