Best Movies & TV Shows of the 1980s
67 titles from 1980–1989, ranked by TVGEN consensus score combining IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDb.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
1980TV

Grave of the Fireflies
1988Film

Ran
1985Film

Back to the Future
1985Film

The Empire Strikes Back
1980Film

Das Boot
1981Film

Where Is The Friend's House?
1987Film

Seinfeld
1989TV

Dragon Ball Z
1989TV

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981Film

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV

Aliens
1986Film

My Neighbor Totoro
1988Film

Cinema Paradiso
1988Film

Amadeus
1984Film

Come and See
1985Film

Raging Bull
1980Film

Lonesome Dove
1989TV

The Simpsons
1989TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989TV

Castle in the Sky
1986Film

Robotech
1985TV

Paris, Texas
1984Film

The Terminator
1984Film

Saint Seiya
1986TV

Blade Runner
1982Film

Full Metal Jacket
1987Film

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984Film

The Elephant Man
1980Film

The Wonder Years
1988TV

Once Upon a Time in America
1984Film

The Little Mermaid
1989Film

Stand by Me
1986Film

Dead Poets Society
1989Film

sex, lies, and videotape
1989Film

Vincent
1982Film

Ranma ½
1989TV

The Shining
1980Film

Akira
1988Film

The Golden Girls
1985TV

Married... with Children
1987TV

Cheers
1982TV

Jeopardy!
1984TV

Scarface
1983Film

Return of the Jedi
1983Film

The Thing
1982Film

Hamburger Hill
1987Film

Trading Places
1983Film
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