Best Taiwanese series
A curated collection of popular series from Taiwan.
We Best Love (2021)
We Best Love (2021)
What’s the feeling of being suppressed? Zhou Shu Yi knows about that well. After fifth grade, he has been suppressed by Gao Shi De, falling from forever No.1 to forever No.2. Thus, after Grade 12, he thinks he doesn’t have to bear this anymore because they will go to different universities. However, future doesn’t come in his way. At university, he meets Gao Shi De in the PK contest held by his favorite swimming club. Not only he fails to win in front of his secretly-loved senior but also he almost drowns himself because of cramp. What's worse is that the senior is seeing Gao Shi De. He wonders why Gao Shi De is everywhere?
Triad Princess (2019)
Copycat Killer (2023)
Be Loved in House: I Do (2021)
Someday or One Day (2019)
Someday or One Day (2019)
Yu-Hsuan lost her boyfriend Chuan-Sheng in plane accident. She then discovered Chuan-Sheng and a girl look alike Yu-Hsuan both appeared in a photo taken in 1998. Accidentally, she had backed to 1998 and met a boy looked alike Chuan-Sheng.
The Victims' Game (2020)
HIStory (2017)
HIStory (2017)
A Taiwanese anthology series that explores the different manifestations of fated love. Each season presents multiple stand-alone stories with unique plots and main characters.
Unknown (2024)
Unknown (2024)
Wei Qian, thrust into adulthood after losing his parents, faces turmoil when his adopted brother Xiao Yuan confesses feelings, challenging family bonds and emotions.
Kiseki: Dear To Me (2023)
Kiseki: Dear To Me (2023)
Zong Yi, who aspires to be a doctor, and Ze Rui, a member of the mafia, have been in love with each other for a long time, but a gang fight breaks up their relationship. The consequences of this fight end up affecting Chen Yi, who blames himself, and Ai Di, who harbors feelings for Chen Yi, leading to the two of them also parting ways. Four years later, the four meet again, and they must face past mistakes and regrets in order to regain their happiness.
Dark Blue and Moonlight (2017)
Dark Blue and Moonlight (2017)
Yan Fei has a boyfriend, but when he meets Hai Qing, they instantly click. After an unfortunate event, they lose contact, but neither can forget the other.
Because of You (2020)
Because of You (2020)
Growing up in a large, wealthy family, the three Yuan brothers never wanted for anything. Despite the three of them being only half brothers, the trio was incredibly close, their familial bonds undeniably strong. Whatever the brothers faced, they always faced together. But as they grew older, they began to realize that some things they just couldn’t share, especially when it came to matters of the heart.Now older, Yuan Jun Cheng, Yuan Jun Dao, and Yuan Jun Ping have all felt the overwhelming tide of emotions that comes with love. But the journey has been anything but easy. Fighting against the sweeping tide of feelings that have continually beat against them, telling them things like “no,” “impossible,” and “cannot,” the three brothers must find a way to overcome some of life’s most difficult challenges, as they pursue that which the heart wants most of all—to be loved.
About Youth (2022)
About Youth (2022)
The coolest, most self-centered kid in high school meets a quiet kid who is an instant rock star on-stage. Despite their differences in background and beliefs, they are set on the same goal––becoming a head student. Together, they are to sing a song about youth as they engage in a fierce campaign battle. Guang is the most popular kid in school and an idol to his peers. Chang is the successor to his family noodle stand and a guitarist/singer with endless potential. During the campaign, Guang finds himself drawn to Chang’s secret identity, and the two lonely souls soon begin to develop a mutually healing relationship dependent on each other.
It Started with a Kiss (2005)
It Started with a Kiss (2005)
After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin's house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father's college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu's heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?
Fated to Love You (2008)
Fated to Love You (2008)
Fated to Love You, also known as You're My Destiny, Sticky Note Girl or Destiny Love, is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Chen, Ethan Juan, Baron Chen and Bianca Bai. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Chen Ming Zhang with location filming in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shanghai. It holds the record for the highest average single-episode rating at 10.91 with a peak at 13.64 for episode 20 broadcast on 27 July 2008, and broke the previous record held by The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog.The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television from 16 March 2008 to 24 August 2008, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television from 22 March 2008 to 30 August 2008, every Saturday at 21:00.Fated to Love You was nominated in 2008 for six awards at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan. It was awarded the 2008 Best Television Series and Best Marketing Programme.Fated to Love You is now aired on Saturday's on Hawaii's KIKU Television at 8:00.
