Chinese Drama List – Best Popular C drama

  • The City Maker

    #1

    Drama
    Zhao Liying, Huang Xiaoming
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    In the early 1980s, Pingchuan County decided to establish "Yuehai Town" in order to accelerate its development. Two highly capable and strong-willed cadres, Li Qiuping and Zheng Decheng, guided by the principle that "a city should be built by its people," leveraged the reform and opening-up policies and the No. 1 Central Document to find a path for reform. They led tens of thousands...
  • Loving Strangers

    #2

    Urban, Romance, Life
    Mark Chao, Zhang Zifeng
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Zhou Yu'an, born into poverty and burdened with repaying her father's debts, crosses paths with Jiang Jiaqi, who is grappling with both family troubles and career setbacks. The two, who otherwise would have had no connection, are brought together by corporate intrigue within their company. The CEO, Gu Chen, loses a crucial new drug application opportunity due to Jiaqi's outspoken integrity....
  • A Girl in Tang Dynasty

    #3

    Historical, Romance
    Joey Chua, Yan Xi
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Hua Xiaofei, who was determined to become a business elite, hit rock bottom in life—penniless and burdened with debt. Returning home intending to pawn a family heirloom for a chance to turn her life around, she unexpectedly fell into a coma. To wake her, the doctor told her a series of inspiring stories. In her unconscious state, Hua Xiaofei found herself in a bustling capital city...
  • Love between Lines

    #4

    Urban, Romance
    Chen Xingxu, Lu Yuxiao
    ★★★★☆☆
    7
    Xiao Zhiyu and Hu Xiu, who cross paths during a Republican-era themed role-playing game. Amidst swirling snow and intertwining espionage in the scripted world, their fates collide in an intense spark. However, their unexpected reunion in reality unravels hidden mysteries about their true identities. As the boundaries between the fictional script and real life blur, the two navigate...
  • Beauty Chamber of Secrets

    #5

    Suspense, Drama
    Su Mengdi, Zhang Xinyao
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Late at night, five strikingly beautiful women, each with her own distinct charm, wake up on the floor of a suite in the Snowfall Villa. Strangely lying on the bed is the "corpse" of a man deeply connected to all of them—Liu Lie. The suite is locked from the inside, forming a sealed room. Upon opening the door, they find the villa empty and deserted. Song Rou, Liu Lie’s pregnant...
  • Glory in Shadows

    #6

    Historical, Romance
    Wu Jiayi, Dong Zifan
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Shen Yaochu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen Manor, is forced to marry a supposedly deceased general, Li Jingchuan. Upon discovering he faked his death, and following her mother's wrongful death, she vows to uncover the truth. Shifting from mutual exploitation to a powerful alliance, they join forces to challenge the matriarch, unravel deep-seated conspiracies, and investigate murders...
  • Undercover Us

    #7

    Historical, Romance
    Ke Ying, Pan Youcheng
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Two-faced heroine Fang Muwan and a scheming prince Xie Ciyuan, an unexpected arranged marriage brings them together in a "marriage first, love later" relationship, but hidden agendas create rifts and misunderstandings that drive them apart. When they reunite after years of separation, they embark on a turbulent romance between two equally strong yet tormented souls—caught between...
  • A Happy Life

    #8

    Historical, Romance
    Ji Meihan, Zhang Yijie
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    The story begins with the arrogant and domineering life of Princess Su Jinli in Hong City, whose obsession with handsome men leads to constant conflicts and disputes. By chance, she enters a game titled Joy in Hong City, taking on the role of the princess within the game. There, she meets Yunlang, a male companion played by Mu Yunfan, and the two gradually develop deep feelings for...
  • Forever Young

    #9

    Life, Drama
    Wallace Huo, Tian Yu, Zhang Xueying
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Ma Ding, the vice president of a listed company, suddenly learns he has a brain tumor. With no family of his own, he prepares to face death calmly, yet feels a lingering emotional bond from the past—he grew up with three sworn brothers in a Beijing alleyway. Just before high school graduation, an incident tore the four of them apart... Wanting to resolve old grievances and reclaim...
  • Glory

    #10

    Historical, Romance
    Neo Hou, Gulnazar
    ★★★★★☆
    9.3
    Lu Jianglai, a brilliant young scholar who achieves the prestigious title of zhuangyuan (top imperial examination graduate) and is appointed as the magistrate of Chun'an County. He quickly gains fame for solving a series of puzzling cases but is soon dragged into an old, unresolved murder involving a wife's death. This scandal causes his swift fall from grace, transforming him from...
  • His Chosen Favor

