The 25 Best Romantic Chinese Drama to Watch

Chinese TV and film industry has a wide range of audiences and is popularly known as C-Drama. What makes Chinese dramas one of the favorites among fans is the dramas that it makes that cover a wide range of themes. Who doesn’t like romantic dramas? C-dramas guarantee you some of the finest romantic TV drama series that will give you a roller coaster ride of emotions. Let’s look at the 25 most unique and best romantic Chinese drama series that you can watch.

25. Lost Love in Times (2017) 

• Director: Lin Yufen, Liang Sengquan, Yu Cuihua, Ren Haitao
• Writer: Rao Jun, Han Peizhen, Shi Siye, Chen Whenjuan, Dong Xinru
• Cast: Cecilia Liu, William Chan
• IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

This Chinese drama series is based on Shi Siye’s novel, Lost Love in Time, and the plotline revolves around the love story of Qincheng, a witch, and Yuang Ling of Wei, a prince. The prince is saved by the witch, after which their beautiful love story begins.

However, the state does not accept them even after they get engaged. The drama is full of fantasy, complicated love, and fantastic chemistry. Will the lovers save their relationship, or will their relationship spell a disaster?

Chinese romantic dramas are a must-watch if you want a roller coaster ride of emotions and want to explore something new. These drams depict the different aspects of love which are portrayed in the most realistic yet beautiful ways.

24. My Huckleberry Friends (2017)

• Director: Sha Mo
• Writer: Ba Yue Chang An
• Cast: Li Landi, Zhang Xincheng
• IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki, iQIYI

The series can be considered as one of the romantic Chinese dramas that depicts the beautiful love story of two very aspiring and ecstatic teenagers. A young maths prodigy Yu Zhou Zhou defies her family and teachers and chooses to study liberal arts.

On the other hand, Lin Yang, her friend, is someone she relies on. However, both of them drift apart due to misunderstandings. However, both of them try to mend their broken friendship.

Will the protagonists fall in love with each other while trying to mend the broken friendship, or does a completely new twist await them?

23. Memory Lost (2016)

• Director: Li Dachao Liang Qinxuan
• Writer: Yu Zheng Ding Mo
• Cast: Yang Rong, and Bai Yu
• IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

Despite his amnesia and the insistence of everyone else that his lost fiancée does not exist, brilliant police officer Han Chen searches assiduously for her. Bai Jin Xi, a cheerful female working as a police detective whose strange history is as full of secrets as Han Chen’s own, comes to his attention as a result of his search. 

22. Hidden Love (2023)

• Director: Lee Ching Jung
• Writer: Zhu Yi
• Cast: Zhao Lu Si, Chen Zhe Yuan, Victor Ma
• IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available:Netflix

In Hidden Love, Sang Zhi develops a crush on her brother’s friend, which results in a natural and close relationship despite their age difference. The play poignantly captures intimate moments of love and the eternal quality of devotion, serving as a reminder that love knows no time restrictions. Because it is so straightforward and devoid of any unpleasant, cheesy, or unrealistic elements, this drama is excellent. It is based on truth and depicts what true love looks like.

21. Meteor Garden (2018)

• Director: Lin Helong
• Writer: Sharon Mao
• Cast: Shen Yue, Dylan Wang, Darren Chen, Ceaser Wu, Connor Leong
• IMDb Rating: 8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

Meteor Garden revolves around Dong Shancai, an ordinary young girl Shancai who gets into a prestigious institution but fights with an elite and arrogant boys’ group. An exciting love triangle is formed between Dong Shancai, Daoming Si, and Hauze Lei.

However, things take an exciting turn when Daoming Si’s mother gets involved in taking her son away from Dong Shancai. Who will Dong Shancai end up with, and will the boys ever accept Shancai as an equal?

The drama is an exciting teen romance that grabbed quite a lot of attention.

20. Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022)

• Director:  Yi Zheng
• Writer:  Yi Zheng
• Cast: Yu Shu Xin, Dylan Wang, Zhang Ling He, Xu Hai Qiao
• IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

Nearly 30,000 years after the death of the first God of War, the flower fairy Orchid (Xin) makes an effort to support the new God of War in his efforts to uphold world peace. In the process, she unwittingly casts the “One Heart” curse, which intertwines their woes and experiences and awakens the devil lord Dongfang Qing Cang. The curse continues to bind them together more closely than ever as Dongfang Qing Cang begins looking for a solution.

