Best Hongkonger drama series
A curated collection of popular drama series from Hong Kong.
The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983)
The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983)
The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade from 31 October 1983 to 6 January 1984 in Hong Kong.
No Reserve (2016)
No Reserve (2016)
Cheung Kei-sang and the orphan Chau Sai-kai, two young lovers from a village in Southern China, are forcibly separated on their marriage day due to the Japanese invasion. Filled with hatred and vengeance, Sai-kai joins a Kuomintang secret agency, becoming their spy, while Kei-sang ends up in a Communist guerrilla militia and receives training to be their government’s spy. It is through this militia group where Kei-sang meets Kong Sheung-hung, another Communist spy. Together, they go on a mission to search for a Japanese businessman, who looks eerily like Sheung-hung...
Darkside of the Moon (2024)
Darkside of the Moon (2024)
Yue Moon-yuet, outwardly successful, hides a painful past she can’t forget. Eighteen years ago, she was molested by wealthy heir Cheung Kei-tsun, while her sister Hei-sun was left traumatized and handicapped. Their parents died in the aftermath, and their older sister Man-sing distanced herself. Now an accomplished crisis manager, Moon-yuet is determined to bring Cheung and his associates to justice. With the help of Cheung’s daughter Wai-wan and ally Shing Fung, Moon-yuet uncovers the truth. As she faces retaliation from the powerful instigators, she must expose their dark secrets and ensure they face the consequences of their actions.
Stranger Anniversary (2022)
Stranger Anniversary (2022)
A “doppelgangers” website has facilitated the connection between two complete strangers that look like identical twins. Law firm partner Ko Sau-shing tracks down his former lover Yu Fung, whom he has not contacted for ages, online, and Yu Fung is looking for a part-time boyfriend with a similar appearance to him. Sau-shing arbitrarily approaches applicant Mo Kei-nam, who is a dead ringer for him. The duo also covertly agree to swap identities for two weeks. Sau-shing plays the role of Yu Fung’s “substitute lover”, and deadbeat Kei-nam disguises himself as Sau-shing while simultaneously dealing with his wife Lee Chi-ying and father-in-law Lee Kwun-hang as each and every crisis at the law firm is handled by him. While the identity swapping deadline looms, this pair of lookalikes are eventually shocked to realize their mutual life trajectories are already different from their expectations.
Barrack O'Karma 1968 (2022)
Barrack O'Karma 1968 (2022)
Maurice is inexplicably missing at Twilight Mansion. Although he is tracked down and survives an ordeal, but he has forgotten everything and also become another person. His girlfriend Ella feels he is somehow different. To unravel this mystery, the only option is to begin with Twilight Mansion. Strange things keep happening at Twilight Mansion. Some esports team venture into the virtual world, and there is some baffling kidnapping story. “Korean craze” is also triggered by comet particles, and there are other happenings. After encountering weirdos and experiencing puzzling incidents, Maurice and Ella are more deeply in love than ever before. They are adamant that they are meant for each other. However, Ella has probably fallen in love with unreal Maurice.
940920 (2022)
940920 (2022)
Yeesa has time-traveled through time and space to change her destiny many times, but this time, she wakes up a year later to find herself in a timeline where the people she used to know aren't exactly who they were in the previous timeline. Feeling lost and out of place in life, she tries to find her way back only to encounter different variables this time that might change her destiny once more.
My Date with a Vampire (1998)
My Date with a Vampire (1998)
My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV. The story is based on the future events of the plot of Vampire Expert, a similar two-season television drama aired on ATV in 1995 and 1996. It blends aspects of the jiangshi with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology and modern horror legends. The series is a tribute to Lam Ching-ying, the lead actor of Vampire Expert and a prominent cast member in the Mr. Vampire franchise, who died of liver cancer in 1997. It was followed by My Date with a Vampire II and My Date with a Vampire III.
Hello Misfortune (2021)
Hello Misfortune (2021)
In a multidimensional domain, Poon Siu-yu enters the second dimension after her death in the first dimension, i.e. the mortal realm. She then joins Office of the Life Authority and becomes a novice “destiny administrator”. Siu-yu has to keep a close watch on food courier Chan Pei-ho, who is in the mortal realm. Pei-ho earns a meager living regardless of the weather. But his family members just do not care about him. He is already overwhelmed by life pressures, and he is also jinxed by “bad spirit” Siu-yu while doing his job. Siu-yu gradually sympathizes with Pei-ho. Meanwhile, Pei-ho also realizes this mysterious girl has covertly helped him a lot. The duo then even recklessly start a romantic relationship that is probably going to have no future.
The 'W' Files (2003)
The 'W' Files (2003)
In the 1930s, Wisely returns to China from his overseas studies and runs a detective agency in Shanghai to investigate paranormal events. He meets a doctor named Pak So and she becomes his love interest, but they encounter several trials and tribulations to test their love before they finally get together. The series is divided into eight different stories, with Wisely and his team setting off to investigate and crack each mystery case. The stories are listed as follows: Paper Monkey (紙猴), Deadly Body Change (屍變), Charcoal (木炭), Searching Dreams (尋夢), Bug Suspect (蠱惑), Supernatural Beings (神仙), Ghost Story (鬼混), Disturbing Graves (盜墓).
