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Best War TV Series of the 1980s

125 War series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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125 series

Sarbadars

★ 7.4
396 1983–1985
Drama · History · War

A Rumor of War

★ 6.6
392 2 1980–1980
Biography · Drama · War

Vietnam: A Television History

★ 8.8
364 13 1983–1983
Documentary · History · War

Batalyony prosyat ognya

★ 7.8
362 4 1985–present
Drama · War

Dolgaya doroga v dyunakh

★ 7.9
315 7 1982–1982
Drama · History · War

Dumou Fi Oyoun Waqiha

★ 7.1
313 14 1980–1980
Drama · History · War

Küçük Aga

★ 7.9
310 8 1983–1983
Drama · War

Crossings

★ 6.6
305 3 1986–1986
Drama · Romance · War

Kurulus

★ 8.0
301 1988–1988
Adventure · History · War

Balkan ekspres 2

★ 7.6
288 10 1989–1989
Comedy · War

Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War

★ 8.5
269 26 1980–1981
Documentary · History · War

By the Sword Divided

★ 8.1
262 20 1983–1985
Drama · History · War

We'll Meet Again

★ 7.2
247 13 1982–1982
Drama · Romance · War

Casablanca

★ 5.5
228 5 1983–1983
Drama · Romance · War

The Dirty Dozen

★ 6.7
227 11 1988–1988
Drama · War

The Spanish Civil War

★ 8.2
215 6 1983–1983
Documentary · History · War

The Heroes

★ 7.9
212 2 1989–1989
Drama · War

Tre kärlekar

★ 7.7
209 16 1989–1991
Drama · Romance · War

Ovod

★ 6.6
199 3 1980–1980
Action · Drama · War

Putovanje u Vucjak

★ 8.3
191 15 1986–1987
Drama · History · War

The Dunera Boys

★ 6.4
175 2 1985–1985
Drama · War

Jenny's War

★ 6.7
175 4 1985–1985
Drama · War

The Honey and the Tears

★ 8.2
166 36 1983–1985
Drama · History · War

The Cowra Breakout

★ 7.3
154 5 1984–1991
Action · Drama · War
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