2023 Chinese Drama List

Chinese Dramas like The Theatre Stories

CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to The Theatre Stories.

  • Chronicle of Life

    #1

    Historical, Romance, Drama
    Zheng Shuang, Hawick Lau, Vin Zhang
    In 1669, Ao Bai was captured, and the vigorous purge of the remaining party began. The loyal minister Abu Nai was unjustly subjected to the extermination of his family, and his young daughter Liang’er, who was only ten years old, witnessed the massacre of his family and managed to escape. On the way to escape, she met Teenager Kang Xi, and they experienced life and death without knowing...
  • King is Not Easy

    #2

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Bai Lu, Zhang Yijie
    Da Xi is a bratty and pretty girl, her greatest wish is to marry a handsome man. So when she fell in love with the court guard, Shao Yong at first sight, she gave up everything to enter the palace as a court lady. But she coincidentally swapped her soul with the king, Ji Man. Identity change brought embarrassing things constantly. The “king” cooking personally for the palace, kissing...
  • Love Forever Young

    #3

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Alen Fang, Liu Lingzi, Ma Wenyuan
    The misty Yanshan Mountains are home to two major sects: the Yanshan Sect, consisting of male disciples, and the Baihua Sect, consisting of female disciples. Despite coexisting in the same vicinity, these two sects have limited interactions due to their strict rules. However, nothing can deter the young generation's yearning for love, leading to a series of intricate and joyful stories.
  • The Flowers Are Blooming

    #4

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Xu Jiaqi, Huang Shengchi
    Princess Chen Langyue of the Daxiao is obsessed with construction work and sneaks out of the palace to join a team of wood craftsmen founded by talented craftsman Li Qingfeng. Several teenagers with very different personalities gather together for their own ideals and work together to transform a strange and interesting building. They sometimes quarrel, sometimes support each other,...
  • A Love So Romantic

    #5

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Yang Zhiwen, Ye Shengjia
    Su Xiaowan, a flower seller who is good at cheating, accidentally makes a “brother-sister contract” with Gu Yanxi, the eldest son of the jewelry family, and thus takes on the role of Gu Wan’er, the younger sister of Gu Yanxi and the eldest daughter of the family. However, this change is not as good as Su Xiaowei thought. Gu Yanxi is a sharp tongue, scheming “brother”.Su Xiaowan...
  • The Princess and the Werewolf

    #6

    Historical, Fantasy, Romance
    Wu Xuanyi, Chen Zheyuan
    To investigate the case of arson in the imperial palace, princess Qi Pa, who is a face-judger, mistakenly fell into an ambush. Then she was saved by Kui Mu Lang of Huashou Tribe, who has double faces. To get the spirit pearl, Kui Mu Lang intended to marry Qi Ba, but Qi Ba was disgusted and afraid of Kui Mu Lang. She wanted to run away, but she chose to stay because she had to investigate...
  • The Forensic Examiner Song Ci

    #7

    Historical, Suspense, Thriller
    Sun Zeyuan, Chen Xinyu, Jurat Kutra
    The drama revolves around six youths: the strategic and decisive Song Ci, the highly skilled physician Bai Xueyan, the photographic memory holder Li Zifang, the mysterious and reserved Zhao Xiaoliu, the formidable martial artist Yin Qiao, and the ingenious planner Shen Xiyue. These six individuals come together for various reasons and, working together, solve numerous mysterious and...
  • Hello There

    #8

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Jin Meichen, Meng En, Wu Chengze
    Tang Buyan, a quirky and cute girl, is looking for a destined person with a tear mole at the corner of the eye to solve a family bloodline problem. By chance, she meets Li Chengqi, the young master of the Xuanqi Sect, who is cool and elegant. Then, their destinies are linked together, resulting in a ludicrous but warm and healing love story.
  • The Substitute Princess's Love

    #9

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Dylan Kuo, Zhang Miaoyi
    The God of War, Wen Ye, died in battle on the eve of his wedding, and the whole nation mourned. The bride-to-be was the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, and Lady Shen was reluctant to let her daughter marry and become a widow. However, she was also afraid of being criticized for canceling the wedding. So, she found Shen Keyi, her illegitimate daughter who had been living outside,...
  • Hilarious Family

    #10

    Historical, Comedy, Family
    Liu Lin, Li Jiaqi, Yang Haoyu
    Du Ruyu, who has been a widow for 18 years, is determined to marry her four daughters into "good" families. To achieve this, she grits her teeth and, despite immense financial pressure, buys a house in the capital city so that her daughters can have advantageous marriages. However, things take an unexpected turn as wealthy suitors fail to materialize, and instead, a series of young...
  • A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College

