Best Drama Movies & TV Shows of the 1980s
34 drama titles from 1980–1989, ranked by TVGEN consensus score.
Grave of the Fireflies
1988Film
Ran
1985Film
Das Boot
1981Film
Where Is The Friend's House?
1987Film
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV
Cinema Paradiso
1988Film
Amadeus
1984Film
Come and See
1985Film
Raging Bull
1980Film
Lonesome Dove
1989TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989TV
Robotech
1985TV
Paris, Texas
1984Film
Saint Seiya
1986TV
Blade Runner
1982Film
Full Metal Jacket
1987Film
The Elephant Man
1980Film
The Wonder Years
1988TV
Once Upon a Time in America
1984Film
Stand by Me
1986Film
Dead Poets Society
1989Film
sex, lies, and videotape
1989Film
Scarface
1983Film
Hamburger Hill
1987Film
MacGyver
1985TV
Miami Vice
1984TV
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982Film
A Tale of Two Cities
1989TV
Top Gun
1986Film
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986Film
Lola's Secret
1984Film
EastEnders
1985TV