1. The Queen's Classroom (女王の教室)
The Queen's Classroom is a live-action Japanese television drama about Maya Akutsu, a new teacher at Hanzaki Elementary School who strives for perfection and punishes her students in unorthodox manners. A 12 year old student, Kazumi Kanda, has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure.</p><p></p><p>A South Korean remake of the same title starring Go Hyun-jung in the lead role, was produced in 2013.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
2. Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season (花のち晴れ～花男 Next Season～)
The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the popular student council president of the rival school. With declining enrollment due to a recession and the rise of a rival school, Eitoku Academy is now ruled by the Correct5 whose leader is Kakuragi Haruto. The group seeks out, then runs out, any students whose families haven’t made appropriate donations to the school. When Haruto and Oto discover each other’s secrets — that Haruto buys self-help items to get stronger, and that Oto is poor and works at a convenience store – they promise to keep each other’s secret.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Tokyo Dogs (東京DOGS～最悪で最高のパートナー～)
Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective. </p><p></p><p>Maruo Kudo is a former motorcycle gang member now special detective with the Japanese police department. These two opposite characters team up on a case in which secrets are held by a young lady named Yuki Matsunada.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. Water Polo Yankees (水球ヤンキース)
Naoya Inaba grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes . He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed, but he happens to play water polo.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
5. There is a Reason for Undressed Love (着飾らない恋には理由があって)
A spin-off Internet-only miniseries to Why I Dress Up for Love. This special series focuses on the story of Akiba Ryo and Kayano Nanami, co-workers of Mashiba Kurumi at EL ARCO IRIS.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
6. Mischievous Kiss (장난스런 키스)
A clumsy high-school girl - Oh Ha-ni - is at the bottom of her class, and she has had a crush on a popular genius, Baek Seung-Jo, ever since she first laid eyes on him.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
7. Goblin (쓸쓸하고 찬란하神-도깨비)
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.
It has an average vote of 8.662 on TMDB.
8. Oh My Venus (오 마이 비너스)
Dumped by her boyfriend of 15 years for gaining weight, a lawyer gets help from a hotshot personal trainer to get in shape and turn her life around.
It has an average vote of 8.176 on TMDB.
9. Are You Human? (너도 인간이니)
Nam Shin is a son from a family who runs a large company. After an unexpected accident, he falls into a coma. His mother Oh Ro-Ra is an authority on brain science and artificial intelligence. She creates an android named Nam Shin III which looks like just like her son Nam Shin. The android pretends to be Nam Shin and he has a bodyguard So-Bong.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
10. Tale of the Nine Tailed (구미호뎐)
A TV producer discovers a secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with a former deity who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover.
It has an average vote of 8.405 on TMDB.
11. I am Betty, the Ugly one (Yo soy Betty, la fea)
Taking place mainly in Bogotá, Colombia, Betty La Fea is essentially a Cinderella comedy about the rise of poor, ugly 'Betty' Pinzón and the fall of rich, handsome Armando Mendoza. Armando is a very incompetent playboy with a scheme to turn a huge profit as the new President of Eco Moda, a famous clothing manufacturing company, but his scheme is doomed because of his faulty mathematics. Because Betty, his secretary , is in love with him, she helps Armando deceive the Board of Directors as he loses money and brings the company to ruin.</p><p></p><p>Betty, la Fea is arguably the most successful telenovela of all time and one of the most popular television shows in the world. It is the first telenovela to have been remade worldwide and has been regarded as bringing the telenovela to new levels of success.
It has an average vote of 8.348 on TMDB.
12. Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (달의 연인 - 보보경심 려)
A story of a 25-year old Go Ha-jin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae-soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.
It has an average vote of 8.6 on TMDB.
13. My Lovely Sam-Soon (내 이름은 김삼순)
Kim Sam Soon is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo, cheating on her and breaks up. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fight like cat and dog.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
14. The Heirs (상속자들)
After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich.
It has an average vote of 7.821 on TMDB.
15. Loki
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant” or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.
It has an average vote of 8.178 on TMDB.
16. Master's Sun (주군의 태양)
Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience left her seeing needy ghosts. She feels compelled to help them resolve their earthly issues so they can move on to the afterlife... and he feels compelled to think she's crazy. Soon their lives merge into a complicated web of hijinx, misunderstandings, and... yes, love.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (김비서가 왜 그럴까)
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.
It has an average vote of 8.348 on TMDB.
18. Kill Me, Heal Me (킬미, 힐미)
Cha Do-hyun is a rich heir to a family company with one major problem. Due to suppressed childhood trauma, he suffers from dissociative identity disorder manifested in 7 unique personalities who are out of his control. In order to overcome this disorder in secret, he hires a first year medical resident to help him heal by killing off each personality one by one.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
19. Doña Bárbara (Doña Bárbara)
Doña Bárbara is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television International and RTI Colombia. Edith González and Christian Meier star in this adaptation of the 1929 novel by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos.
It has an average vote of 7.753 on TMDB.
20. The Diary of Anne Frank
Five-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.
It has an average vote of 7.301 on TMDB.
