CNC's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2019 14 great titles Best: Collective
  2. #2 2006 13 great titles Best: Ōban Star-Racers
  3. #3 2023 11 great titles Best: Sage homme
  4. #4 2024 10 great titles Best: Bye Bye Tiberias
  5. #5 2017 10 great titles Best: Patients
  6. #6 2009 10 great titles Best: Soul Kitchen
  7. #7 1999 9 great titles Best: Himalaya
  8. #8 2018 9 great titles Best: Leto
  9. #9 2010 8 great titles Best: The Round Up
  10. #10 2011 8 great titles Best: Five Broken Cameras
  11. #11 2021 8 great titles Best: The Smurfs
  12. #12 2016 8 great titles Best: Lumière!
  13. #13 2007 7 great titles Best: Persepolis
  14. #14 1990 7 great titles Best: My Father's Glory
  15. #15 2013 7 great titles Best: Belle and Sebastian
  16. #16 1998 7 great titles Best: Train of Life
  17. #17 2003 7 great titles Best: The Mystery of the Yellow Room
  18. #18 2004 7 great titles Best: Social Genocide
  19. #19 2002 6 great titles Best: Dark Side of the Moon
  20. #20 2012 6 great titles Best: Found Memories
  21. #21 1989 5 great titles Best: Monsieur Hire
  22. #22 1994 5 great titles Best: Faust
  23. #23 1997 5 great titles Best: The Thief
  24. #24 2005 5 great titles Best: Live and Become
  25. #25 2020 5 great titles Best: Nowhere Special
  26. #26 2014 5 great titles Best: Marie's Story
  27. #27 2015 5 great titles Best: Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One