Must See Chinese Dramas (CDrama)

Da Jia Hao

I love Chinese drama.

I have to admit that I did not use to like historical drama/wuxia because they tend to be very long, sad endings and slow to be subbed in English.  Nowadays, I just can’t get enough of them.  Just love them.

My list is, of course, is a work in progress (forever) 🤣

Action/Thriller/Mystery Drama:

• Being A Hero (2022)
• Bright Eyes in the Dark (2023)
• Checkmate (2022)
• Deep in my Heart (2019)
• Glory to Special Forces (2022)
• Lost in the Shadow (2024)
• Love’s Lie (2018)
• Lover or Stranger (2021)
• No Secrets (2019)
• Tell No One (2024)
• The Eight (2020)
• The Lost 11th Floor (2023)
• Under the Power (2019)
• Unexpected Falling (2022)
• You Are My Hero (2021)

Adventure:

• Lost in the Kunlun Mountains (2022)
• The Lost Tomb 2: The Wrath of Sea (2019)

Age Gap Dramas

• Destined to Meet You (2022)
• Don’t Think Twice, Love Is All Right (2020)
• Love Heals (2023)
• Parallel Love (2020)
• The Forbidden Flower (2023)
• Uncle Cool (2021)

Body/Identity Swap

• My Lethal Man (2023)
• When You Be Me (2022)

Business Drama:

• A Better Life (2025)
• As Long As You Love Me (2020)
• Best Choice Ever (2024)
• Boss (2020)
• Cheat My Boss (2019)
• Fighting Youth (2021)
• Hotel Trainees (2020)
• I Will Find You A Better Home (Cdrama 2020)
• Invisible Life (2020)
• Love Designer (2020)
• Master of My Own (2022)
• Miss Crow With Mr Lizard (2021)
• My Bargain Queen (2021)
• My Girl (99 Points Girlfriend) 2020
• My Treasure (Accounting) 2021
• Naughty Princess (2021)
• Negotiator 2018
• New Horizon (2021) Aviation
• Nice To Meet You (2019)
• Our Glamorous Time (2019)
• Our Interpreter (2024)
• Plot Love (2021)
• Really Meet Love That Day (2021)
• Something Just Like This (2020)
• Sweet and Cold (2023)
• The Best Partner (2019)
• The Ideal City (2021)
• The Lion’s Secret (2021)

• The Next Top Star (2019)
• To Be With You (2019)
• Wild Bloom (2022)

BL

• Revenged Love (2025)

Commemoration Drama

• Always on the Move (2024)
• Faith Makes Great (2021)
• The Rebel (2021)

Coming of Age:

• Dear Mayang Street (2020)
• Forever Love (2020)
• Memory of Encaustic Tile (2022)
• My First Love is a Secret Love (2021)
• Never Grow Old (2022)
• Remembrance of Things Past (2021)

Contract/Fake Marriage/Relationship

• Just Fiancee (2022)
• She And Her Perfect Husband (2022)
• Trial Marriage (2021)

Cross-Dressing Drama:

• Dr Cutie (2020)
• Go Princess Go (2015)
• In A Class of Her Own (2020)
• Maiden Holmes (2020)
• My Unicorn Girl (2020)
• The Heiress (2020)

e-Sport Drama:

• CrossFire (2020)
• Everyone Loves Me (2024)
• Falling Into Your Smile (2021)
• Gank Your Heart (2019)
• Go Go Squid (2019)
• Love 020 (2016)
• Out With A Bang (2022)
• The King’s Avatar (2019)
• You Are My Glory (2021)

Family/Marriage

• As Husband As Wife (2024)
• As We Wish (2022)
• Go Ahead (2020)
• Left Right (2022)
• Mortal Housewife (2022)
• Nice To Meet You Again (2022)
• Please Be My Family (2023)
• Shi Cha Hai (2020)
• The Bachelors (2022)
• Two Conjectures About Marriage (2022)

Female-Centric Dramas

• Alliance (2023)
• Be Together (2021)
• Be Your Own Light (2023)
• Be Yourself (2021)
• Crossroad Bistro (2021)
• Delicious Romance (2021)
• Hello Beautiful Life (2023)
• Hello My Love (2022)
• Islands (2024)
• Love Yourself (2020)
• Marvelous Women (2021)
• Mom Wow (2022)
• My Best Friend’s Story (2020)
• My Way (2022)
• Never Too Late (2023)
• Nothing But Thirty (2020)
• Stand or Fall (2023)
• The Tale of Rose (2024)
• There Will Be Ample Time (2023)
• To Dear Myself (2020)
• Twenty Your Life On (2020)
• Twenty Your Life On 2 (Cdrama 2022)
• Viva Femina (2023)
• Young and Beautiful (2021)
• Youth Fight (2019)

