True Crime's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

1. #1 2022 21 great titles Best: Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
2. #2 2025 21 great titles Best: Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
3. #3 2020 18 great titles Best: Unsolved Mysteries
4. #4 2021 18 great titles Best: The Innocent
5. #5 2019 14 great titles Best: When They See Us
6. #6 2024 14 great titles Best: Under the Bridge
7. #7 2023 12 great titles Best: Love & Death
8. #8 2016 7 great titles Best: O.J.: Made in America
9. #9 2017 6 great titles Best: MINDHUNTER
10. #10 2015 5 great titles Best: The Jinx
11. #11 2018 5 great titles Best: Wild Wild Country
12. #12 2026 5 great titles Best: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart