2023 Chinese Drama List

Chinese Dramas like Born to Run

CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to Born to Run.

  • The First Half of My Life

    #1

    Urban, Romance, Life
    Jin Dong, Ma Yili, Yuan Quan
    The 33-year-old Luo Zijun was a full-time wife, every day her son went to school, her husband went to work, the nanny aunt did housework, the days were boring but comfortable. If her husband had not suddenly filed for divorce, she would have planned to live like this for the rest life. Now, without work experience, the middle-aged abandoned wife went into society with a child. Her reserve...
  • The Ideal City

    #2

    Urban, Family, Business
    Sun Li, Mark Chao
    As a new era woman, Su Xiao (Sun Li), a construction cost engineer, has always held the professional belief that “a clean cost sheet represents a clean project”. However, Su was fired by the Zhongjian Group and her cost engineer license was withheld due to an “unclean” incident by the second party in the industry. Su did not get beaten down. She entered the small company...
  • In Later Years

    #3

    Urban, Family, Drama
    Hao Lei, Wang Ou, Tang Yixin
    The life of middle-aged woman Zhang Chunmei may seem perfect to outsiders. Her son has been admitted to a prestigious university with excellent grades. Her husband is a professor and a doctoral supervisor, successful in his career. She herself is deputy editor-in-chief at a magazine and is likely to be promoted. She has a house, a car, and savings. However, in reality, only Chunmei...
  • Nothing But Thirty

    #4

    Urban, Romance, Family
    Jiang Shuying, Tong Yao, Mao Xiaotong
    Gu Jia's life is envied by many people. She has turned her husband from a fireworks programmer into "Mr Xu" and herself into a housewife. But when faced with a family crisis, she chooses to face it head on. Wang Manni is a maverick "rebel", convinced that she deserves better with her good appearance and wisdom, but she also has her own troubles. Zhong Xiaoqin is the ordinary one, married...
  • Octogenarian, and The 90S

    #5

    Family, Life, Romance
    Bai Jingting, Janice Wu
    “Sunshine Home” is a nursing home founded by Grandma Lin, which is small but warm, and houses a group of elderly people with very different personalities. Under the shelter of her grandmother, “post-90s” Ye Xiaomei has been living a comfortable and happy life. Until her grandmother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, before her death, she handed over the nursing home,...
  • Le Coup de Foudre

    #6

    Urban, Youth, Romance
    Janice Wu, Zhang Yujian
    Zhao Qiaoyi and Yan Mo are high school classmates. One is an academic loser, One is a straight-A student. They had a study abroad appointment on the eve of graduation. But this agreement was not completed because of a change in Qiao Yi’s family, and they disconnected after graduation. Four years later, they met again, and after a series of unexpected mistakes, Zhao Qiaoyi finally...
  • The Story of Xing Fu

    #7

    Family, Life, Drama
    Zhao Liying, Liu Wei, Tang Zeng
    He Xingfu is married to Wanjiazhuang, and when her sister is humiliated at the wedding, she smashes Wan Chuanjia, the son of Wan Shantang, the village clerk, in desperation. When the village builds a health care factory and expropriates He Xingfu’s in-laws’ farmland, she bravely confronts Wan Shantang in court and finally receives reasonable compensation. When He Xingfu has a hemorrhage...
  • Irreplaceable Love

    #8

    Urban, Youth, Romance
    Sun Yi, Bai Jingting
    Li Chuyao was born into an ordinary family with a lovely younger brother, Chuchen, who was very close to her. However, after winning the 3,000-metre running championship, Chuchen died in a fire at home. Li's mother becomes crazy and eventually mistakes Li Luoshu, who follows Chuyao home, for Li Chuchen. Li Luoshu, a good friend of Chuchen, enters the family as Chuchen in order to take...
  • Master Devil Do Not Kiss Me

    #9

    School, Romance, Comedy
    Xing Fei, Li Hongyi
    An Chuxia, a self-reliant girl, lost her mother in an accident and falls into a low point in her life. An’s mother entrusted her daughter to Jiang Yuanyuan, a friend from a wealthy family. In the envy of everyone, An Chuxia moved into the Han family and entered the noble academy as the fiancee of young master Han Qilu. Han Qilu and An Chuxia were disgusted with each other. They target...
  • Hello Beautiful Life

    #10

    Urban, Family, Life
    Mao Xiaotong, Zhang Li, Li Zefeng
    Sun Xin and Sun Xiang are two sisters with very different personalities. Sun Xin is bold and adventurous, while Sun Xiang is gentle and kind-hearted. Sun Xin is beautiful and pursues freedom, and she is not afraid to take risks. Sun Xiang is simple and loves to smile and talk. Their vastly different personalities have led them down very different paths in life. Sun Xin has had great...
  • The Furthest Distance