Plus & Minus (2022)
Devil Beside You (2005)
Devil Beside You (2005)
Devil Beside You is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Mike He, Rainie Yang and Kingone Wang. It is based on Japanese manga Akuma de Sourou, The Devil Does Exist, written by Mitsuba Takanashi. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production with Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Lin He Long. The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television from 26 June to 18 September 2005 and cable TV Eastern Television for 20 episodes.
Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023)
Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023)
After a bus accident leaves high school student Yiyong in a coma for over a year, he awakens with his grandfather’s supernatural powers. His once ordinary life turns into a thrilling ghost-filled adventure alongside his school rival, Cao Guangyan, and rookie policewoman Chen Chuying.
Skip Beat! (2011)
Skip Beat! (2011)
A television adaptation of a Japanese comic titled Skip Beat about a girl name Gong Xi who got betrayed by her long time boyfriend, Bu Puo Shang. In an attempt to get revenge, she debuts as a celebrity and the drama unfolds with the various events she experiences soon after. Gong Xi then meet Dun He Lian, another actor in her agency, who is also her childhood friend.
The World Between Us (2019)
The World Between Us (2019)
A ten-part hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass-shooting where all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims’ families, the media and the defense teams, whose fates are all intertwined.
Detention (2020)
Detention (2020)
During the period of martial law in 1960s Taiwan, some teachers and students from Cui Hua High School were arrested for possessing banned books. A female student fell to her death and rumors spread of a ghost haunting the campus. Thirty years later, the draconian culture of the school remains unchanged as a new transfer student uncovers the dark secrets behind the school’s haunting.
Bromance (2015)
Bromance (2015)
Could anyone be more excited to reach her 25th birthday? Pi Ya Nuo had an inauspicious start to her life. Doomed to live her life as a boy, Ya Nuo is shy and always tries to keep her distance to people to hide her true identity, and the mysterious aloofness makes her irresistible to the girls around her. With her 26th birthday fast approaching, will Ya Nuo find her much-anticipated return to being a female will be as easy as she had hoped?
My Tooth Your Love (2022)
My Tooth Your Love (2022)
Bai Lang is a bar-restaurant owner with an all-too-familiar phobia. Ever since he was a young child, he has dreaded having to go to the dentist. And although he has tried countless times to change dentist in search of someone who does not fill him with dread, nothing frightens him more than the idea of having to have his teeth checked. But all that changes on the day that he visits the Gao Leng Dental Hospital – and meets the hospital’s chief dentist Jin Xun An. Jin Xun An is not like any dentist Bai Lang has met before. He is gentle, caring and kind, and Bai Lang begins to feel that Jin Xun An sees him as more than a patient – and has romantic feelings toward him. Can love really spark between a dentist and his patient? Meanwhile, Zhou Cheng Hao, a senior bartender at Bai Lang’s bar and the owner’s close friend, is developing a close relationship with He Qing Tian, a rebellious young man twelve years his junior.
The Ghost Bride (2020)
Light the Night (2021)
Shards of Her (2022)
In Time with You (2011)
In Time with You (2011)
In Time with You is a 2011 Taiwanese romance drama written by Xu Yu Ting and directed by Winnie Chu. It stars Ariel Lin and Bolin Chen as the main characters.In Korea, it was literally known as "The Conditions of Love".The series won several awards on the 47th Golden Bell Awards including Best Actress; Best Actor; and Best Television Series.
Autumn's Concerto (2009)
Autumn's Concerto (2009)
Ren Guang-xi, a cocky law student, seems to lead the perfect life. He's the sole successor to a huge and famous business and is a talented ice hockey player. But in reality, his lonely life lacks joy, laughter and motivation. That is until he meets Liang Mu-cheng, the new bento seller at his school canteen. A harmless bet brings the two together and Guang-xi slowly changes as Mu-cheng teaches him how to give and love. Tragedy strikes when Guang-xi suddenly has to go through a major brain surgery which causes him to lose his memory.
See Your Love (2024)
See Your Love (2024)
Yang Zi-xiang is sent to Taiwan for business negotiations but gets attacked. He hires Jiang Shao-peng to take care of him, and takes this opportunity to escape from his family responsibility while also falling for Shao-peng. Zi-xiang's assistant Feng-jie acts as a stand-in for his boss, and Xin-jia, the assassin hired to get rid of Zi-xiang, repeatedly fails to take out his target. While Feng-jie manages to escape, sparks of love start to bloom.
