18 hot short dramas this week
The October 2 official Hongguo live-action, AI-drama and comic-drama charts meet ReelShort's current TOP Verticals shelf. The discovery sweep also added 59 source-checked titles to the catalog, including 43 AI and comic dramas.
China live action
Performances, sharp conflict and memorable characters.
A Joyful Second Marriage
Cast Huang Yun Yun / Chen Zheng Yang
Jiang Zhi was born in a scholarly family, and her natal family was the famous Wangzi family.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy love, ancient love, female growth stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 77 episodes.
#1 on the October 2 Hongguo live-action chart, with 7153 × 10,000 public heat units.
For Millions of Years
Cast Ma Qiu Yuan / Zhao Zhen Dong
Su Ge, a ghostly musical girl, lives with her grandfather, a pottery maker.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy love, urban love, Love grows over time stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 99 episodes.
#2 on the October 2 Hongguo live-action chart, with 6278 × 10,000 public heat units.
The Heiress Returns, and Her Father Sets Things Right
Cast wang zhi min / Fang Li
Lu Xiaotian is looking for his daughter who has been missing for 25 years, but he does not know that his daughter Lu Yao has been married and pregnant in Haicheng and is living an ordinary life.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy family, family ethics, The truth comes out stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 72 episodes.
#3 on the October 2 Hongguo live-action chart, with 6183 × 10,000 public heat units.
Back to the Wedding Day, I Saved My Sister-in-Law
Cast Du Jin Bei / liu jia wen
In the previous life, at the wedding of Pei Zhao's brother and sister-in-law, a sudden crime caused Pei Zhao's sister-in-law Meng Wantang to jump off the building out of hatred, her brother died in lo
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy growing up, female growth, Slap the villain in the face stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 60 episodes.
#4 on the October 2 Hongguo live-action chart, with 5935 × 10,000 public heat units.
Northeast Power Broker
Cast Li Shi Xin / Ding Lei
In 1997, veteran Li Chuan is mistaken for a missing chamber-of-commerce leader and asked to stand in.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Period business drama, Veteran comeback, Chamber-of-commerce intrigue stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 71 episodes.
#5 on the October 2 Hongguo live-action chart, with 5826 × 10,000 public heat units.
A Divorce Lawyer's Rules Before the Split
Cast Wang Ge Ge / Wang Kai Mu
Divorce lawyer Sheng Yan assumes she can keep her feelings for Jiang Mo hidden.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Urban romance, Divorce lawyer, Secret admiration stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 97 episodes.
#7 on the October 2 Hongguo live-action chart, with 5759 × 10,000 public heat units.
AI drama and comic drama
Picks from the separately reviewed AI-drama and comic-drama charts.
Chronicles of Ten Thousand Demons, Season 13
Using the blood of demons as ink and the book of hundreds of demons as a scroll, you can copy their shapes and seize their magical powers.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy fantasy, system, fighting stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 209 episodes.
#1 on the October 2 Hongguo comic-drama chart, with 14971 × 10,000 public heat units.
Reborn Ugly Duckling Becomes Everyone's Darling, Season 3
In her previous life, Mi Ke was the cannon fodder best friend of the heartthrob heroine Song Jingyi.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Imagination, rebirth, system stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 250 episodes.
#2 on the October 2 Hongguo comic-drama chart, with 8742 × 10,000 public heat units.
Abandoned by the Gods, I Become My Own God, Season 6
Young Chen Haoyu awakened the SSS-level pseudo-god talent, but was judged as a person abandoned by the gods by the gods.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Imagination, Counterattack, Power stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 192 episodes.
#3 on the October 2 Hongguo comic-drama chart, with 7628 × 10,000 public heat units.
Reborn Ugly Duckling Becomes Everyone's Darling, Season 4
In her previous life, Mi Ke was the cannon fodder best friend of the heartthrob heroine Song Jingyi.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Imagination, rebirth, system stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 195 episodes.
#4 on the October 2 Hongguo comic-drama chart, with 6735 × 10,000 public heat units.
The Tang Dynasty's Foolish Son-in-Law: My Sister Is the Crown Princess, Season 3
The princess' fate was hanging by a thread when a plot was plotted against her.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy AI drama, palace, ancient times stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 180 episodes.
#1 on the October 2 Hongguo AI-drama chart, with 6849 × 10,000 public heat units.
Traveling through the 60s: I made my fortune in a cave in silence
The modern special forces soul traveled through an era of scarce supplies and became Qin Tian who was severely treated by his original family.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy AI drama, farming, time travel stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 157 episodes.
#2 on the October 2 Hongguo AI-drama chart, with 6731 × 10,000 public heat units.
Global releases
Picks from ReelShort's official popular shelf and new releases.
1 Top pick Carter Reed
Cast Jared Staub
Inspired by the novel by Tijan.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Mafia, Protective Romance, Forbidden Love stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 65 episodes.
#2 on the October 2 ReelShort TOP Verticals chart.
2 The Reckoning Takes Flight
Cast Juliet Chevelle / Cameron Somers
Eve takes a flight to Hawaii to attend her big brother's wedding, booking an extra-wide seat because of her broken leg in a cast.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Mistaken Identity, Airline Conflict, Family Reveal stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 41 episodes.
#5 on the October 2 ReelShort TOP Verticals chart.
3 Altarboy
Cast Cayman Cardiff / Declan Clifford
In Altarboy movie, after getting kicked out for being gay, 18-year-old Theo is dumped at a Catholic church to be "cured" — and finds his new priest is young, hot.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Forbidden Romance, LGBTQ+, Enemies to Lovers stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 63 episodes.
#7 on the October 2 ReelShort TOP Verticals chart.
4 Take Me Back to the Night We Met
Cast Mark H. McClafferty / Katherine Gibson
A lifetime ago, figure skating prodigy Gwen Tyler was at the top of her game and on her way to Olympic gold.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Second Chance, Figure Skating, Childhood Sweethearts stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 76 episodes.
#8 on the October 2 ReelShort TOP Verticals chart.
5 You've Been Replaced, First Love
Cast Katherine Gibson
To Jason, Tessa was only a disposable practice run for the girl he actually wanted.
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy First Love, Campus Romance, Betrayal stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 73 episodes.
#9 on the October 2 ReelShort TOP Verticals chart.
6 The Lost Quarterback Returns
Cast Josh Welles / Meghan Reed
In The Lost Quarterback Returns movie, when Asher Bradshaw, the son of hall-of-famer NFL quarterback Trent Bradshaw and former beauty queen Krista, goes missing in a devastating fire, psychotic fan Do
- For you if
- For viewers who enjoy Family Drama, Sports, Missing Heir stories and short serials.
- Heads-up
- The official listing has 77 episodes.
#10 on the October 2 ReelShort TOP Verticals chart.
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