The Best TV Shows on IQIYI

Every IQIYI Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of January 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of IQIYI’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Icons of IQIYI, Pen Tor and Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf made their debut in 2004 and 2005, setting industry standards. IQIYI has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2004 all the way to 2026.

  • Love Between Lines
    Love Between Lines (2026)10.0

    Xiao Zhiyu and Hu Xiu are brought together by a Republic of China-themed murder mystery game. In the scripted NPC game filled with falling snow and spies in the shadows, the two ignite a fateful spark. An unexpected reunion in the real world reveals the mystery of each other's identities. The two shuttle between the misaligned time-spaces of reality and the script, and finally achieve two-way growth in the cross-dimensional bond, completing the transformation of love and self.

  • The Punishment
    The Punishment (2025)9.7

    In a rapidly developing Hanzhou, police officer Qin Feng and his sworn brother Liu Tianye face off against dangerous criminals while grappling with deep moral dilemmas and the complicated ties between family, power, and justice.

  • Reborn at 18: The Great-Grandma Takes Charge
    Reborn at 18: The Great-Grandma Takes Charge (2025)9.0

    Prof. Rong Yu dies in 1955 & wakes up as an 18-yo girl in 2025. Now her son is a 70+ CEO & she has handsome great-grandsons! Using her wit, she disciplines her unruly descendants while embracing her new life.

  • Pen Tor
    Pen Tor (2004)8.8

    A successful man at a publishing company tries to rekindle his romance with an ex-girlfriend as those around him also search for love amidst conflict.

  • Become a Farmer
    Become a Farmer (2023)8.7

    A labor documentary interactive reality show that selects 10 young individuals to form the 'Farming Squad,' which will authentically document their entire process of operating a farm on 142.8 acres of land over 190 days. This includes sowing, irrigating, fertilizing, and harvesting, as well as live-streaming their sales to establish a self-sustaining farmers' market.

  • Scissor Seven
    Scissor Seven (2018)8.6

    Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions.

  • Tales of Demons and Gods
    Tales of Demons and Gods (2017)8.4

    In his past life, although too weak to protect his home when it counted, out of grave determination Nie Li became the strongest Demon Spiritist and stood at the pinnacle of the martial world. However, he lost his life during the battle with the Sage Emperor and six deity-ranked beasts. His soul was then brought back to when he was still 13 years old. Although he's the weakest in his class with the lowest talent, having only a red soul realm and a weak one at that, with the aid of the vast knowledge which he accumulated from his previous life, he decided to train faster than anyone could expect. He also decided to help those who died nobly in his previous life to train faster as well. He aims to protect the city from the coming future of being devastated by demon beasts and the previous fate of ending up destroyed. He aims to protect his lover, friends, family and fellow citizens who died in the beast assault or its aftermath.

  • Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty
    Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (2022)8.3

    General Lu Lingfeng and Detective Su Wuming uncover supernatural mysteries and hidden conspiracies threatening the empire during Emperor Xuanzong’s reign.

  • The Disguiser
    The Disguiser (2015)8.2

    Set in the Japanese occupation era, the rich yet naive young master Ming Tai is trained to become an agent, and is later sent to become an underground spy for the Communists. Together with his brother and double agent Ming Lou, they try and bring down Wang Wei's Kuomintang Secret Service Headquarters.

  • Joy of Life
    Joy of Life (2019)8.1

    Zhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient literature history with modern concept. In the fiction, Zhang himself acts as a young man Fan Xian with mysterious life who lives in a remote seaside town of Kingdom Qing in his childhood, under the help of a mysterious mentor and a blindfolded watchman. Fan goes to the capital when he grows up, where he experiences plenty of ordeal and temper. Fan persists in adhering the rule of justice and goodness and lives his own glorious life.

  • The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess
    The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess (2025)8.1

    When a woman wakes up as Athanasia, the ill-fated princess from the novel The Lovely Princess, she's gotta rewrite this tragedy or face execution—by her own father! She may be trapped, but she's got her wits and the doomed girl's memories to help her with a plot twist of survival. But when her escape plan fails, she has to charm her way into not being executed again.

  • The Unclouded Soul
    The Unclouded Soul (2025)8.0

    For centuries, humans and demons have battled over the legendary Yuli Spring, a symbol of desire. Free-spirited Xiao Yao unexpectedly enters Ten Thousand Demons Valley, disrupting the demon world. There, she meets the powerful Demon King Hong Ye, who grows to admire her pure heart. Together, they face mysterious cases and formidable enemies, uncovering hidden truths along the way.

  • Burning Flames
    Burning Flames (2024)7.5

    After the fall of his kingdom and the slaughter of his family, Prince Wu Geng is forced into slavery, but fueled by grief and guided by powerful allies, he rises to challenge the mighty Yun clan and reclaim his destiny.

  • Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf
    Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (2005)7.4

    Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf is a Chinese animated television series which was created by Huang Weiming, Lin Yuting and Luo Yinggeng, and produced by Creative Power Entertaining. The show is about a group of goats living on the Green Pasture, Qing Qing Grasslands/Plains, and the story revolving around a clumsy wolf who wants to eat them. Toon Express Group owns the copyrights of the characters.

  • Destined
    Destined (2023)7.4

    Forced into marriage with a notorious playboy, merchant’s daughter Liu Yuru learns business to build her own strength and unexpectedly discovers her husband’s sincerity beneath his reckless facade. As they weather danger, rebuild their lives, and work to ease the burdens of the people, the pair rise together to create a more prosperous era.

  • Happy Toon
    Happy Toon (2010)7.3

  • HaHaHaHaHa
    HaHaHaHaHa (2020)7.2

    Road-type outdoor reality show. The five-kazakhstan tour group takes time out of the busy and trivial daily life to embark on a journey from east to west across China.

  • The Guardians of Carcosa
    The Guardians of Carcosa (2013)7.0

    The Guardians of Carcosa have made it their mission to protect all humans. Watch the battle for humanity ensue, and join adventures to the realms Carcosa Wonderland and beyond.

  • Speed and Love
    Speed and Love (2025)7.0

    After her parents' divorce, Jiang Mu reunites with her adopted brother Jin Chao, now a hardened young man living a dangerous life in Thailand. Despite their growing distance, Jiang Mu's unwavering love helps bridge the gap between them, leading to a journey of healing and redemption as they fight to rebuild their bond and face their struggles together.

  • Super Wings
    Super Wings (2014)6.4

    An action-packed preschool series about an adorable jet plane named Jett who travels the world delivering packages to children. On every delivery, Jett encounters a new problem that the he and his friends the Super Wings must work together to solve!