Thriller's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2017 25 great titles Best: The Invisible Guest
  2. #2 2019 25 great titles Best: Parasite
  3. #3 2025 25 great titles Best: Counterattack
  4. #4 2023 25 great titles Best: Monster
  5. #5 2018 25 great titles Best: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
  6. #6 2014 25 great titles Best: Whiplash
  7. #7 2022 25 great titles Best: Thirteen Lives
  8. #8 2006 25 great titles Best: The Departed
  9. #9 2026 25 great titles Best: The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
  10. #10 2021 25 great titles Best: Nobody
  11. #11 2024 25 great titles Best: Succubus
  12. #12 2016 25 great titles Best: The Handmaiden
  13. #13 2011 25 great titles Best: Drive
  14. #14 2013 25 great titles Best: Prisoners
  15. #15 2007 25 great titles Best: No Country for Old Men
  16. #16 2009 25 great titles Best: Inglourious Basterds
  17. #17 2020 25 great titles Best: The Heist of the Century
  18. #18 2010 25 great titles Best: Shutter Island
  19. #19 2003 25 great titles Best: Oldboy
  20. #20 2015 25 great titles Best: Room
  21. #21 2012 25 great titles Best: The Dark Knight Rises
  22. #22 1999 25 great titles Best: Fight Club
  23. #23 2002 25 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs
  24. #24 1997 25 great titles Best: L.A. Confidential
  25. #25 2008 25 great titles Best: The Dark Knight
  26. #26 2004 25 great titles Best: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  27. #27 2005 25 great titles Best: Lady Vengeance
  28. #28 1993 25 great titles Best: Bound by Honor
  29. #29 2000 25 great titles Best: Memento
  30. #30 1998 25 great titles Best: Perfect Blue
  31. #31 1996 25 great titles Best: Fargo
  32. #32 1995 25 great titles Best: Se7en
  33. #33 2001 25 great titles Best: Mulholland Drive
  34. #34 1991 25 great titles Best: The Silence of the Lambs
  35. #35 1987 25 great titles Best: The Untouchables
  36. #36 1990 25 great titles Best: Misery
  37. #37 1989 25 great titles Best: Twin Peaks
  38. #38 1994 25 great titles Best: Pulp Fiction
  39. #39 1976 25 great titles Best: All the President's Men
  40. #40 1992 25 great titles Best: Reservoir Dogs