The Best TV Shows on IQIYI

Every IQIYI Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of IQIYI’s elite series, with our list refreshed for January 2026. Premiering in 2004 and 2005, Pen Tor and Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf are among IQIYI’s most celebrated shows. Showcasing over 20 shows from 2004 up until 2026, IQIYI stands as a beacon of television excellence.

  • 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.

  • Fated Hearts
    Fated Hearts (2025)9.4

    After losing her memory in battle, skilled archer Fu Yixiao is taken in by a noble family and unexpectedly reunited with her former enemy, Prince Feng Suige—the man she once struck with an arrow. As they face the dangers of Yujing together, trust replaces suspicion and a deep bond begins to form. Caught in a web of past betrayals and political intrigue, the two must confront their shared history while fighting for survival, freedom, and each other.

  • The Great Ruler
    The Great Ruler (2023)9.0

    In the vast world, planes converge and numerous races thrive. A gathering of extraordinary talents unfolds, where one after another, supreme beings from the lower planes come forth. In this boundless realm, they weave captivating legends that inspire admiration, pursuing the path to dominance.

  • 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.

  • Reborn at 18: The Great-Grandma Takes Charge
    Reborn at 18: The Great-Grandma Takes Charge (2025)8.5

    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.

  • 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.

  • The Qin Empire
    The Qin Empire (2009)8.3

    The rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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!