    #11

    Urban, Romance, Drama
    Zhong Chuxi, Zhang Yunlong
    Su Ying, an interior designer, has suffered a betrayal in her relationship and has had difficulty in opening her heart for six years, focusing only on her career until she meets Qin Yunsheng again. As Qin's house needs to be refurbished, they take part in the reality show "House Building" together. As their contact increases, Su Ying gradually falls in love with Qin Yunsheng, but then...
  • Mom Wow

    #12

    Urban, Family, Life
    Zhang Yuqi, Li Zefeng, Wu Yue
    Being a mother is not easy, and being a single mother is even harder. Zhou Nanan believes that she can create a happy life for her son, Xiao Yang, on her own. But at the critical point of "kindergarten to primary school", she deeply experienced the dilemma of work and family. Other seemingly glamorous mothers in the kindergarten also have their own troubles. After misunderstandings,...
  • Lady's Character

    #13

    Urban, Life, Business
    Wan Qian, Liu Mintao, Xing Fei
    Yao Wei, a workaholic, is the director of a company's commercial department. She put all her heart into the work and doesn't realize that the relationship between her and her husband has become estranged. The department she leads, which is mostly made up of women, is also experiencing problems specific to women: pregnancy, nursing mothers, and hidden pregnancies. It is at this point...
  • Love Is True

    #14

    Urban, Romance, Family
    Liu Tao, Du Chun
    Xiao Yan, an independent woman in the workplace, is determined to enter the top echelons of the Sia Group and create a domestic original make-up brand. As a result of her outstanding performance, she was appointed to take charge of the maternal and infant product which is more promising. This is a great challenge for Xiao Yan, who preaches that true love is only for you and insists...
  • Women Walk the Line

    #15

    Urban, Romance, Life
    Xu Lu, Chen Duling
    Gu Qiao and Yuan Ge are a pair of good friends from a small town. After graduation, one chose to stay in Shanghai and work hard, while the other chose to go back to the small town to be a good wife. As they approach thirty years of age, they encounter unprecedented difficulties. Yuan Ge, who has focused only on her work for many years and neglected her emotional life while her health...
  • Ode to Joy 3

    #16

    Urban, Romance, Life
    Jiang Shuying, Yang Caiyu, Karlina Zhang
    The five girls who newly moved to the Ode to Joy Community live on the same floor. Among them, Zhu Che, the hotel manager, and Yu Chuhui and He Yuhong, who had just worked for a few years, shared a suite. The mysterious and charming Fang Zhiheng and Ye Zhenzhen, who is engaged in life science research, live in the other two suites respectively. These five girls have very different personalities...
  • Ode to Joy

    #17

    Urban, Romance, Friendship
    Liu Tao, Jiang Xin, Wang Ziwen
    Fan Shengmei, who has come to work in Shanghai, shared a suite with Guan Ju’er and Qiu Yingying. They live on the 22nd floor of a mid-range Community called “Ode to Joy” with An Di, a highly intelligent returnee gold collar worker, and Qu Xiaoxiao, a wealthy girl with superb charm. The five girls have very different personalities, each carrying their own difficulties and disappointments...
  • The Story of Ming Lan

    #18

    Historical, Romance, Family
    Zhao Liying, Feng Shaofeng
    The sixth daughter of the Sheng family, Minglan, was smart and beautiful but suffered from the plight of her legal mother’s unkindness, her sisters’ making troubles, her father’s lack of attention, and the death of her biological mother. She hid her intelligence and talent, grew up with humiliation and adversity, stood up for herself despite all the oppression, and finally took...
  • My Story for You

    #19

    Urban, Romance, Life
    Luo Jin, Zheng Shuang
    At the end of the 1990s, Zhang Changgong, who works in an IT company, has his first taste of success in the Internet business sector thanks to his excellent professional skills. While his career is rising, Changong falls in love with a brilliant college girl, Li Muzi. At the same time, his best friend Han Dong goes abroad to study and Wei Xiaoshan prepares to study for a Ph.D. However,...
  • You are My Destiny

    #20

    Urban, Romance, Comedy
    Xing Zhaolin, Liang Jie
    Chen Jiaxin is a new-coming assistant in a law firm, and Wang Xiyi is a corporate heir with an elite education. They met by chance on a cruise to the Bahamas. They quickly entered into a marriage accidentally. After the marriage, Chen Jiaxin was pregnant and was determined to give up her job to devote herself to her family. They also developed a mutual affection for each other during...
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