Best Documentary Movies & TV Series of the 1980s
3eyedraven's 81 top-rated Documentary movies and TV series of the 1980s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.
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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
1980 ★ 8.7
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Stop Making Sense
1984 ★ 8.3
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Shoah
1985 ★ 8.2
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Isle of Flowers
1989 ★ 8.2
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Koyaanisqatsi
1983 ★ 7.9
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Twenty Years Later
1984 ★ 8.4
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The Joy of Painting
1983 ★ 8.5
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For All Mankind
1989 ★ 7.8
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The Thin Blue Line
1988 ★ 7.6
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Once Upon a Time... Life
1987 ★ 7.8
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Bruce Lee, the Legend
1984 ★ 7.9
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Sans Soleil
1983 ★ 7.5
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Burden of Dreams
1982 ★ 7.6
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The Living Planet
1984 ★ 8.5
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Live Aid
1985 ★ 7.9
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Nature
1982 ★ 7.9
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Chronos
1985 ★ 7.5
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Streetwise
1984 ★ 7.6
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Iron Maiden: Live After Death
1985 ★ 8.2
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28 Up
1984 ★ 7.5
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Powaqqatsi
1988 ★ 7.3
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AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1980 ★ 8.0
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 ★ 7.4
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Style Wars
1984 ★ 7.5