    #11

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Zhao Lusi, Xu Kaicheng
    Sang Qi is the only daughter of Sang Gong, the Grand Minister of War. Yan Yunzhi is the best gentleman in Da Yan. Sang Qi has in a bet with someone to make Yan Yunzhi accept her purse and agree to a lantern viewing at the Lantern Festival. She thinks she can do it easily, but there are many difficulties. When she learns that Yan Yunzhi is teaching at the Imperial College. She enters...
  • General's Lady

    #12

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Tang Min, Caesar Wu, Cao Junxiang
    Shen Jin, a pampered young lady from the royal family, married far away to the border because of the emperor’s grant of marriage. She fell in love with her husband, General Chu Xiuming, at first sight, but, because of her special status, she could not successfully integrate into the army of the Chu family. In order to gain dignity and love in a brand new environment, Shen Jin gradually...
  • Call Me Detective Incense

    #13

    Historical, Suspense, Romance
    Wang Junren, Zhang Yaqian
    Yi Qingyi, the head constable of Department Six, is known as the best constable in the world. He can solve any case within one incense stick, and is nicknamed "One Incense Stick". But now, the former king of crime-solving is devastated by an unsolvable case and spends his days drinking away his sorrows. The lady of the Wu Family, the junior sister of "One Incense Stick" finally joins...
  • Magic Star

    #14

    Historical, Fantasy, Drama
    Leo Wu, Chen Xiang, Zhang Yuxi
    A meteor shower, rarely seen in a hundred years, suddenly descends, bringing a magic stone down on the border. The emperor sends a young man, Bai Ze, to find the stone, hoping that the mysterious power of the stone will bring peace and prosperity to his country. Although Bai Ze is loyal to the emperor and his country, he has been ostracised in the imperial court because he is the son...
  • Love Behind the Melody

    #15

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Bao Shang'en, Wu Chongxuan
    When the pipa player Li Sasa on the occasion of playing, coincidentally, the phoenix-necked pipa brought her into a thousand years before, the Sheng Dynasty, becoming a deserted wife. She is inhabited by chance in the right imperial music office and befriended by Lu Jingnian, the head of the right imperial music office. With a good skill of "love" and "piano", Li Sasa gradually makes...
  • A Camellia Romance

    #16

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Guo Zifan, Li Mozhi
    Xu Chunchun, the only daughter of a silk shop, is mistakenly chosen by the Zhou family, the “world’s No.1 tea merchant”, to be the wife of Zhou Junjue, the son of the famous Zhou family. In order to get rid of her stepmother’s oppression and realize her dream of starting her own business, Xu Chunchun agrees with it reluctantly. But to her surprise, Xu Chunchun wants to be repudiated...
  • Wanru's Journey

    #17

    Historical, Romance, Wuxia
    Ao Ruipeng, Aaron Deng, Zong Yuanyuan
    The heroine, Xiao Ru, is a young girl who knows only a few martial arts skills, is a quirky, poor, adorable, and weak girl who is deceitful and greedy for money on the surface, but is kind-hearted on the inside. She suddenly becomes a foolish young lady, Murong Shuwan, who is bullied. After meeting the man she loves, Muyong Chong, she is forced to get involved in the conflicts of the...
  • The Letter from the Cloud

    #18

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Xie Binbin, Wu Jiayi
    Shen Yu was born in a medical family. She marries into the Zhou family with the purpose of clearing her family's name. However, her husband Zhou Yue is a girl who pretends to be a man. She then befriends Qi Zhang and Gao Mo. The four young men team up to investigate the cases. when they get closer to the truth, they are involved in the storm of the imperial court and engagement of love.
  • Catch Up My Prince

    #19

    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    Liu Yichang, Xu Ruohan
    Lu Ranran, a medic, has coincidentally entered a game world called "Xinming". In order to return to reality, Lu Ranran undergoes a series of trials and tribulations. Not only does she succeed in studying medicine with her teacher, but she also befriends the fourth prince Zhao Chenyi. After a series of trials and tribulations, they fall in love with each other. Lu Ranran learns that...
  • Egg and Stone

    #20

    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Xu Lu, Caesar Wu
    The daughter of the head of the Wuyue Sect, the number one sect in the martial arts world, Huo Xingchen, in order to resist the fate imposed upon her and the "unwanted husband", resolutely steps into Jianghu. With her own courage and resilience, as well as the companionship of her loved ones and friends, she grows along the way during her journey in the martial world. She unravels various...
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