Thriller C-Dramas
These are the 37 best Chinese thriller dramas on DramaHog, from reset, twelve letters and under the skin. Each page has the story, the cast and where to watch.
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Reset
2022 · Tencent QQ · 15 episodesGame designer Xiao Heyun and university student Li Shiqing are strangers on the same city bus when it explodes, and…
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Twelve Letters
2025 · Tencent QQ · 12 episodesWhen his girlfriend Ye Hai-tang vanishes without warning, Tang Yi-xun finds a letter waiting in a mailbox and writes…
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Under the Skin
2022 · Tencent QQ · 20 episodesPainter Shen Yi has a rare gift: he can draw a person's face from a description alone.
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Ultimate Note
2020 · iQIYI · 36 episodesWu Xie and his loud, loyal friend follow a trail that leads to a mysterious island and the story behind his uncle's…
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Justice in the Dark
2023 · Youku · 30 episodesIn a future city where rising crime is linked to people born without empathy, a murder case leads a young police…
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Archives: The Nanyang Mystery
2026 · iQIYI · 33 episodesIn the early Republic era, a strange killing at sea called the Water Ghost Longing for Home sends two Southern Archives…
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The Bad Kids
2020 · iQIYI · 12 episodesThree children from a coastal town accidentally film a murder while on a day trip.
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The Vendetta of An
2025 · CCTV-8 · 28 episodesAt the fall of the old dynasty the dark guards who secretly ruled Chang'an vanish along with the deposed emperor.
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Light beyond the Reed
2025 · Dragon TV · 18 episodesAn ordinary woman with an ordinary marriage suffers a terrible attack and, afraid of being blamed, tells almost nobody.
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The Longest Day in Chang'an
2019 · Youku · 48 episodesIt is 744 in Chang'an, the largest city on earth, and a plot to attack it during the Lantern Festival is quietly taking…
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The Long Night
2020 · iQIYI · 12 episodesA murder case looks closed: many witnesses, a confession and a suspect who was seen hiding a body.
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Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty
2022 · iQIYI · 36 episodesA strange herb called Black Tea sweeps through Chang'an, and reports of missing brides and eerie deaths start to fill…
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A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower
2020 · Tencent QQ · 16 episodesA beautiful coffee-shop owner is found dead in her flat at Horizon Tower with doll-like makeup on her face, and the…
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Be Reborn
2022 · Youku · 26 episodesA criminal investigation chief hunting a stolen ancient painting crosses paths with a brilliant university student who…
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A League of Nobleman
2023 · Tencent QQ · 29 episodesZhang Ping is a poor orphan who comes to the capital to sit an official exam and ends up selling noodles on the street.
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Love Me If You Dare
2015 · Dragon TV · 24 episodesBo Jin Yan is a brilliant criminal psychologist who can step into the minds of the most violent offenders.
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Mystic Nine
2026 · Youku · 30 episodesWhen turmoil returns to Changsha, an entire army unit mysteriously vanishes.
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Mobius
2025 · iQIYI · 16 episodesDetective Ding Qi discovers that at times he can rewind the same day and repeat it five times, a power he uses to solve…
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Cases between Us
2026 · Tencent QQ · 36 episodesIn the Republican era, a young man with a love of traditional culture and a talented police officer come from very…
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The First Shot
2024 · Youku · 32 episodesIn 1997, before the establishment of the Narcotics Control Bureau, a sudden drug crisis hits Halan in Northeast China.
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Three-Body
2023 · Tencent QQ · 30 episodesA nanomaterials expert starts seeing a mysterious countdown in his vision and finds himself under military…
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Sunsets Secrets Regrets
2026 · iQIYI · 28 episodesOn the banks of the Tong River in Haizhou, new clues emerge in a case from five years ago in which two SWAT officers…
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Parallel World
2023 · Tencent QQ · 38 episodesA beautiful melon seller and a shadow-puppet performer join forces to travel deep into the desert.
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Blood River
2025 · Youku · 38 episodesBlood River is the most feared assassin guild in the realm, run jointly by three clans.
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Detective L
2019 · Tencent QQ · 24 episodesIn 1930s Shanghai, an intriguing crime case emerges amidst the bustling city.
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Memory Lost
2016 · iQIYI · 12 episodesA brilliant, amnesiac police officer searches tirelessly for a fiancée everyone insists never existed.
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The Long Season
2023 · Tencent QQ · 12 episodesIn a small northern town, a taxi driver crosses paths with someone tied to a tragedy from years ago involving his own…
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In Blossom
2024 · Youku · 32 episodesIn a city known for its sins, a well-liked young man marries a widely despised woman, only for her to be murdered on…
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When a Snail Falls in Love
2016 · Dragon TV · 21 episodesDetective Ji Bai is assigned to train a new recruit, a gifted criminal profiler who reads people brilliantly but…
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Insect Detective
2020 · Youku · 24 episodesWhen a death is traced back to a rare, dangerous insect, an entomology graduate becomes the prime suspect and has to…
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Riverside Code at Qingming Festival
2024 · CCTV-8 · 26 episodesIn a bustling corner of the Song-dynasty capital, a modest, low-ranking clerk and his ambitious wife are drawn into a…
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Miracle Healer
2017 · Sohu TV · 20 episodesA skilled operative living under a false identity gets pulled back into the world he tried to leave behind when a…
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Dream
2026 · Tencent Video · 18 episodesReporter Shen Yue Shui once spent months filming the workers of an old brewery, recording the everyday lives of people…
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A Prophet
2026 · Tencent QQ · 24 episodesA secretive sect makes its fortune preying on the desperate, reading fake fates for real money.
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Burnout in Limbo
2026 · Tencent QQ · 3 episodesOn a remote island at the turn of the century, on the night before a dangerous typhoon, a series of seemingly chance…
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Abyss
2026 · iQIYI · 16 episodesA quiet, conservative town is shaken when a web novel appears whose made-up story matches every detail of a long-cold…
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Ash
2026 · Youku · 9 episodesUndercover officer Mok Fei Foon crosses paths with Hui Leuk To, CEO of the Tinping Group — both men hiding behind…
Questions about Thriller C-Dramas
What are the best Thriller C-Dramas?
Our top picks are Reset, Twelve Letters, Under the Skin, followed by Ultimate Note. Open any drama for its story, cast and where to watch.
How often is this list updated?
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