1980s Mysteries, Ranked
162 titles made the cut, ordered from highest Balasaur Score to lowest. The score blends IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB ratings into one 0 to 100 number. Fanny and Alexander leads at 88, ahead of Star Trek: The Next Generation (86) and Sherlock Holmes (86). The typical pick here scores 76, well above the catalog median of 62. The newest addition is Tales from the Crypt, released in June 1989.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987–1993 · 7 Seasons
Sherlock Holmes
1984–1994 · 7 Seasons
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989–2013 · 13 Seasons
Kamen Rider Black
1987 · 1 Season
Crime Story
1986–1987 · 2 Seasons
Masterpiece Mystery
1980–2024 · 45 Seasons
The Vanishing
1988
Cackling Kitarou
1985 · 1 Season
Unsolved Mysteries
1988–2008 · 14 Seasons
Inspector Morse
1987–1993 · 7 Seasons
Tales from the Crypt
1989–1996 · 7 Seasons
DuckTales
1987–1990 · 4 Seasons
Blow Out
1981
Blue Velvet
1986
Wonder Beat Scramble
1986 · 1 Season
City Hunter
1987–1991 · 4 Seasons
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980–1988 · 5 Seasons
The Thing
1982
Angel's Egg
1985
Utharam
1989
The Twilight Zone
1985–1988 · 3 Seasons
Lovejoy
1986–1994 · 6 Seasons
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987 · 1 Season
Moonlighting
1985–1988 · 5 Seasons
Rouge
1987
Terrorizers
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985–1988 · 4 Seasons
Tenebre
1982
Black Carrion
1984
Zerograd
1988
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987–1989 · 3 Seasons
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 · 1 Season
Dressed to Kill
1980
Amazing Stories
1985–1986 · 2 Seasons
Space Stars
1981 · 1 Season
Nero Wolfe
1981 · 1 Season
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · 1 Season
Magnum, P.I.
1980–1987 · 8 Seasons
Cutter's Way
1981
Kukaracha
1982
Opera
1987
Murder, She Wrote
1984–1995 · 12 Seasons
Roadgames
1981
Angel Heart
1987
21 Jump Street
1987–1990 · 5 Seasons
Campion
1989–1990 · 2 Seasons
Spenser: For Hire
1985–1987 · 3 Seasons
Tightrope
1984
Day of the Dead
1985
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