19. My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019)

• Director:  Deng Ke; Gao Zong Kai
• Writer: Ye Junjian
• Cast: Thassapak Hsu, Wan Peng, Wang You Jun
• IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: MX Player, Rakuten Viki

A cute alien girl named Chai Xiao Qi, who was stuck on Earth after unintentionally losing her annunciator—the only remaining method of travelling back to the Cape Town Planet now that she had missed her spaceship, she met the most amazing guy on the planet. Will they fall in love? Will she return to her planet? All is in the show for you to watch!

18. Story Of Yanxi Palace (2018)

• Director: Hui Kaidong Wen Deguang
• Writer: Zhou Mo
• Cast: Wu Jinyan and Qin Lan
• IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

Wei Yingluo, a shrewd and tenacious palace maid, travels in Story Of Yanxi Palace as she struggles to learn the truth about her sister’s death while negotiating the perilous imperial court. The play tells a story of female assertiveness, survival, and eventual triumph against the magnificent backdrop of the imperial harem of the Qing Dynasty, amid political intrigues and courtly maneuvers.

17. Accidentally in Love (2018) 

• Director: Zhong Qing
• Writer: Qianxun Qianxun
• Cast: Guo Jun Chen, Sun Yi Ning, Ma Li, Zhao Yi Qin
• IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

His romantic story is based on Chen Qing Qing, a cheerful young woman who decides to leave her wealthy grandfather and forced marriage.

She tries to escape her grandfather by creating fake names and instances, which lead to quite humourous instances in the show.

Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets the arrogant music sensation, Situ Feng. How will the lovers take their relationship, and what new challenges for the protagonists make the audience watch the show until the end?

16. If I Can Love You So (2019) 

• Director: Wang Lei
• Writer: Qianxun Qianxun
• Cast: Liu Shishi, Tong Dawei, Bao Jianfeng
• IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

Considered one of the best romantic Chinese dramas, If I Can Love You So revolves around Bao Kaoer, who tragically finds out about her husband’s affair after he dies with another woman in the accident.

While Geng Mochi was also processing Ye Sha’s death and her affair, these estranged spouses met. Both of them blame each other for their spouse’s infidelity.

However, they slowly fall in love. Things become complicated with Qi Shuli’s arrival. Will the couple save their relationship, or will Qi Shuli’s plan succeed?

15. Meet Yourself (2023)

• Director: Ding Zi Guang
• Writer: Shui Qianmo
• Cast: Liu Yifei, Li Xian, Hu Bing Qing, Tu Songyan
• IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

Following the passing of her best friend, Xu Hong Dou’s (Liu) life is completely upended. She chooses to take a break and travel to the serene village of Yun Miao in the Yunnan Province since she can’t handle the loss. She meets Xie Zhi Yao (Li) there, who inspires her to launch a tourism company with him. Love grows as the two begin to collaborate.

Watch it and you will fall in love with it!

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14. Falling Into Your Smile (2021)

• Director: Qiu Zhong Wei
• Writer: Xu Kai
• Cast: Xu Kai, Cheng Xiao, Zhai Xiao Wen, Yao Chi
• IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

When ZGDX OPL’s captain Lu Si Cheng (Xu) hurts his hand, the attractive and intelligent Tong Yao (Cheng) is asked to join the squad. Despite the stereotypes about female gamers and her obnoxious team captain, Yao works incredibly hard to hold her ground. Lu Si, who is inspired by Tong’s commitment, begins to see Tong’s attraction in the meantime.

Falling Into Your Smile, one of the most well-known sports-based Chinese dramas, was influenced by Qing Mei’s web novel You’re Beautiful When You Smile. In addition, female star Cheng garnered a lot of positive feedback from the general public for the powerful way she portrayed gamer Tong Yao.

13. Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019)

• Director: Zhu Dongning
• Writer: Zhao Qianqian
• Cast: Xing Fei, Lin Yi, Tang Xiaotian
• IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

Considered one of the best romance dramas, Put Your Head on My Shoulder is the love story between As Si Tu Mo, an ordinary girl, and a Physics prodigy called Gu Wei Yi. These two very different people are set up by their mothers and start to live together and eventually fall in love.

While Si Tu Mo likes Fu Pei, she is pretty uncertain about the decisions she needs to make. How will Gu Wei Yi change her life, and will both protagonists face the challenges that life has in store for them?

12. The Fox’s Summer (2017) 

• Director: Yu Zhongzhong
• Writer: Shen Cangmei, You Er
• Cast: Jiang Ciao, Tan Songyun
• IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

This Chinese drama tells the story of Gu Cheng Ze and Li Yan Shu, who are brought together under adverse circumstances.

To motivate Gu Jin Yu to come and work for the company, Cheng Ze decides to hire Li Yan Shu, Jin Yu’s ex-girlfriend. Even though the former couple has some strings attached, Mrs. Gu is determined to separate them, leading to Cheng Ze and Yan Shu falling in love.

It is heartwarming to see Cheng Ze and Yan Shu overcoming the hurdles on their way and forming a solid bond. But will Jinyu let her go quickly, or will the new couple have any more hurdles on their way?

11. The King’s Woman (2017)

• Director: Liu Xin
• Writer: Zhu Xianzhong
• Cast: Dilraba ilmurat, Vin Zhang, Li Tai, Liu Chamg , Zhang Xuan
• IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

This Chinese drama revolves around the first emperor of China and Sun Li, the daughter of a commander. The story centers around how Sun Li gets married to Ying Zheng, the first emperor of China, to save her childhood lover’s life.

However, she falls in Love with Zheng and is loved and respected in the harem with time due to her intelligence and kindness. The wuxia drama is full of Romance, palace politics, suspense, and a love triangle that will put lives at stake.

The king’s Woman is one of the most loved Chinese dramas.

10. A Love So Beautiful (2017)

• Director: Yang Long
• Writer: Zhao Qianqian, Wu Tong, Duan Yuyue, Yu gu, Zhou Chucen, Wang Yanpei
• Cast: Hu Yitian, Shen Yue
• IMDb Rating: 8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

A Love so Beautiful is an excellent Chinese drama that depicts the story of two classmates, Chen Xiaoxi and Jiang Chen, who are neighbors and classmates and have admiration towards each other.

However, their lives are full of ups and downs that lead them to drift apart with time, only to meet again after years.

This love story is full of Romance, heartbreaks, and emotional drama that keeps the audience hooked. Will Jiang Chen take back his girl and clear all the misunderstandings, or will the lovers be separated again?

9. Bloody Romance (2018)

• Director: Yi-Jun
• Writer: Banming Banmei
• Cast: Li Yitong, Qu Chuxiao
• IMDb Rating: 8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki

Bloody Romance is one of the best Chinese romantic dramas that centers around the life of a woman who is forced to work in a brothel. Qi Xue turned into a cold-blooded assassin during the Tang Dynasty to survive.

On her journey, she has to face criminals, psychopaths, and murders in the Tang Dynasty, making the series fascinating. However, her life turns less cruel when she meets Chang An, who discovers a strong connection.

But, with Chang An as her savior, will both get out of the deadly controversy for the power they get involved in, or will their love be at stake?

8. Here to Heart (2018) 

• Director: Huang Tianren
• Writer: Zhao Weina, Xie Xiaomi
• Cast: Hans Zhang, Janine Chang, Jing Chao, Jenny Zhang
• IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

Based on An Ning’s novel The Warm Chord, Here to Heart is a story full of love, hate, Romance, and revenge.

The story revolves around a young couple who get separated due to an accident. Even though decades have passed and both of them have found new partners, something makes them feel lonely. However, things become complicated when one wants to seek revenge for something that happened years ago.

Will their eternal love story fall into the clutches of hate, or will love to find its way back to the young couple? The drama is a must-watch for those who love a love story full of romance and hate drama.

