According to Douban's score, the top ten domestic spy war dramas are "Latent", "Before Dawn", "100 Helping Plan", "Red", "Secret Calculation", "Kite", "The Verge", "The Pretender", "Cliff", "Rebel" and "Hidden and Great". 
As soon as the list was released, it sparked widespread discussion. Fans have expressed their opinions, with some believing that Douban's rating cannot be used as a criterion for judging the quality of a drama, while others believe that the ranking of this list is reliable and reasonable, because the score is given by the audience, not by the institution.
According to this list, Sun Honglei and Yao Chen starred in "Latent" in 2009 and received the highest rating and firmly held the top position, which means that this drama has been regarded as the best spy war drama by the majority of audiences.
Looking at the composition of the ratings, more than 170,000 users gave ratings, of which 736% of the ratings are 5-star praise, which fully proves that no one will deliberately register multiple users for a TV series more than 10 years ago because of Douban's rating system, because on Douban, each registered user can only score once.
However, many people have a different opinion about this outcome. Some people think that "Kite" is the best choice, while others think that "Before Dawn" is YYDS, and many more people think that "Cliff" is the best spy war drama in China, and its performance far exceeds "Latent".
As we all know, "Cliff" released in 2012 is a spy war-themed TV series starring Zhang Jiayi and Xiao Song Jia, and this work has been loved by the audience for a long time.
However, the score of this TV series on Douban did not reach the top 28 of 70,000 people4 points, five-star praise accounts for only 404%, which is the main reason why it lags behind Latent.
Despite this, fans have taken "Latent" with reservations, criticizing it on the one hand, and listing several advantages of "Cliff" on the other.
A netizen posted a comment titled ""Cliff" first, no refutation accepted", which won a lot of praise. However, this review also sparked a great deal of discussion, with some expressing support and others refuting it.
Many proponents hold the view that the show seems to have been influenced by earlier spy dramas, and those who were originally agreed to were often the first choice. There are many emotional flaws in this drama, so if it is ** now, its score will definitely not exceed 8 points.
Critics hold the view that, while "The Cliff" is quite good, the heroine appears to drag the whole process, and Zhou Yi has a limited number of tasks to complete and relies mainly on luck, while "Latent" is better in several ways.
In other comments, there are opinions that Zhang Jiayi, Xiao Song Jia and Cheng Yu's acting talents far surpass those of Sun Honglei and Yao Chen, and "Latent" is just a different drama.
Soon after, some people began to criticize the work "The Cliff", but halfway through, they decisively chose to let go".
A netizen calmly retorted that few people would think that "Cliff" is rubbish, because Song Jia won the Best Actress because of Gu Qiuyan, and if she doesn't perform well, is it possible for her to win the award?I think this point of view is too arbitrary!Zhang Jiayi's acting skills are impeccable, he perfectly shows a ** who dances at the tip of a knife every day, and Mr. Cheng Yu perfectly interprets Gao Bin's cunning and insidiousness.
Considering that the three main actors all performed so well, how could this play go wrong?
All of a sudden, fans are scrambling, and everyone is giving their opinion on their favorite TV series.
Frankly speaking, there is no absolute first or second place in literature and martial arts, and everyone has their own opinions and standards for the evaluation of TV dramas, and these standards are also different.
For example, some people may dismiss all of a major actor's performances as inferior because they don't like him/her, while others may find a major actor very appealing because of their fondness for him/her.
Although "Chen Qingling", which aired in 2019, was warmly received in Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan, and had a record-breaking 1.58 million viewers on Douban, this did not prevent it from receiving various negative reviews.
Read this one-star review carefully, "Now anyone can come out to act", which is obviously specifically aimed at actors.
Some viewers may be unhappy with a show's opening flaws and may decide to abandon the entire show as a result, let alone give it a positive review.
In fact, some TV series may not be as engaging to the audience at the beginning, the setting of the main character is not very engaging, and some plots may not be able to withstand heavy scrutiny, but their appeal has gradually increased over time.
If you give a bad review to a drama just because you didn't continue watching it in the first place, it's really unfair.
In fact, the two TV series, "Latent" and "Cliff", have won several important awards after they were broadcast.
First of all, let's talk about "Latent", which won the Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding TV Series, the Magnolia Award for Best TV Series, and the first prize for the Flying Sky Award for feature-length TV series.
Because of Yu Zecheng's role, Sun Honglei has successively won the Golden Eagle Award for the Audience's Favorite Actor Award, the Most Popular Actor Award, the Magnolia Award for Best Actor, and the Feitian Award for Outstanding Actor.
Yao Chen won the Golden Eagle Award for the Audience's Favorite Actress Award and the Feitian Award for Outstanding Actress for her outstanding performance in the role of Cui Ping.
Let's talk about "Cliff" again, this TV series has won the first place in the Huading Award TV Drama Satisfaction Survey, the Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding TV Drama and the Magnolia Award for Best TV Series.
Xiao Song Jia won the Golden Eagle Award for Audience's Favorite TV Drama Actress, the Best Performing Arts Award and the Magnolia Award for Best Actress for playing the role of Gu Qiuyan.
As can be seen from the above, these two TV series have performed well in many important TV drama awards in China, which proves that they are both high-quality and excellent works.
Therefore, the question of which can be considered the best of domestic spy war dramas, "Latent" or "Cliff", does vary from person to person, and I don't think there is any need to force others to accept my personal views and opinions.
While you have a soft spot for Insidious, you can't ignore getting other people to take a liking to Cliff, and vice versa.
In fact, many netizens held the view that "Kite" and "Before Dawn" should be the most popular, as people have their own preferences for turnips and greens.
However, deep down in your heart, which spy war drama do you think is the best in China?