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Best History TV Series of the 1980s

319 History series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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319 series

Oppenheimer

★ 8.1
798 7 1980–1980
Biography · Drama · History

A Dream in Red Mansions

★ 8.8
793 36 1987–1987
Drama · History · Romance

Vuk Karadzic

★ 8.7
738 16 1987–1988
Biography · Drama · History

Mussolini: The Untold Story

★ 6.9
729 3 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Wagner

★ 7.5
698 10 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · History

The Last Days of Pompeii

★ 7.0
698 3 1984–1984
Action · Drama · History

The Men Who Killed Kennedy

★ 8.5
691 9 1988–2003
Documentary · History

The Day the Universe Changed

★ 9.1
676 10 1985–1985
Documentary · History

The Prisoner of Castle If

★ 7.0
675 3 1988–1988
Adventure · Drama · History

Kennedy

★ 7.7
669 7 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · History

Mesék Mátyás királyról

★ 8.3
653 13 1984–1984
Animation · History

A.D.

★ 7.2
611 5 1985–1985
Drama · History

George Washington

★ 7.9
601 3 1984–1984
Biography · Drama · History

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

★ 7.7
587 77 1982–1986
Documentary · Family · History

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

★ 7.1
583 3 1987–1987
History · Romance · War

Bitva za Moskvu

★ 7.3
572 4 1985–1985
Drama · History · War

The Last Place on Earth

★ 8.0
509 7 1985–1985
Drama · History

Wish Me Luck

★ 7.7
504 23 1987–1990
Drama · History · War

Lincoln

★ 7.0
491 2 1988–1988
Drama · History · War

The First Olympics: Athens 1896

★ 7.5
488 2 1984–1984
Drama · History · Sport

A Tale of Two Cities

★ 7.1
430 2 1989–1989
Drama · History · Romance

Mikhaylo Lomonosov

★ 7.9
413 9 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · History

The Voyage of the Mimi

★ 6.7
412 13 1984–1984
Adventure · Family · History

Al Helmeya Nights

★ 8.1
409 185 1987–2016
Drama · History
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