Food

• Beauty Private Kitchen (2016)
• Chef Hua (2020)
• Chef Fang (2017)
• Cinderella Chef (2018)
• Cupid’s Kitchen (2022)
• Delicacies Destiny (2022)
• Dine With Love (2022)
• Fry Me To The Moon (2024)
• Lonely Gourmet: Taipei (2015)
• Shi Cha Hai (2020)
• Sweet Trap (2024)

Historical Costume Drama (incl: Wuxia/Xianxia):

• Dear Herbal Lord (2020)
• Decreed By Fate (2022)
• Destined to Love You
• Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty (2019)
• Extremely Perilous Love (2023)
• Fake Princess (2020)
• General’s Lady (2020)
• Granting You a Dreamlike Life (2018)
• God of Lost Fantasy (2020)
• Handsome Siblings 2020
• I’ve Fallen For You (2020)
• Legend of Yun Xi (2018)

• Listening Snow Tower (2019)
• Lost Track of Time (2022)
• Love Like The Galaxy (2022)
• Love Like The Galaxy 2 (2022)
• Love Story of Court Enemies (2020)
• Luoyang (2021)
• Maid Escort (2021)
• Martial Universe 2018
• Marry Me (2020)
• Mirror: Twin Cities (2022)
• My Sassy Princess (2022)
• New Life Begins (2022)
• Oh! My General (2017) 
• Oh! My Sweet Liar (2020)
• Oops! The King Is In Love (2020)
• Pledge of Allegiance (2023)
• Princess Silver (2019)
• Rebirth For You (2021)
• Rewriting Destiny (2022)
• Rouge Debt/Lost Promise (2021)
• Sassy Beauty (2022)
• Su Yu (2020)
• The Eternal Love Season 1 & 2
• The Journey of Chong Zi (2023)
• Three Heroes and Five Gallants (2016)
• The Lady of the Butcher’s House (2022)
• Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms
• The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion (2020)
• The Moon Brightens For You (2020)
• The Rise of the Phoenixes (2018)
• Truth or Dare (2021)
• Unchained Love (2022)
• Your Sensibility My Destiny (2021)

  • Adventure

    • A Demon Hunter’s Romance (2025)

  • Business

    • Brocade Odyssey (2024)
    • The Story of Pearl Girl (2024)

  • Family

    • Si Jin (2025)
    • The Glory (2025)
    • The Rise of Ning (2024)
    • The Story of Ming Lan (2018)

  • Political

    • Female Prime Minister (Legend of Lu Zhen) (2013)
    • Legend of Haolan (2019)

  • Romance

    • A Dream of Splendour (2022)
    • A Female Student Arrives At The Imperial College (2021)
    • A Girl Like Me (2021)
    • Ban Shu Legend (2015)
    • Believe in Love (2022)
    • Choice Husband (2023)
    • Dr Cutie (2020)
    • Everlasting Longing (2025)
    • Honey, Don’t Run Away (2020)
    • The Autumn Ballad (2022)
    • Blooming Days (2023)
    • Echo of Her Voice (2024)
    • Fateful Love (2024)
    • I’m A Pet At Dali Temple (2018)
    • Kill Me Love Me (2024)
    • Mengfei Comes Across (2018)
    • My Dear Destiny (2020)
    • Oh! My Emperor (2018)
    • Legend of Hua Bu Qi (2019)
    • Love is an Accident (2023)
    • Renascence (2020)
    • The Double (2024)
    • The Inextricable Destiny (2023)
    • The Legend of Zhouhua (2023)
    • The Princess Royal (2024)
    • The Prisoner of Beauty (2025)
    • The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020)
    • The Scent of Time (2023)
    • The Sleepless Princess (2020)
    • The Sweet Girl (2020)

  • Qing

    • An Ancient Love Song (2023)
    • Court Lady (2021)
    • Legend of Dugu (2018)
    • Monarch Industry/The Rebel Princess (2021)
    • Royal Feast (2022)
    • Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
    • The Legend of Hao Lan (2019)
    • The Legendary Life of Queen Lau (2022)
    • The Long Ballad (2021)
    • The Long River (2022)
    • Untouchable Lovers (2018)