Our Golden Times (2024)
Our Golden Times (2024)
During the bright days of summer, two people became close friends, but they also parted with a vague emotion. After several autumns and winters, both him and his life have changed drastically. They meet again by chance, and this time, "he" doesn't want to let go again.
Maidens' Vow (2006)
Maidens' Vow (2006)
The history of the Phoenix Restaurant is closely intertwined with the stories of four women of different generations. It portrays the commonest marital problems and various kinds of stress suffered by women over the centuries.
A Love of No Words (2021)
A Love of No Words (2021)
Rewind to the 1980s and female singer Chu Sa-kiu raises her twin daughters in Lau Fau Shan by herself. Regrettably, the grown-up twin sisters then turn against each other because of their lovers. Sa-wah runs away from home, and Sa-sa dies during childbirth. Sa-kiu has since taken up the important role as her granddaughter Kwan-ho’s carer. She has also fostered a little dumb boy called Man Chor. Time flies and Kwan-ho’s father Chuk Chin fai’s appearance causes Sa-kiu, Sa-wah and Kwan-ho’s relationship across three generations to again get entangled in the realm of ambivalence. Because of fate, Man Chor , Kwan-ho and fresh-faced and competent Szeto Lai-shun become buddies, resulting in a happy sibling relationship gradually becoming incestuous. And they face a conundrum as they also get involved in an abusive triangular relationship. They resort to making sacrifices and selfless contributions to let their beloved find happiness.
In Bed With A Stranger (2024)
In Bed With A Stranger (2024)
In Hong Kong, family members of a missing person may apply for the person concerned to be declared legally dead after seven years. While production house boss Yeung Man-sum decides to forget his wife Koo Ching-tin, who has been missing for seven years, and marry his lovely and supportive girlfriend Chu Sin-mei, his son Chi-hin’s birth mother Ching-tin astonishingly turns up! Due to some falling off a cliff accident, Ching-tin became forgetful and ended up homeless somewhere overseas. With lawyer Kam Cheung-sing’s help, Ching-tin returns to Hong Kong after seven years. She wants to retrieve her old memories. Ching-tin again works as a journalist. She curiously finds out someone seemed to have harmed her when she went missing. Meanwhile, Man-sum is torn between his new love and wedded wife. And he is worried about Ching-tin recovering from amnesia as the situation could get out of hand.
Final Destiny (2021)
Final Destiny (2021)
According to legend, the Buddha’s aide the Roc arbitrarily goes to the mortal realm to cause havoc. The Buddha sends his envoy to go after the trouble maker. The envoy and the Roc engage each other in a duel. Fast-forward five hundred years and an injured man is lying in the wilderness. Luk Ching-yee, female embroiderer in a small village, comes to his rescue. He becomes a laborer at the embroidery workshop and dyehouse. The man runs into enlightened monk Master Wai Yuen in his dream, and his mysterious background is unraveled. He recalls his real name Lee Sau-yuen. He is also reunited with his old buddy Fong Chi-peng. Sau-yuen and female constable So Yau become adversaries. During repeated confrontations, the duo covertly begin to have affectionate feelings for each other. However, Ching-yee also makes advances to Sau-yuen. Black demon crisis then hits the small village. To save the mortals, Sau-yuen decides to forget love and desire. Everything is actually karma. Fate is predestined.
Our Unwinding Ethos (2019)
Our Unwinding Ethos (2019)
Urban legends, seemingly true yet seemingly fantastical, connect the past and future. While conducting research at Bride’s Pool, professor of folkloristics Poon Dor-lai experiences what appears to be paranormal encounters, but soon uncovers criminal exploits behind it. She teams up with journalist Fu Chi-pok to probe into the matter, unravelling the unknown background of bride-to-be Wong Yuk. The two decide to team up to continue work on Chi-pok's missing father's research paper on urban legends, but in the process, they discover many cases that bear similarity to the legends and they begin to suspect his disappearance.
Last One Standing (2008)
Last One Standing (2008)
Former Hong Kong Correctional Services personnel Cheung Sing-hei was sent to prison for murdering his stepfather. The key witness of the case turns out to be his cousin and best friend Tong Lap-yin. Ten years later, Sing-hei is released from prison. Lap-yin is now one of the most influential people in the city while Sing-hei's reputation and future are in ruins. Feeling extremely frustrated and harbouring suspicions about the case ten years ago, he is desperate to find out the truth behind his stepfather's death.
Take Two (2021)
Take Two (2021)
Many people die as old-fashioned tenement Wai Lei Building abruptly collapses. Engineer Sze Kwong has conducted a survey of the building. He arbitrarily investigates the incident as he reckons the building collapse is shrouded in intrigue. While the incident is being unraveled, Sze Kwong’s girlfriend Cheung Man, who is some property developer’s lawyer, dies in a traffic accident. Then his younger half sister Auyeung Ka-shun meets her death. Sze Kwong is also silenced. Sze Kwong comes round and surprisingly returns to somewhere in time before the building collapses as the deity has given him a chance to live again!Sze Kwong suspects the building collapse has something to do with property developer Hong Wing-yan and his mentor Ying Yiu-wa. He wants to prevent the disaster from happening. To avoid implicating Cheung Man and Ka-chun, Sze Kwong decides not to recognize his sister and he also does not go out with Cheung Man. He just covertly watches over the duo.
