1980s's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of 1980s? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best 1980s titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2024 25 great titles Best: Better Man
  2. #2 2019 23 great titles Best: Chernobyl
  3. #3 2025 20 great titles Best: I Swear
  4. #4 2021 19 great titles Best: Snowdrop
  5. #5 2018 18 great titles Best: POSE
  6. #6 2023 16 great titles Best: Tetris
  7. #7 2022 16 great titles Best: Argentina 1985
  8. #8 2017 14 great titles Best: Snowfall
  9. #9 2015 13 great titles Best: Reply 1988
  10. #10 2016 12 great titles Best: Stranger Things
  11. #11 2020 12 great titles Best: Your Name Engraved Herein
  12. #12 2014 10 great titles Best: Halt and Catch Fire
  13. #13 2012 9 great titles Best: Laurence Anyways
  14. #14 1986 9 great titles Best: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  15. #15 2008 8 great titles Best: Romanzo Criminale: The Series
  16. #16 2011 8 great titles Best: American Horror Story
  17. #17 2013 7 great titles Best: The Wolf of Wall Street
  18. #18 2003 6 great titles Best: Memories of Murder
  19. #19 2009 6 great titles Best: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
  20. #20 1989 6 great titles Best: The Seventh Continent
  21. #21 2026 5 great titles Best: Michael
  22. #22 2007 5 great titles Best: No Country for Old Men