The BEST tvN shows of all time

Every tvN show, ranked

We've compiled the average episode rating for every tvN show to compile this list of best shows!

Mother (KR)
star
9.45
178 votes

#1 - Mother (KR)

A young girl named Hye-Na is abused by her mother Ja-Young. Although she is not okay, she tells other people she is alright. Soo-Jin is a temporary teacher at the elementary school where Hye-Na attends. Soo-Jin is aware of her situation and decides to become her mother.

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Converts
star
9.34
121 votes

#2 - Converts

A convert is a person who agrees to cooperate with an enemy in exchange for some benefits. It can be a criminal who cooperates with the police or a policeman who delivers secrets to mobsters. No matter if the convert is the guardian of public order or the bandit it is always perilous game where a life is at stake. Main characters of Converts are Paul Sikora, an experienced officer of Central Investigation Bureau and Blacha - John Blachowski, a mobster from the most powerful gang in Poland. The axis of the series is complicated high risk game which is played between these two protagonists. The policeman tries to convert the criminal and the criminal attempts to corrupt the officer. These two men live on the opposite sides of the barricade, however, they have many things in common.

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True Law
star
9.22
98 votes

#3 - True Law

Meet Agata, a successful lawyer. In an unprecedented course of events she loses her prestigious job, seemingly charming boyfriend and her posh flat. All this just within the course of days. And when you think that after all this nothing positive is going to happen a tempting offer comes into view and gives hope for the future. Following friend’s proposal of joining a newly set up law firm Agata takes the challenge and slowly but surely starts to explore the new waters. She realizes that people she is going to meet will be entirely different type of clients than huge corporate customers she used to battle for.

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I Need Romance
star
9.16
167 votes

#4 - I Need Romance

The story of the love lives, marriage, careers and families of single and independent Korean Career Women in their 30s in the city.

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Misaeng
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9.10
279 votes

#5 - Misaeng

Jang Geu Rae played the board game “baduk” (a strategy game somewhat like chess) since he was a child. Playing the game was everything to him, but he failed to become a professional baduk player. Now he is thrown out into the real world. By an acquaintance’s recommendation, He is able to begin to work at Wonin International as an intern and struggles to adapt working at a company. Meanwhile, Ahn Young Yi is a competent and intelligent new intern and Jang Baek Ki is another co-worker. Oh Sang Sik will play their boss.

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Answer Me 1988
star
9.08
663 votes

#6 - Answer Me 1988

Centered around the excitement of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, a group of teenagers witness South Korea come of age as it is catapulted into the international spotlight. Set to a soundtrack of pop hits that define the time this hopeful group of teenagers quickly discover a whole new world outside of their humble neighborhood alleyway.

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Nine: Nine Time Travels
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9.01
122 votes

#7 - Nine: Nine Time Travels

Park Sun-Woo works as an anchorman at a TV broadcasting station. He is in love with newsreporter Joo Min-Young, who is bright and honest. Park Sun-Woo then obtains 9 incense items, which allows him to go back 20 years in time. Park Sun-Woo travels to the past.

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Heart to Heart
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9.00
90 votes

#8 - Heart to Heart

Cha Hong Do suffers from social phobia and has a problem with severe blushing. She does have a strong sense of curiosity and learns from books and the internet. One day, Cha Hong Do's grandmother dies. Her grandmother was her only contact to the outside world. Cha Hong Do then begins doing housework as a maid, but disguises herself as an elderly woman. Through an incident, she meets a psychiatrist, Ko Yi Suk.

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My Mister
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8.86
417 votes

#9 - My Mister

In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.

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Hospital Playlist
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8.84
401 votes

#10 - Hospital Playlist

Five doctors, long-time friends who started their undergrad in 1999 at the same medical school, now work the same hospital. Oh, and they want to start a band.

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New Journey to the West
star
8.80
35 votes

#11 - New Journey to the West

Inspired by the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West, in each season every cast member was dressed as a certain character and traveled to places on a mission to find mystical dragon balls. They must complete a task in order to receive dragon balls.

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Goblin
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8.79
3927 votes

#12 - Goblin

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

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Live (2018)
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8.78
206 votes

#13 - Live (2018)

The police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of law and peace -- but the reality is far from orderly.

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Kasia i Tomek
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8.76
117 votes

#14 - Kasia i Tomek

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Signal
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8.74
656 votes

#15 - Signal

Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.

