Best Mystery Movies & TV Series of the 1980s

Looking for the best Mystery movies and TV series of the 1980s? These 162 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Twin Peaks 1989 ★ 8.5
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987 ★ 8.4
The Thing 1982 ★ 8.1
Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 ★ 8.2
Tales from the Crypt 1989 ★ 8.0
Sherlock Holmes 1984 ★ 8.2
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries 1984 ★ 8.4
Fanny and Alexander 1982 ★ 7.8
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show 1983 ★ 8.0
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 1985 ★ 7.9
Mississippi Burning 1988 ★ 7.7
DuckTales 1987 ★ 7.7
Angel's Egg 1985 ★ 7.7
Blue Velvet 1986 ★ 7.6
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too! 1980 ★ 9.1
Inspector Morse 1987 ★ 7.9
The Twilight Zone 1985 ★ 7.7
The Name of the Rose 1986 ★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 7.5
Unsolved Mysteries 1988 ★ 7.7
The Secret of NIMH 1982 ★ 7.4
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 1988 ★ 7.5
The Vanishing 1988 ★ 7.4
Blow Out 1981 ★ 7.4