  • Wuxia

    • A Journey To Love (2023)
    • An Oriental Odyssey (2018)
    • Back From The Brink (2023)
    • Battle Through the Heaven (2018)
    • Bloody Romance (2018)
    • Dashing Youth (2024)
    • Doulou Continent (2021)
    • Ever Night (2018)
    • Ever Night 2 (2020)
    • Guardians of the Dafeng (2024)
    • Heroes (2024)
    • I Am Nobody (2023)
    • Joy of Life (2019)
    • Joy of Life 2 (2024)
    • Legend of Fuyao (2018)
    • Lost You Forever (2023)
    • Lost You Forever (2024)
    • Miss The Dragon (2021)
    • Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)
    • My Journey To You (2023)
    • Princess Agents
    • Side Story of Fox Volant (Cdrama 2022)
    • Song of the Moon (2022)
    • Sword and Fairy 1 (2024)
    • Sword and Fairy 4 (2024)
    • Sword and Fairy 6 (2024)
    • Sword Snow Stride (2021)
    • The Blood of Youth (2022)
    • The Legend of Anle (2023)
    • The Legend of Heroes (2024)
    • The Legend of Shen Li (2024)
    • The Longest Promise (2023)
    • The Song of Glory (2020)
    • The Wolf (2020)
    • Who Rules The World (2022)
    • Wulin Heroes (2023)

  • Xianxia

    • A Moment But Forever (2025)
    • Ancient Love Poetry (2021)
    • Ashes of Love (2018)
    • Dear Heavenly Fox (2023)
    • Love You Seven Times (2023)
    • Love’s Rebellion (2024)
    • Love of the Divine Tree (2025)
    • Novoland: Eagle Flag (2019)
    • Novoland: Castle in the Sky (2016)
    • Novoland: Pearl Eclipse (2021)
    • The Last Immortal (2023)
    • Till The End of the Moon (2023)

  • Transmigration

    • A Talented Girl Grows Up (2024)
    • Cinderella Chef (2018)
    • Different Princess (2024)
    • To Get Her (2019)

  • Thriller/Mystery/Investigation/Political/War

    • A League of Nobleman (2023)
    • Blossoms in Adversity (2024)
    • Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (2024)
    • Eternal Brotherhood (2024)
    • In Blossom (2024)
    • Interlaced Scenes (2024)
    • Kill My Sins (2025)
    • White Cat Legend (2024)
    • Wonderland of Love (2023)

  • Republican

    • Back For You (2025)
    • Defying The Storm (2022)
    • Five Kings of Thieves (2024)
    • Lost Identity (2024)
    • Mr & Mrs Chen (2024)
    • Shooting Stars (2024)
    • The Truth of Scent (2023)
    • War of Faith (2024)

  • War

    • Battle of Changsha (2014)

Legal

• Enforcement Department (2024)
• Fearless (2023)
• Hello Procurator (2021)

 

Medical/Hospital:

• Fantastic Doctors (2023)
• Gen Z/Hou Lang (2023)
• The Heart (2023)
• The White Castle (2023)
• Welcome To Milele (2023)

Military/Law/Policing/Forensic:

• Being A Hero (2022)
• Black Lighthouse (2020)
• Flight To You (2022)
• Imperfect Victim (2023)
• My Dear Guardian (2021)
• My Roommate is a Detective (2020)
• Prosecution Elite (2023)
• Rose War (Cdrama 2022)
• Storm Eye (2021)
• The Evidence Tells (2023)
• Thirteen Years of Dust (2023)
• To Love (2020)

Modern Romance:

• A Beautiful Lie (2024)
• All Out of Love (2018)
• As Beautiful As You (2024)
• Begin Again (2024)
• Be My Princess (2022)
• Crush (2021)
• Cute Bodyguard (2022)
• Discovery of Romance (Cdrama 2022)
• Fall In Love (2019)
• Fate (2020)
• Fireworks of My Heart (2023)
• Forget You, Remember Love (2020)
• Go Back Lover (2024)
• Happiness Will Come Knocking Again (2020)
• Here to Heart (2018)
• Hidden Love (2023)
• I Fell In Love By Accident (2020)
• If I Can Love You So (2019)
• In Love With Your Dimples (2021)
• Just Want to See You Smile (2018)
• Keep the Marriage as Jade (2016)
• Legally Romance (2022)
• Love is Deep (2019)
• Love in Time (2020)
• Love is Sweet (2020)
• Lucky’s First Love (2019)
• Marry Me (2020)
• Maybe It’s Love (2022)
• Meeting You Loving You (2021)
• Men In Love (2024)
• Midsummer is Full of Love (2020)
• Moonlight (2021)
• My Sunshine (2015)
• My Amazing Boyfriend (2016)
• My Amazing Boyfriend Season 2 (2019)
• My Boss (2024)
• My Dearest (2023)
• My Little Happiness (2021)
• My True Friend (2019)
• Nothing But You (2022)
• One and Another Him (2018)
• Please Feel At Ease Mr Ling (2021)
• Poisoned Love (2020)
• Pretty Li Hui Zen
• Professional Single (2020)
• Reblooming Blue (2024)
• Rising With The Wind (2023)
• Road Home (2023)
• Road to Rebirth (2021)
• Skip A Beat (2023)
• Such A Good Love (2025)
• Sunshine of My LIfe (2021)
• Sweet First Love (2020)
• Sweet Teeth (2021)
• The Best Thing (2025)
• The First Frost (2025)
• The Oath of Love (2022)
• The Secret of Love (2021)
• The Way We Were (2018)
• To Love, To Heal (2018)
• Unforgettable Love (2021)
• Unhappy Paris (2018)
• Unrequited Love (2019)
• Unrequited Love (2021)
• Vacation of Love (2021)
• Wait in Beijing (2020)
• Wanna Be (2025)
• Way Back Into Love (2020)
• What If (2024)
• Why Women Love (2022)
• Women on the Breadfruit Tree (2015)
• You Are So Sweet (2020)
• You Are My Lover Friend (2024)