    #11

    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    Fang Jin, Leo Zhou
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Graduate Lu Zhen'er unexpectedly time-travels into the body of a "funeral concubine" destined for burial and discovers that the puppet emperor, Xiao Wenjing, is actually from the same era and hometown as her. Faced with a perilous and seemingly predetermined fate, she refuses to surrender and vows to defy destiny—only to find that Xiao Wenjing is the very one who has been scripting...
  • The Truth Within

    #12

    Suspense, Crime
    Luo Yunxi, Cya Liu, Jiang Qilin
    ★★★★☆
    8
    Qi Sizhe lost his girlfriend, Yu Fei, in a car accident, but he sensed there was more to the incident than met the eye. To uncover the truth, Qi Sizhe joined the Hecheng City Public Security Bureau as a forensic investigator, only to find himself drawn into a series of bizarre and unresolved cases. Throughout the investigation, he worked alongside Zhu Qingyue and Han Feng, meticulously...
  • The Unclouded Soul

    #13

    Historical, Fantasy, Romance
    Tan Songyun, Neo Hou
    ★★★★☆
    8
    Driven by desire, both humans and demons have sought the divine Jade Elixir Spring, leading to centuries of relentless conflict among various factions. Xiao Yao, a carefree and quick-witted young girl, unexpectedly embarks on a fantastical journey through the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, turning the demon world upside down. Hong Ye, the revered King of Ten Thousand Demons, who is...
  • Elegy of Zhaoli

    #14

    Historical, Romance, Drama
    Fu Yaning, Lu Dongxu
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Jiang Li, the daughter of the current Grand Tutor, secretly engaged in business behind her father's back and encountered a handsome man named A Zhao during this time. However, an imperial decree from the Empress Dowager bound her to the current Grand General as his betrothed. For Jiang Li, this marriage was merely a strategy to reclaim her mother's ancestral property and break free...
  • Light of Dawn

    #15

    Suspense, Thriller
    Zhang Ruoyun, Ma Sichun, Wang Jingchun
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Orphan Gao Feng is obsessed with finding his birth parents, while wealthy heiress Wu Feifei navigates various crises within her family enterprise. The two initially lead completely unrelated lives. One day, a car accident leads to the discovery of a skeleton buried for years—a skeleton that seems connected to the mystery of Gao Feng's origins while also hiding a secret Wu Feifei's...
  • Strange Chronicles of Tang: The Nine-Tiered Labyrinth

    #16

    Historical, Fantasy, Suspense
    Yang Zhigang, Guo Jianan
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    The drama centers on the core mystery of the "Nine-Tiered Labyrinth Blood Case", following Su Wuming, a county captain of Wannian County, as he investigates a series of murders orchestrated by Han Tang. Su Wuming and Du Chong, the chief judge of the original case, are drugged and taken into a bizarre underground palace replicating the Nine-Tiered Labyrinth, where they fall into a trap...
  • To Kill a Songbird

    #17

    Historical, Suspense
    Fang Xiaodong, Zhao Xixi
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    At the age of thirteen, Li Fuya, who suffered the tragedy of her family's downfall, returns to Huachang County to avenge her unjustly executed brother. During this time, she meets Lu Yanchong, the seemingly dissolute and incompetent county magistrate. As Lu Yanchong's true identity and motives gradually come to light, the two evolve from mutual suspicion to close collaboration, working...
  • More than I Can Say

    #18

    Romance, Drama
    Chen Xijun, Jiang Zhinan
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Peking opera apprentice Chen Zhiyi forms a bond with Ruan Suiqing, the son of a renowned local newspaper publisher, through their shared love of traditional theater. After enduring the decline of her opera troupe and the death of her beloved, the cruelty of fate and the turbulence of the era force Chen to struggle and transform. Eventually awakening to her true self, she joins Ruan...
  • The Royal Highness of the Princess

    #19

    Historical, Romance
    Han Muyan
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    A minor thirty-sixth-tier actress, An Ran, accidentally time-travels into a script while visiting a film set. To return to the modern era, the dramatic An Ran decides to "play the fool while secretly outsmarting others," only to become entangled in Yuwen Rui’s revenge plot while trying to save a doomed minor character. On the surface, they appear to be a loyal sidekick and a scheming...
  • Rouge Tears

    #20

    Suspense, Romance
    Daisy Li, Liu Xuwei
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    Ye Zhiqiu, a young woman who disguises herself as the Fifth Concubine of the Zhou family to enter the Zhou mansion and uncover the truth behind her sister's death. Together with Zhou Yimo, the eldest son of the Zhou family who carries secrets of his own, they unravel the hidden mysteries of the Zhou household. Amidst the flames of vengeance fueled by a blood-stained wedding dress,...
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