Best Taiwanese romance series

Who's By Your Side (2021)

Directed by Peter Ho, the ten-part show with 60-minute episodes, explores relationship issues and marital challenges, and depicts painful dilemmas for the characters through a unique lens on their daily lives. The screenplay is by Ho and Chiang Yu-Chu.

True Love 18 (2002)

Xia Xiao Tong leads a complicated life. Between a physically and verbally abusive mother and her rebellious best friend who is constantly getting into trouble, she has to work hard to focus on her dream of becoming a beautician. However, when a handsome new teacher, He Fan, arrives at the school, things begin to get even more complicated as she starts to fall for him.

Memory Eclipse (2020)

The Ex-Man (2018)

Li Qin Ai is a magazine photographer who is happy with her career and her relationship with her boyfriend, Zhou Li Yang. She has tried hard to forget her first love, Dai Hai An, after they broke up 10 years ago. When Hai An reappears in Qin Ai’s life unexpectedly, some things are just not right with him. First of all, he is still his 18-year-old self from their youth, and he is “half-transparent.”

Happy Together (2015)

This story is about 6 people who lives in the same house. Two of them are Alex and Benny, they're gay couple who already together for 6 years.Alex really love Benny, and he thinks that after 6 years together, a marriage between them is a good idea. But Benny doesn't agree, he thinks marriage only will make their relationship go downhill. As long as they love each other, they'll be fine, said Benny.After Benny refuse his proposal, Alex became anxious. He thinks that Benny didn't love him anymore and is secretly cheating behind him.

Love Cheque Charge (2014)

Three years after making a wild promise to a woman in distress, a rigid businessman runs into her again and must decide whether to honor his word.

Miss Rose (2012)

Luo Si Yi seeks out the obligatory services of Lily, a local fortune teller, but when she receives her fortune she’s unwilling to accept the mystical decree that she’s doomed to be a spinster for life. Si Yi wagers that she’ll get married within a year, and if she wins, Lily must pole dance at her wedding. But should Si Yi fail, she’ll truly make a fortune teller out of Lily: Si Yi will pay her one million dollars. Gussied up for the dating circuit, Si Yi soon finds she’s got a challenge in balancing romance with the demands of her boss Gao Cheng Kuan. Is Cheng Kuang just another cosmic obstacle for Si Yi to overcome, or a blessing in disguise?

On Marriage (2022)

“And they lived happily ever after” is an ending we are all too familiar with. On Marriage focuses on portraying all those struggles that couples encounter when they give up themselves to fulfill their marriage. In this anthology series, each individual episode explores varying meanings of marriage from five unique perspectives.

Wayward Kenting (2007)

Kenting is like a loser's paradise. Located at the southern tip of Taiwan, its weather is always sunny and its beach beautiful. A place where people go to escape their lives and just have fun.

The Pursuit of Happiness (2013)

Just when everything seemed to go well for Ji An-Lei, a series of unfortunate events happens. Her promotion gets stolen by an outside hire, her boyfriend cheats on her, and she gets an unwanted roommate. When she discovers her new roommate had come all the way from Japan to win the love of his dream girl, who happens to be her boss' daughter and her ex's new girlfriend, she joins forces with him on an "Operation Fighting for Love."

Silence (2006)

Qi Wei Yi and Zhao Shen Shen met as children at the hospital; Wei Yi for a broken leg, Shen Shen for a car crash where she lost her voice. They become friends but are soon separated, but promise to meet again when they turn 25 (2006).It is now 2006, and fate brings them back together. Although still looking for their childhood love, they don't recognize each other as adults. Worse yet, Wei Yi discovers he has liver cancer, and when he figures out who Shen Shen is, hides the truth to protect her.

Heartbeat Love (2012)

Heartbeat Love is a 2012 Taiwanese short film starring Rainie Yang and Show Luo. It was filmed in Australia. It is a miniseries that aired on the internet, and has a total of 5 episodes. It started 12 April 2012, and aired every Thursday midnight Taiwan time. This was the second time these two stars collaborated after the successful Taiwanese drama Hi My Sweetheart.Australia's Tourism commission invested in the film to introduce Australia to Chinese tourism.

Spring Love (2013)

After his mother's death, Long Tai returned to Taiwan in search for his long lost father and twin brother. When people mistook him for his brother, who had left the country, he perpetuated the mistake. The change did not go unnoticed by his brother's foe, Zhao Ren Hu, who had planned on defeating Long Tian He in a festival competition and taking over Long's hot spring. As per agreement, the defeated Zhao sent his sister to Long's house to work as an indenture servant for a year. Although he secretly ordered his sister to spy on Long, the sister had other things in mind.

Rebellious Daughter (2001)

Taiwan's first explicitly lesbian-led drama.

The Girl in Blue (2010)

After university student You Jia Qi met Meng He Ping, the two started dating. Meng He Ping's mother however strongly objected to their relationship. Jia Qi broke up with He Ping and He Ping angrily went overseas. Jia Qi's friend Ruan Zheng Dong who comes from a rich family, had an accident and ended up in the hospital.

