Below is Billboard Magazine's ratings of the top sales, and starting in 1982, top rentals of videos. As you will notice, around 1984, the sales figures began to move away from movies into exercise videos and Disney cartoons. You'll also notice classics like the "Godfather" and "Gone With The Wind" appear as well. This is because these were the first years those movies became available on videotape.

• 1980
  Sales
  1. The Godfather
  2. Saturday Night Fever
  3. Superman
  4. M*A*S*H
  5. The Godfather II
  6. Blazing Saddles
  7. 10
  8. Grease
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Halloween
• 1981
  Sales
  1. Airplane!
  2. Caddyshack
  3. 9 to 5
  4. Superman
  5. Alien
  6. Star Trek
  7. Fame
  8. Ordinary People
  9. The Elephant Man
  10. Popeye
• 1982
  Sales
  1. Clash of the Titans
  2. An American Werewolf in London
  3. Atlantic City
  4. Stir Crazy
  5. The Jazz Singer
  6. The Blue Lagoon
  7. Kramer vs. Kramer
  8. Casablanca
  9. Raging Bull
  10. Jane Fonda's Workout
  Rentals
  1. Clash of the Titans
  2. An American Werewolf in London
  3. Arthur
  4. Star Wars
  5. Fort Apache, The Bronx
  6. For Your Eyes Only
  7. On Golden Pond
  8. Stripes
  9. The Cannonball Run
  10. Superman II
• 1983
  Sales
  1. Jane Fonda's Workout
  2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  3. An Officer and a Gentleman
  4. The Compleat Beatles
  5. Rocky III
  6. Playboy Vol. 1
  7. Poltergeist
  8. Star Wars
  9. Blade Runner
  10. The Road Warrior
  Rentals
  1. An Officer and a Gentleman
  2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  3. The Road Warrior
  4. Rocky III
  5. Poltergeist
  6. First Blood
  7. The Boat (Das Boot)
  8. Night Shift
  9. Blade Runner
  10. Sophie's Choice
• 1984
  Sales
  1. Jane Fonda's Workout
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  3. Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller
  4. Flashdance
  5. Duran Duran
  6. Risky Business
  7. 48 Hours
  8. Do It Debbie's Way
  9. Trading Places
  10. The Jane Fonda Workout Challenge
  Rentals
  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Risky Business
  3. Flashdance
  4. 48 Hours
  5. Tootsie
  6. Mr. Mom
  7. Sudden Impact
  8. Trading Places
  9. Blue Thunder
  10. Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller
• 1985
  Sales
  1. Jane Fonda's Workout
  2. Prime Time
  3. Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller
  4. Purple Rain
  5. Gone With The Wind
  6. The Jane Fonda Workout Challenge
  7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  8. Raquel, Total Beauty and Fitness
  9. We are the World - The Video Event
  10. Wham! The Video
  Rentals
  1. The Karate Kid
  2. The Terminator
  3. Police Academy
  4. Romancing the Stone
  5. Revenge of the Nerds
  6. The Natural
  7. Starman
  8. The Empire Strikes Back
  9. Bachelor Party
  10. Splash
• 1986
  Sales
  1. Jane Fonda's New Workout
  2. Jane Fonda's Workout
  3. Pinocchio
  4. Beverly Hill Cop
  5. The Sound of Music
  6. Jane Fonda's Prime Time Workout
  7. Casablanca
  8. Gone With the Wind
  9. The Wizard of Oz
  10. The Best of John Belushi
  Rentals
  1. Back to the Future
  2. Beverly Hill Cop
  3. Prizzi's Honor
  4. Witness
  5. Ghostbusters
  6. Rambo: First Blood Part II
  7. Return of the Jedi
  8. Cocoon
  9. Mask
  10. Gremlins
• 1987
  Sales
  1. Jane Fonda's Low Impact Aerobic Workout
  2. Jane Fonda's New Workout
  3. Sleeping Beauty
  4. Top Gun
  5. Callanetics
  6. The Sound of Music
  7. Kathy Smith's Body Basics
  8. Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom
  9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  10. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  Rentals
  1. Short Circuit
  2. Top Gun
  3. Back to School
  4. Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom
  5. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
  6. The Color of Money
  7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  8. Stand By Me
  9. Ruthless People
  10. Aliens
• 1988
  Sales
  1. Lady and the Tramp
  2. Callanetics
  3. Jane Fonda's Low-Impact Aerobic Workout
  4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  5. Start Up with Jane Fonda
  6. An American Tail
  7. Jane Fonda's New Workout
  8. Pink Floyd: The Wall
  9. Dirty Dancing
  10. Sleeping Beauty
  Rentals
  1. Dirty Dancing
  2. Lethal Weapon
  3. Fatal Attraction
  4. The Untouchables
  5. The Witches of Eastwick
  6. No Way Out
  7. Outrageous Fortune
  8. Robocop
  9. Stakeout
  10. Tin Men
• 1989
  Sales
  1. Cinderella
  2. E.T. - The Extraterrestrial
  3. Jane Fonda's Complete Workout
  4. Moonwalker
  5. Callanetics
  6. Dirty Dancing
  7. The Wizard of OZ, the 50th Anniversary Edition
  8. Lethal Weapon
  9. U2 Rattle and Hum
  10. Pink Floyd - The Delicate Sound of Thunder
  Rentals
  1. Big
  2. Die Hard
  3. A Fish Called Wanda
  4. Three Men and A Baby
  5. Beetlejuice
  6. Coming to America
  7. Cocktail
  8. Twins
  9. Bull Durham
  10. "Crocodile" Dundee II