7. The Endless Love (2017)

• Director: Gu Yun Yun
• Writer: Li Qiong
• Cast: An Yu Xi, Chen Ruo Xuan, Miles Wei, Luo Yu Tong
• IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

Endless Love is one of the most liked romantic Chinese dramas that revolves around the life of Gu Ye Bai, who is a brilliant painter. His life turns upside down when he loses his eyesight just before a crucial competition. However, Lu You Yan helps him reach his dream, and the two develop feelings for each other.

On the other hand, Lu You Yan gets an offer to go to Paris. Will the love story end before it even begins, or does life have something else in store for the young lovers?

The story is full of cute moments and emotional sequences to keep the audience hooked.

6. The Romance Of Tiger And Rose (2020)

• Director: Cha Chuanyi
• Writer: Nan Zhen
• Cast: Zhao Lusi and Ding Yuxi
• IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

The amusing journey of screenwriter Chen Qianqian, who unintentionally joins the world of her own fictional drama, is followed in The Romance of Tiger and Rose. In this quirky and endearing romantic comedy, the main character learns the power of her pen and the prospects for empowerment as she attempts to alter the story’s conclusion in an effort to survive.

5. Time to Fall in Love (2022)

• Director: Chu Dejian
• Writer: Chu Chu, Li Zhao, and Luo Manying
• Cast: Lin Xin Yi Zheng Luo Yang Ze
• IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: IQIYI

To make his sick grandma happy because she wants him to find love, Su Yan Xi enters into a contract relationship with affluent president Gu Xi Cheng after being made to step in for her twin sister. Gu Xi Cheng’s frigid exterior melts under Su Yan Xi’s cheery and upbeat nature, exposing a warm and compassionate heart underneath. The anguish of her falsehoods keeping her true identity hidden from him batters the delights of love, but what can Su Yan Xi do if she is unable to tell the truth?

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4. Eternal Love (2017)

• Director: Lam Yuk- fan, Yu Cuihua, Ren Haitao
• Writer: Hong Qiu
• Cast: Yang Mi, Mark Chao
• IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

This drama is, also called Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, is one of the most famous Chinese romantic dramas and is adapted from the book of the same name. This Chinese drama depicts a story span spanning several lifetimes and periods.

The story revolves around two deities, Bai Qian and Ye Hua, who fall in love and stand the test of three lifetimes. The story is full of mystical figures, deities, and demons and depicts how love has its complications.

Spread across three different worlds, this story gives the viewers a roller coaster ride of emotions, and one should watch Eternal Love.

3. Ashes of Love (2018) 

• Director: Zhu Ruibin
• Writer: Ma Jia, Xu Zishan, Liu Gelin, Chen Lusha, Zhang Yuan’ang
• Cast: Yang Zi, Deng Lun, Luo Yunxi, Wang Yifei, Chen Yuqi, Zou Tingwei
• IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Netflix

Adapted from Dian Xian’s novel, Heavy Sweetness, Ash Like Frost, Ashes of Love is a famous Chinese romantic drama. The story centers around the love story of the son of a Heavenly Emperor called Xufeng, and the daughter of the Flower Goddess called Jinmi.

The story takes an exciting turn as the heavenly and mortal realms contact each other. What follows is a tale of heart-wrenching Romance, loyalty clashes, battles, the struggle for power, and the test of love across lifetimes.

2. Road Home (2023)

• Director: Yu Cui Hua
• Writer: Mobao Feibao
• Cast: Boran Jing, Tan Songyun
• IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

Lu moved to a far-off city after receiving his degree to train as a special police officer. At the same time, accidents happened to Gui’s family, and their relationship failed. Gui and Lu were reunited ten years later, unable to contain their desire for one another and growing closer once again.

1. Legend Of Fuyao (2018)

• Director: Yang Wenjun Xie Ze Li Cai
• Writer: Jie Yanyan 
• Cast: Ethan Juan, Yang Mi
• IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
• Platforms Available: Rakuten Viki

The adventurous journey of Fuyao, a strong-willed young woman with mystical abilities, is followed in Legend Of Fuyao as she sets out on a mission to discover who she really is and complete her destiny. The drama portrays a tale of love, bravery, and self-discovery in this captivating and visually mesmerizing fantasy romance amid political intrigue and perilous enemies.