Best of the 1980s
The best-rated movies and TV shows released in the 1980s.
Top-rated movies
8.5
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
8.4
Cinema Paradiso
1988
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
8.4
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
8.3
Back to the Future
1985
8.3
Dead Poets Society
1989
8.2
The Shining
1980
8.2
Come and See
1985
8.2
Scarface
1983
8.1
Full Metal Jacket
1987
8.1
Das Boot
1981
8.1
Paris, Texas
1984
8.1
The Thing
1982
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
8.0
The Elephant Man
1980
8.0
Ran
1985
8.0
Amadeus
1984
8.0
Castle in the Sky
1986
8.0
Aliens
1986
8.0
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
Top-rated TV shows
8.6
Ranma ½
1989
8.5
Saint Seiya
1986
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
8.4
Dragon Ball Z
1989
8.4
The Wonder Years
1988
8.3
Dragon Ball
1986
8.3
ThunderCats
1985
8.2
Seinfeld
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
8.0
Blackadder
1983
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
7.8
Captain Tsubasa
1983
7.8
Saved by the Bell
1989
7.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
7.8
V
1983
7.7
Married... with Children
1987
7.7
MacGyver
1985
7.7
DuckTales
1987