Best of the 1980s
Top-rated films from the 1980s currently available to stream in the UK
100 titles available
9.3
TV-G
The Joy of Painting
1983
NOW
9.0
TV-PG
Only Fools and Horses
1981
NOW
8.9
TV-PG
Seinfeld
1989
Netflix
8.8
TV-PG
Dragon Ball Z
1989
Crunchyroll
8.7
TV-PG
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Paramount+
8.7
Not Rated
Shoah
1985
BBC iPlayer
8.7
TV-PG
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
1984
FilmRise
8.7
PG
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Disney+Rakuten TV
8.7
Who's Singin' Over There?
1980
Amazon Prime Video
8.5
TV-14
Dragon Ball
1986
Crunchyroll
8.5
PG
Back To The Future
1985
NOWRakuten TV
8.4
R
Aliens
1986
Disney+Rakuten TVNetflix
8.4
PG
Amadeus
1984
Rakuten TV
8.4
R
Das Boot
1981
Netflix
8.3
R
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Disney+Amazon Prime VideoRakuten TV
8.3
PG
Return of the Jedi
1983
Disney+Rakuten TV
8.3
R
Scarface
1983
NOWAmazon Prime VideoRakuten TV
8.3
Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
1989
MUBI
8.2
G
The Snowman
1982
All 4
8.2
R
Die Hard
1988
Disney+Rakuten TVNetflix
8.2
TV-PG
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
Prime EssentialsAmazon Prime VideoAll 4
8.2
TV-PG
The Golden Girls
1985
Disney+
8.2
R
Full Metal Jacket
1987
NOWRakuten TV
8.2
R
Ran
1985
Rakuten TVNetflix
8.2
PG
The Elephant Man
1980
MUBIRakuten TV
8.2
Not Rated
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984
MUBI
8.2
R
The Thing
1982
Paramount+Rakuten TV
8.2
Not Rated
Koyaanisqatsi
1982
MGM+
8.1
R
Stand by Me
1986
Paramount+Rakuten TV
8.1
R
The Terminator
1984
Amazon Prime VideoRakuten TV
8.1
TV-G
DuckTales
1987
Disney+
8.1
G
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
Netflix
8.1
Not Rated
For All Mankind
1989
Netflix
8.1
R
Platoon
1986
BBC iPlayerMGM+Rakuten TV
8.1
PG
Dead Poets Society
1989
Disney+Rakuten TV
8.1
R
Raging Bull
1980
Amazon Prime VideoRakuten TV
8.0
TV-PG
Cheers
1982
Paramount+
8.0
PG
Castle in the Sky
1986
Netflix
8.0
PG
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984
Netflix
8.0
G
Mickey's Christmas Carol
1983
Disney+
8.0
A War Story
1981
Filmzie
8.0
PG
The Princess Bride
1987
Disney+Rakuten TV
7.9
TV-Y
Fraggle Rock
1983
Apple TV+
7.9
R
Do the Right Thing
1989
Rakuten TV
7.9
TV-Y7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
Paramount+
7.9
R
The Blues Brothers
1980
Rakuten TV
7.9
PG
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
ITVXNOWDisney+Rakuten TVNetflix
7.9
TV-MA
Landscape in the Mist
1988
Amazon Prime Video
7.9
Not Rated
Black Wax
1983
Plex
7.8
Not Rated
An Easter Story
1983
Plex
7.8
G
Babette's Feast
1987
MUBI
7.8
G
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Netflix
7.8
PG-13
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
MGM+
7.8
R
The Untouchables
1987
Paramount+Rakuten TVNetflix
7.8
R
Mississippi Burning
1988
MGM+
7.8
R
The Killing Fields
1984
Plex
7.8
R
Predator
1987
Disney+Rakuten TVNetflix
7.8
PG
A Christmas Carol
1984
Plex
7.8
PG
The King Of Comedy
1983
Prime EssentialsTubiAmazon Prime VideoPluto TVRakuten TV
7.8
TV-G
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
Plex
7.7
R
The Killer
1989
TubiPlex
7.7
R
When Harry Met Sally
1989
Paramount+
7.7
PG-13
The Last Emperor
1987
Tubi
7.7
Katha
1982
Plex
7.7
12
Mr. India
1987
Amazon Prime Video
7.7
R
Blue Velvet
1986
MGM+MUBI
7.7
PG-13
The Plague Dogs
1982
Prime EssentialsAmazon Prime VideoPlexPluto TV
7.7
R
First Blood
1982
Rakuten TV
7.7
PG
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
Paramount+Rakuten TV
7.7
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
1983
Plex
7.7
TV-PG
Night Court
1984
Amazon Prime Video
7.7
PG
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Disney+Rakuten TV
7.7
PG
Airplane!
1980
Paramount+Rakuten TVNetflix
7.7
R
Evil Dead II
1987
PlexRakuten TV
7.6
The Firm
1989
BBC iPlayer
7.6
TV-Y
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1988
Disney+
7.6
TV-14
Miami Vice
1984
Amazon Prime Video
7.6
PG-13
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
Paramount+Rakuten TV
7.6
TV-Y
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989
Disney+
7.6
TV-PG
Moonlighting
1985
STV Player
7.6
R
The Fly
1986
Disney+Paramount+Rakuten TV
7.6
The Taming of the Scoundrel
1980
Amazon Prime Video
7.6
PG
My American Uncle
1980
Amazon Prime Video
7.6
The Winter War
1989
Prime EssentialsAmazon Prime Video
7.5
TV-Y
Adventures Of The Gummi Bears
1985
Disney+
7.5
R
Midnight Run
1988
YouTube (Free)Rakuten TV
7.5
PG-13
Batman
1989
NOWHBO MaxRakuten TV
7.5
R
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
HBO MaxRakuten TV
7.5
PG
The Big Blue
1988
Amazon Prime Video
7.5
NC-17
Santa Sangre
1989
Prime EssentialsAmazon Prime VideoPlex
7.5
R
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
MGM+
7.5
R
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
Netflix
7.5
PG
Field of Dreams
1989
Rakuten TV
7.5
Not Rated
The Decline of Western Civilization
1981
Prime EssentialsAmazon Prime VideoPlex
7.5
Not Rated
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1981
Plex
7.5
Inside the Labyrinth
1986
Plex
7.5
Mandi
1983
Plex
7.5
G
The Secret of NIMH
1982
Amazon Prime Video
7.5
TV-PG
Jack the Ripper
1988
ITVX
7.4
TV-14
Tucker's Witch
1982
Plex