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Marriage, Not Dating
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8.74
328 votes

#16 - Marriage, Not Dating

A romantic comedy about a man who doesn't want to get married and a woman who earnestly wants to get married. Gong Ki-tae is a successful plastic surgeon who keeps getting pressured by his family to get married but all he wants is to live alone in peace. He then comes up with a plan to introduce Joo Jang-mi to his family, believing that they will never be able to accept her as their daughter-in-law.

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Under the Queen's Umbrella
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8.74
114 votes

#17 - Under the Queen's Umbrella

A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.

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Alchemy of Souls
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8.73
705 votes

#18 - Alchemy of Souls

A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.

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Mr. Sunshine (2018)
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8.72
445 votes

#19 - Mr. Sunshine (2018)

A young boy who ends up in the US after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.

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31 Minutos
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8.69
345 votes

#20 - 31 Minutos

Tulio Triviño is the puppet-anchorman of a fictitious TV News show where, with help from his friends and co-workers he presents interesting notes and reports. While Tulio tries his best to keep things professional and run the show smoothly, there's always something that goes wrong at the end of the day.

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Crash Landing on You
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8.67
1595 votes

#21 - Crash Landing on You

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
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8.65
2090 votes

#22 - It's Okay to Not Be Okay

An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an antisocial children's book writer and a selfless psych ward caretaker when they cross paths.

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Secret Forest
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8.62
589 votes

#23 - Secret Forest

With the help of a gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has lost the ability to feel empathy tackles a murder case amid political corruption.

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Queen In Hyun's Man
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8.62
313 votes

#24 - Queen In Hyun's Man

Park Boong-do is a scholar who had supported the reinstatement of Queen Inhyun when Jang Heebin's schemes resulted in her being deposed and replaced as King Sukjong's queen consort. He travels 300 years into the future of modern Seoul and meets Choi Hee-jin, a no-name actress who is expecting a career renaissance through her role as Queen Inhyun in a TV drama.

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Twenty Five, Twenty One
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8.62
422 votes

#25 - Twenty Five, Twenty One

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.

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Prison Playbook
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8.61
326 votes

#26 - Prison Playbook

With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.

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Plus Nine Boys
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8.61
66 votes

#27 - Plus Nine Boys

This is a romantic comedy series about four boys at the ages of 9, 19, 29 and 39 who each confront different challenges in love and work at the cusp of a new decade in their lives.

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Vincenzo
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8.59
1541 votes

#28 - Vincenzo

During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.

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Dear My Friends
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8.53
106 votes

#29 - Dear My Friends

Depicts the realistic and enjoyable lives of older and younger people who become dear friends.

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Mr. Queen
star
8.53
609 votes

#30 - Mr. Queen

A chef after an accident finds himself in the body of a young queen of an ancient era.

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Hotel Del Luna
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8.52
1094 votes

#31 - Hotel Del Luna

Nestled deep in the heart of Seoul’s thriving downtown sits a curious hotel, the like of which no one has ever seen before. Old beyond measure, the building has stood for millennia, an ever-present testament to the fact that things are not always what they seem. Running this hotel is Jang Man Wol, a greedy, suspicious soul who has spent the past thousand years acting as the establishment’s CEO. Cursed for a sin she can no longer remember committing, Man Wol is doomed to spend all of the eternity running this odd establishment, catering to the needs of a most peculiar clientele. Her only hope of escape is to find someone who has committed a worse sin than her own but after a thousand years, she’s beginning to lose hope. However, things take an interesting turn when Goo Chan Sung shows up. Once the youngest assistant manager ever to work at a multinational hotel corporation, Chan Sung finds himself forced to manage the Hotel del Luna because of a deal his father made with Man Wol years ago. A stickler for rules and regulations, he’s a perfectionist to the extreme but that may be exactly what this odd establishment and its cursed CEO needs.

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Navillera
star
8.52
305 votes

#32 - Navillera

A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old with a gift lift each other out of harsh realities and rise to the challenge of becoming ballerinos.

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Chicago Typewriter
star
8.51
295 votes

#33 - Chicago Typewriter

What does it take to maintain your status as a bestselling author? Han Se Ju was a writer in his past life during the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea. He has been reincarnated and is a bestselling author in modern day. But Se Joo is depressed and has writer’s block that keeps him from completing his next bestseller. Yoo Jin Oh is a talented ghostwriter who can bail Se Joo out of his predicament, but the mysterious man has a condition for his services that Se Joo may not be able to meet. Jeon Seol is a veterinarian and book lover who runs her own delivery service. She becomes an anti-fan of the overrated Se Joo. Can Se Joo produce another bestseller under such difficult circumstances?

