Serial Killer's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2022 25 great titles Best: Black Bird
  2. #2 2025 25 great titles Best: Dexter: Resurrection
  3. #3 2018 24 great titles Best: You
  4. #4 2021 22 great titles Best: Mouse
  5. #5 2019 21 great titles Best: Prodigal Son
  6. #6 2023 22 great titles Best: Copycat Killer
  7. #7 2016 22 great titles Best: ERASED
  8. #8 2017 22 great titles Best: MINDHUNTER
  9. #9 2024 20 great titles Best: Dexter: Original Sin
  10. #10 2020 19 great titles Best: The Call
  11. #11 2007 17 great titles Best: Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
  12. #12 2006 16 great titles Best: Death Note
  13. #13 2013 15 great titles Best: Hannibal
  14. #14 2014 13 great titles Best: True Detective
  15. #15 1995 12 great titles Best: Se7en
  16. #16 2009 12 great titles Best: Sherlock Holmes
  17. #17 2011 11 great titles Best: American Horror Story
  18. #18 2012 10 great titles Best: Ripper Street
  19. #19 2015 10 great titles Best: Scream Queens
  20. #20 2002 10 great titles Best: Wire in the Blood
  21. #21 1981 9 great titles Best: Possession
  22. #22 1996 8 great titles Best: Millennium
  23. #23 1997 8 great titles Best: Cure
  24. #24 1993 9 great titles Best: Kalifornia
  25. #25 1998 8 great titles Best: Dark City
  26. #26 2000 8 great titles Best: American Psycho
  27. #27 2004 8 great titles Best: Epitaphs
  28. #28 1990 7 great titles Best: Twin Peaks
  29. #29 1992 7 great titles Best: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  30. #30 2005 7 great titles Best: Unleashed
  31. #31 1988 7 great titles Best: Jack the Ripper
  32. #32 2008 6 great titles Best: The Mentalist
  33. #33 2003 6 great titles Best: Memories of Murder
  34. #34 1999 6 great titles Best: The Talented Mr. Ripley
  35. #35 2026 6 great titles Best: Human Vapor
  36. #36 1984 6 great titles Best: Body Double
  37. #37 1989 6 great titles Best: The 'Burbs
  38. #38 1986 5 great titles Best: The Hitcher
  39. #39 1991 5 great titles Best: The Silence of the Lambs
  40. #40 1980 5 great titles Best: Cruising