Best Collection Of TV Shows About 1980s

In a room below his house in 1980s Brisbane, Eli Bell answers a red telephone — and begins a journey that will break his heart before rebuilding it.

Jang Byeong-tae is a small and weak boy living in Onyang in South Chungcheong Province. He's at the bottom of the school's social ladder and when he transfers to the neighboring Buyeo Agricultural High School, he faces an unexpected incident that becomes a turning point in his life.

Inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the 1980s, In Our Blood tells the story of a community grappling with a terrifying new disease. With no cure in sight, they realise they will need something truly radical to survive, trust.

Set in Kuwait in 1988, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.

OTT Platforms for الصفقة are Netflix

It's the day after Halloween in 1988 when four young friends accidentally stumble into an intergalactic battle and find themselves inexplicably transported to the year 2019. When they come face-to-face with their adult selves, each girl discovers her own strengths as together they try to find a way back to the past while saving the world of the future.

OTT Platforms for Paper Girls are Amazon Prime Video

A Latina reporter looks back on her childhood as a chubby, willful and reluctant Dominican immigrant growing up with her eccentric family in 1980s Miami.

OTT Platforms for Gordita Chronicles are HBO Max

Sininen enkeli vividly depicts the colorful upswing of the 1980s in Helsinki, where money grows on trees, convertibles guarantee the thrill of speed and the solarium is the new sun. Marko Hyyryläinen, who hides his country background, arrives in the city and wants his share of money and love.

OTT Platforms for Sininen enkeli are C More

Reexamining his own legacy, a renowned figure in erotic cinema decides to branch out and make movies in other genres, from sci-fi to medieval action.

OTT Platforms for Erşan Kuneri are Netflix

Unfolding in Milan at the end of the 80s, Bang Bang Baby is a crime series centred around a shy and insecure teenager, Alice, who becomes a mafia organisation’s youngest member in a bid to win the love of her father, an ‘ndrangheta affiliate.

OTT Platforms for Bang Bang Baby are Amazon Prime Video

A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

OTT Platforms for Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty are Max Amazon Channel, Max, and Spectrum On Demand Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu, and Microsoft Store.

“Who’s Dave Stieb?” you might be asking. Well, this is a guy who had never stepped on a pitcher’s mound in his life until age 20. Just four years later, he was the best pitcher in the American League. This is the almost unbelievable story of the man who put the Toronto Blue Jays on the map.

After he witnesses his father’s murder at the family dojo, Ryo Hazuki dedicates his life to finding the man responsible — a mission that takes him from the streets of Yokosuka, Japan to the sprawling metropolis of Hong Kong, and beyond. Soon he’ll learn that larger, mystical forces are at play as he trains to become the ultimate martial artist in his quest for revenge.

OTT Platforms for Shenmue the Animation are Crunchyroll

In 2022, young speed skater Yan Yang is about to compete in the World Youth Championship for the Chinese team. When he picked up the pair of red skates worn by his father Yan Zhenhua, he couldn't help but think of the indissoluble bond between the three generations of the Yan family and ice and snow sports... 1980, In his childhood, Yan Zhenhua practiced skating under the enlightenment of his father Yan Yiguo, and met Li Binghe, a girl from Harbin, and became a figure skating partner. In the cruel competitive road and the changes of the times, Yan Zhenhua and Li Binghe supported each other, but eventually drifted away. As Yan Zhenhua's son Yan Yang grows up day by day, the story of Yan's family and ice and snow sports has opened a new chapter. In 2019, despite his father's objection, Yan Yang was selected for the short track speed skating youth training camp, but he became the sparring partner of female player Jin Ying due to his poor strength.

Pop culture icon Rob Lowe takes viewers down memory lane with six entertaining and thought-provoking top 10 countdowns of 1980s pop culture, as voted by a panel of experts.

OTT Platforms for The '80s: Top Ten are Disney Plus

Taking the hotel on Linsen North Road in Taiwan as the background, it is a realistic drama that describes the love and hatred between the Japanese-style hotel proprietress and Yang Jin Hua in 1988 and a group of amorous ladies under her.

OTT Platforms for 華燈初上 are Netflix

Twenty-something Máximo Gallardo's dreams comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco. He soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined and in order to succeed, he must learn to navigate a demanding clientele, a mercurial mentor, and a complicated home life, without losing his way to shortcuts or temptations.

OTT Platforms for Acapulco are Apple TV Plus

Sheila Rubin is a quietly tormented housewife in ’80s San Diego. Behind closed doors, she battles extreme personal demons and a vicious inner voice. But things change when she discovers aerobics, sparking a journey toward empowerment and success.

OTT Platforms for Physical are Apple TV Plus

Homa Haghi and her love are preparing with the Haghi family to surprise Homayoun, the father of her family on his birthday night. But when the father arrives, the whole family is surprised.

Through the stories of nine kids living in the Chinese Shopping Mall, this film depicts their diverse and magical life experiences. In the summer of 1985, while Xiaobudian (the tiny one) was at the fourth grade, he was already a convincing street vendor, who sold stuff for allowance on a skywalk every day. Xiaobudian’s father is a shoe shop owner who was doing business in the Chinese Shopping Mall. One day, a magician from nowhere showed up in the mall. He had a treasure bowl and a zebra capable of emitting colorful lights, and he was able to make countless magic tricks. Xiaobudian admired this magician, and bought magic props for practice every day. At the same time, more and more boys and girls in the mall have met this mysterious magician, and gained life-changing power after they watched the magic show.

OTT Platforms for 天橋上的魔術師 are Netflix, Disney Plus, and LINE TV

A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

OTT Platforms for It's a Sin are All 4, BritBox, and BritBox Amazon Channel Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, and Amazon Video.

Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

OTT Platforms for Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer are Netflix

Set during a time of reform in the 1980s, this is a story about youth and love that revolves around 6 families living on Mayang street in Guangzhou. Ou Xiao Jian is a bad boy who dates Ma Xiao Xiao, a school girl in the neighborhood. Yi Dong Dong has had a crush on Ma Xiao Xiao from the moment they met. The 18-year-old Yi Dong Dong moves with his family back to their hometown and falls in love at first sight for his neighbor Ma Xiao Xiao. When he realizes that she is attracted to his friend Xiao Jian, he kept his feelings to himself and protect her from a distance. Xiao Xiao is constantly worried for Ou Xiaojian who spends his time fooling around with other delinquents. Utterly exhausted due to the problems between them, Ma Xiaoxiao and Ou Xiaojian part ways. Later, Xiaoxiao becomes a lawyer and Dongdong passes the local civil service exams. Meanwhile, Xiaojian undergoes many ups and downs.

After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.

OTT Platforms for The Haunting of Bly Manor are Netflix

The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.

OTT Platforms for Des are ITV Player, BritBox, Virgin TV Go, and BritBox Amazon Channel Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, and Amazon Video.

New York City in the 1970s was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.

OTT Platforms for Fear City: New York vs The Mafia are Netflix

An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.

OTT Platforms for I'll Be Gone in the Dark are HBO Max, HBO Now Amazon Channel, HBO Now, and DIRECTV Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, and Vudu.