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Drinking Solo
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8.49
137 votes

#34 - Drinking Solo

This drama is about the slice-of-life and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of Seoul's Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone after work for their own reasons. The story also depicts the romance between Jin Jung-suk and Park Ha-na. Jin Jung Suk (Ha Seok-jin) is a good looking and professional star lecturer. Meanwhile, Park Ha-na (Park Ha-sun) is a rookie lecturer who struggles to survive in the private institute world.

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Our Blues
star
8.47
145 votes

#35 - Our Blues

Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island.

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Ex-Girlfriend Club
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8.46
159 votes

#36 - Ex-Girlfriend Club

A popular webtooon writer writes about his ex-girlfriends. While his webtoon is being made into a movie, he meets a female film producer.

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Let's Eat
star
8.45
125 votes

#37 - Let's Eat

Lee Soo Kyung is a 33-year-old single woman. She divorced when she was in her 20′s and now lives alone. She always wants to carry herself with dignity, but she loses self-control when she is near gourmet foods. Meanwhile, Goo Dae Young is a gourmet, especially talented with describing the taste of foods. He often lies when he opens his mouth, but he is usually considerate to others.

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True Beauty (2020)
star
8.41
1730 votes

#38 - True Beauty (2020)

A high school girl rises to pretty girl fame at her school after mastering the art of makeup through YouTube.

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Idle Mermaid
star
8.40
226 votes

#39 - Idle Mermaid

Ha Ni is a mermaid princess in the underwater empire but she loves for the human world when she sees and falls in love with a man. She transforms into a human and follows Hyun Myung to live in a temporary house for people who are preparing for employment. The pragmatic Hyun Myung is trying to find a good-paying job to provide him with a comfortable life. But will he be distracted by Ha Ni, who has just 100 days to make Hyun Myung fall in love with her so that she can permanently remain as a human being?

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Because This Is My First Life
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8.40
608 votes

#40 - Because This Is My First Life

Nam Se-Hee is a single man in his early 30's. He has chosen to not marry. He owns his home, but he owes a lot on his mortgage. Yoon Ji-Ho is a single woman in her early 30's. She does not own a home and envies those that do. She has given up on dating due to her financial struggles. Yoon Ji-Ho begins to live at Nam Se-Hee’s house. They become housemates.

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Tomorrow With You
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8.37
250 votes

#41 - Tomorrow With You

The story is about Yoo So Joon, a time-traveler who owns a real estate company worth 200 billion won. When he sees his future self living unhappily, he decides to avoid that fate by marrying Song Ma Rin without love. While their start is a fake marriage, he sees that his wife gets hurt because of him, and it starts to distress him. The story is about him slowly falling in love with her, despite marrying her for selfish and loveless reasons.

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Answer Me 1997
star
8.35
529 votes

#42 - Answer Me 1997

In 1997, nothing was more important to Shi-won than the Korean boy band 'H.O.T.' She and her five closest friends exemplified the teenage angst of K-pop idolatry that was escalating during the decade. They reconnect 15 years later and relive their youth of the late 1990s.

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The Uncanny Counter
star
8.35
554 votes

#43 - The Uncanny Counter

Noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night, the Counters use special abilities to chase down malevolent spirits that prey on humans.

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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
star
8.33
908 votes

#44 - Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a close-knit seaside village, home to a charming jack-of-all-trades who is her polar opposite in every way.

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The Devil Judge
star
8.33
194 votes

#45 - The Devil Judge

In a near-future dystopia, an enigmatic judge punishes the haves by carrying out his vision of justice in trials live-broadcast and voted on by citizens.

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Flower of Evil
star
8.32
839 votes

#46 - Flower of Evil

Suspenseful drama about a psychopath who changes his identity to conceal his cruel past and his homicide detective wife who tries to track down the truth.

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Voice
star
8.31
325 votes

#47 - Voice

Set around an emergency 112 call center. During the golden time after a crime takes place, the call center chases criminals including a serial killer.

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Answer Me 1994
star
8.30
286 votes

#48 - Answer Me 1994

All hailing from various parts of Korea, a group of college students go from being complete strangers to a big happy family at a Seoul boarding house.

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What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
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8.29
1296 votes

#49 - What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

Lee Young-Joon's family runs a large company and he works as the vice-president of the company. He is smart, rich and handsome, but he is arrogant. His secretary is Kim Mi-So. She has worked for him for years and she is perfect for him, but Kim Mi-So decides to quit her job.

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Another Miss Oh
star
8.25
461 votes

#50 - Another Miss Oh

Two women working in the same industry with the exact same name keep getting their lives entangled both professionally and personally.

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