Best Spy Movies & TV Series of the 1980s

The 19 best-rated spy movies and TV series of the 1980s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Airwolf 1984 ★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible 1988 ★ 7.5
Smiley's People 1982 ★ 7.7
Top Secret! 1984 ★ 7.1
The Equalizer 1985 ★ 7.1
Tales of the Gold Monkey 1982 ★ 7.5
Reilly: Ace of Spies 1983 ★ 7.0
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones 1987 ★ 6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983 ★ 6.6
The Living Daylights 1987 ★ 6.5
The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 ★ 6.4
Cloak & Dagger 1984 ★ 6.4
Little Nikita 1988 ★ 6.1
Spies Like Us 1985 ★ 6.2
Goldeneye 1989 ★ 5.9
Never Say Never Again 1983 ★ 6.1
The Nude Bomb 1980 ★ 5.3
Black Eagle 1988 ★ 5.0
Leonard Part 6 1987 ★ 2.9