Love is Beautiful (2002)
Love is Beautiful (2002)
Larine and Jojo have been friends since childhood. They have both been chosen to be mistresses to the emperor because of their beauty. Larine's mother died a long time ago. She pretends to be ugly when the government officials visit in order to stay with her father. However, during one festival, she saves the plain-dressed emperor, without realizing who he is. He cannot put her aside when he gets back to the palace and decides to marry her. Jojo is jealous of her. She lies to her and takes her to a gypsy, who switches their faces. From then on, their fates change...
Heart of Greed (2007)
Heart of Greed (2007)
An abalone that has been passed on for generations. A legacy of a hundred million dollars that everybody wants a share. "Heart of Greed" is a story of a renowned sea-products retailer and a big traditional family, in which there are those who manage to endure to the end, those who consider themselves superior to everyone else, those who love and respect their brothers, those who seek every opportunity to fulfill their ambition, those who stay loyal to their beloved, and those who remain grateful for whatever they get. But when hatred is stirred up among the family, the family will inevitably break down...
Moonlight Resonance (2008)
Moonlight Resonance (2008)
Chung Siu-Hor and her husband Gam Tai-Jo have been working hard for many years to establish a famous reputation for their Moonlight Cake Shop. When Siu-Hor discovers that Tai-Jo committed adultery with her best friend Yan Hung, she breaks up with him immediately. Siu-Hor brings along her children Gam Wing-Ho, Gam Wing-Hing, and her adopted daughter Suen Ho-Yuet to set up another cake shop for a living.
Anita: Director's Cut (2022)
Anita: Director's Cut (2022)
"Anita" chronicles the life of the iconic Hong Kong singer Anita Mui, whose dazzling career can be traced back to childhood. No less captivating than her stage presence is her unwavering devotion to family, friends, loved ones and for the greater good of the community. Her vivid life has made for a unique legacy in musical history and earned her the undeniable title of "Daughter of Hong Kong."
The Queen of NEWS (2023)
The Queen of NEWS (2023)
The highly-watched 6:30 PM news report is the battleground for news anchors. In the news department, seasoned anchors Man Wai-sum and Leung Ging-yan split into two factions, each vying for the top spot. Wen causes quite a stir and eventually climbs the corporate ladder. The vacancy for the prime-time female anchor sparks a series of storms!
The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997)
Brother's Keeper II (2016)
Brother's Keeper II (2016)
KO TIN SAN an LAW WAI SHUN are half-brothers, same mother different father. Due to fate, they were not only separated into Hong Kong an Macau, but also grew up in different backgrounds that have caused serious conflict between the brothers. Their mother CHOW YUK MUI brought her youngest son WAI SHUN to Macau and lived in a black market. WAI SHUN strived hard to get through all the hardships and challenges with the help of his good friends YIU MAN YING and LONG FEI. Ultimately, WAI SHUN set foot on a successful path in life. Living alone in Hong Kong, TIN SAN took shortcuts in life, he partnered with a gangster KEUNG YUNG from the triad and had an affair with a wealthy girl. His actions broke his girlfriend CHEUK JING's heart. She eventually losses her beauty an possessions.
Rosy Business (2009)
Rosy Business (2009)
Set in Eastern China in the mid-19th century Qing Dynasty, the mercantile Chiang family and the ambition and jealousy surrounding the issue of who will inherit the family business when Chiang Kiu dies. Hong Po-kei marries into the Chiang family as Chiang Kiu's fourth wife. She gains ownership of Hing Fung Nin, the family rice shop, and guides the ambitious coolie Chai Kau to rise in the social status ladder.
Happily Ever After? (2024)
Happily Ever After? (2024)
Urban romantic drama Happily Ever After? depicts six leading characters – middle-aged nobody Poon Sin-yan; perfect wife Cheung Ming-sum; charming guy Kam Shing-kwan; gold digger Lui Ching-lam; helpless and hopeless romantic Lui Ching-hoi; and kidult-cum-dating app player Ching Tin-fai – in a polyamorous relationship love story. And the four chapters are: Divorce, Infidelity, Misplaced Love and Repair. Each episode’s subject corresponds to the related chapter. And the narration is based on the visual perspective of one or two leading characters so as to show different versions of the plot line. Emphasis is placed on those who are preoccupied by switching between narrator, visual perspective and time and space. Moreover, conflict and suspense in the story reflect certain issues in romantic partnerships in real life.
The Greed of Man (1992)
The Greed of Man (1992)
Told in reverse chronological order, the story starts in the present (June 7, 1994), when the stock market rebounded after the market became volatile and crashed for the weekend. After the stock market stopped trading for the weekend, the Ting's make the wrong bet and their entire fortune is wiped out, compounded by ending up in billions of dollars in debt. Ting Hai forces his sons to commit suicide by jumping off from the top of the stock exchange building before following after them.