Starlit (2009)

Green Green Grass By The River (1992)

Xiao Cao is a young orphan living with her cruel aunt and uncle. She has a sisterly bond with her neighbour, Qing Qing, who is being forced into a marriage with a much older man by her older brother. Desperate to escape their unfortunate circumstances, the two girls manage to run away together on the day of Qing Qing's wedding. During their escape they coincidentally meet He Shiwei, a young university student who is also running away from his family due to an arranged marriage. After a few initial misunderstandings the three decide to travel together. However, things become complicated when they encounter the Fu family, and the family matriarch mistakes He Shiwei for her son, Fu Yuankai, who died 10 years ago.

Swimming Battle (2016)

Can a woman who can’t remember her past and a man who is trying to hide his true identity break a swim team’s losing streak? Yu Die was a genius child prodigy who lost everything she loved. Yu Die’s mother drowned while trying to save Yu Die and, in one very bad day, Yu Die lost her mother, her memory and her ability to swim. Years later, she crosses paths with Gao Hai Fei, the CEO of a multibillion corporation. Intrigued by Yu Die’s lost memories, Hai Fei hides his true identity from her and gets mistaken for a professional part-time worker who is a jack-of-all-trades. Yu Die asks Hai Fei for his help with the “Sea Horse” Men’s Swim Team, which has never been able to win a meet and is the laughing stock of the sport of swimming. With Hai Fei searching for a “mermaid” crush from his past, will he agree to help Yu Die turn the losing swim team around?

Mr. Right Wanted (2014)

When a woman tackles online dating, is it for work, is it to get back at her ex-boyfriend, or is it to fill a void in her life? Le Hai Ning (Sonia Sui) is a 32-year-old editor-in-chief of a publishing company that is struggling to find a bestseller. Fang Cheng Hao (Jerry Huang), Hai Ning’s boyfriend of nine years, is the only author doing well in her company but even his book sales have begun to stagnate. As Hai Ning is preparing for Cheng Hao’s new book, she discovers some major misdeeds that he has done and Hai Ning becomes enraged. Leaving him, Hai Ning also decides to write the new book herself – a book about online dating and marriage – with a simple online ad that states: “Female, 32 years old. Looking for men who are upright, kind and willing to communicate. Hoping to be friends first before marriage.” As Hai Ning begins to meet with an endless stream of potential marriage candidates and then meets Benjamin (Christopher Lee), will he help Hai Ning finish her the experiment and the book? “Mr. Right Wanted” is a 2014 Taiwanese drama series directed by Lian Yi Qi.

Wishing for Happiness (2012)

Yu Xiang proposed to Chen You Lan in a rigged game of truth or dare. But, the surprise is ruined by the shocking reappearance of Lan's ex-girlfriend. Lan, caught between her bewildered boyfriend and jealous ex-girlfriend, she is forced to re-examine what it means to be happy.

Zhong Wu Yen (2010)

A re-imagining of the story of Zhong Wu Yan in which she lives in the 21st century. Wu Yen is intelligent and compassionate, but she lacks one thing that her fiancé really cares about: Beauty. And despite her numerous success in saving him from being overthrown from his father's company, he nonetheless prefers the beautiful Xia Ying Chun when dust settles. So it becomes a mystery to her friends and family as to why she still sticks around her good for nothing fiancé

In Between (2012)

In Love with a Rich Girl (2004)

Albee is a pampered, high-class young lady who has never experienced any hardship in her life. On her birthday, just when she expects to be proposed to by her long-time boyfriend Huang Bo Cheng, her life is turned upside down. Her father is forced to flee the country and she finds herself without a father, home, or even a boyfriend. Soon after she finds herself destitute, she reads in the tabloids that Huang Bo Cheng and her best friend Zhen Zhen have been secretly seeing each other. To make matters worse, she is being followed by a tabloid photographer. What will Albee do?

First Kiss (2014)

Lies and betrayals turned friends to foes. Can forgiveness and unconditional love quench a vengeful heart?

Marry Me! (2006)

Wedding cold feet? This is a story about an idol who gets dumped at his own wedding.After his sudden rise to stardom, the actor Liu Yu Ming, nicknamed Bian Dang (Lunch Box), overruled his agency's objections and decided to get married. When the news spread, chaos reigned. His fans were very upset about his impending wedding and fights broke out outside the church. Then, they found out... the bride was a no-show. In the ensuing chaos.

Second life (2013)

You Light Up My Star (2014)

A pair of A-list couple whose every loving word, every kiss, every romantic moment in the past 7 years are under the limelight for all to see. But when the camera stop rolling, they are just two people who can't stand the sight of each other. Their happy facade begins to crack when one of them decides to do something about it.

True Love 365 (2013)

Lai family has 4 children: One narcissist, one workaholic, one divorcee, and one social butterfly. None of which wanted to settle down. Lai parents think the kids may have been spoiled by the family fortune. To correct this problem, the parents issued the kids an ultimatum, get married within the year or be disinherited. Reluctantly, the kids scramble to find that true love they have missed all their lives.

Deep Garden (1987)

愛的道 (2014)