Music/Theatre

• New Vanity Fair (2023)
• Rock It Mom (2022)
• Symphony’s Romance (2020)
• The Brightest Star In The Sky (2019)

Rural/Community

• Meet Yourself (2023)
• Minning Town (2021)
• The Story of Xingfu (2022)
• To The Wonder (2024)

Sci-Fi

• I Belonged To Your World (2023)
• Three-Body (2023)

Sport

• Chasing Ball (2019) Table Tennis
• Dive (Plop Youth) 2019 Diving
• Hello, The Sharpshooter (2022)
• Love of Summer Night (2020) Basketball
• Ping Pong Life (2021)
• Prince of Tennis (2019)
• Skate Into Love (2020) Hockey & Figure Skating
• My Unicorn Girl (2020)
• Nothing But You (2023)
• Sweet Combat (2018) Kick boxing
• Sweet Taichi (2019) Taichi
• The Best of You in My Mind (Archery) 2020

• The Emergence of First Love (2019)
• Unstoppable Youth (2019) Volleyball
• We Go Fast on Trust (2023) Motor Racing

Supernatural/Fantasy:

• Almost Delicious (2024)
• Chinese Bestiary/Guardian of the Ancient Oath (2020)
• Count Your Lucky Stars (2020)
• Dance of the Sky Empire (2020)
• Fairyland Lovers (2020)
• Ling Long/The Blessed Girl (2021)
• Long For You (2018)
• Love Is In the Air
• Love in a Loop (2022)
• My Amazing Boyfriend (2017)
• My Amazing Boyfriend 2 (2019)
• My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019)
• My Husky Boyfriend (Cdrama 2021)
• Novoland: The Castle In The Sky 2 (2020)
• Rattan (2021)
• Sparkle Love (2020)
• The Golden Eyes (2019)
• The Life of the White Fox (2019)
• The Night of the Comet 2 (2020)
• The Spirealm (2024)
• Winter Night (2022)

Time Travel/VR Games

• Cinderella Chef (2018)
• Closer to You (2020)
• Derailment (2023)
• Dreaming Back To The Qing Dynasty (2019)
• First Love Again (2021)
• Go Princess Go (2015)
• Gourmet of Tang Dynasty (2021)
• Link Click (2024)
• Love & The Emperor (2020)
• Queen of Attack (2021)
• Reset (2022)
• Shining For One Thing (2022)
• To Get Her (2019)

Youth/School Drama:

• Accidentally In Love (2018)
• A Love So Beautiful 2017
• A Little Thing Called First Love (2019)
• Best Time (2013)
• By Stealth Like You (2021)
• Consummation (2020)
• Demon Master (2018)
• Don’t Think of Interrupting My Studies (2021)
• First Romance (2020)
• Flourish in Time (2021)
• Growing Pain (2019)
• Hello Debate Opponent (2019)
• Hello, Mr Right (2016)
• Hi Flower (Ugly Girl Hai Rua Hua)
• Long Ri Yi, You Are (Dead Dragon Day, You’re Dead )
• Love ‘Til The End of Summer
• Love of Aurora
• Make My Heart Smile (2021)
• Meeting You (2020)
• Meteor Garden 2018
• Mr Swimmer (2018)
• My Deskmate (2018)
• My Mr Mermaid
• Nine Kilometers of Love (2019)
• Please Classmate (2021)
• Put Your Head on my Shoulder (2019)
• Qing Qing Zi Jin (2020)
• Ray of Light (2023)
• Remember My Boy (2021)
• Somewhere Only We Know (2019)
• The Best of You in My Mind (2020)
• The Eyas (2019)
• The Whirlwind (Tornado) Girl
• Time And Him Are Just Right (2022)
• True Colours (2020)
• While We’re Still Young (2019)
• When We Were Young (2018)
• Where the Lost Love Ones Go (2017)
• Youth (2018)
• Youth Unprescribed (2020)

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