Taiwan (Drama Version)
This is the list of my favorite dramas from Taiwan.
-
1. Ta He Ta De Ta
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 9 episodes
The story of a girl who was violated when she was studying in middle school. Originally, she was a girl full of expectations and dreams for her future. But due to that incident, she was pushed into the endless abyss of trauma.
-
2. Detention
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
It starts at Greenwood High School in the 1990s. Liu Yun Xiang, a transfer student, steps into the forbidden area on the campus by accident, where she encounters the ghost of Fang Rui Xin. Fang later unveils the hidden history and trauma over the past 30 years and how a group of young students and teachers were persecuted as they fought for freedom in the era of censorship. Their stories keep coming back to the school like haunting nightmares, waiting to be told and revealed.
-
3. On Children
Taiwanese Drama - 2018, 5 episodes
These uncanny tales reveal a world where individuals face the tragic consequences of social pressure, parental oppression and family dysfunction. Hostage by test scores. Tyrannized by motherly attention. Their lives are no longer their own - and they must measure up.
1 Mother's Remote (媽媽的遙控器)
2 Child of the Cat (貓的孩子)
3 The Last Day of Molly (茉莉的最後一天)
4 Peacock (孔雀)
5 ADHD is Necessary (必須過動)
-
4. Triad Princess
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
Growing up in the shadows of her triad boss father, Angie craves an independent life of her own.
Defying her father's wishes, she runs away from home and takes on a gig as an undercover bodyguard for a famous actor. She must now learn to navigate the unfamiliar world of glitz, glamour, and even love.
-
5. Back to 1989
Taiwanese Drama - 2016, 21 episodes
A successful young man has always felt something missing in his life because he never knew his father. At 26, Che Chen is already a successful assistant manager for an investment trust. But he was raised by his single mother Chen Mu and never knew the identity of his father, and that void has been nagging at him. But a freak accident sends Che back 27 years into the past, to the year before he was born. When he meets 22-year-old Zhen Zhen Ye, Che realizes that this naïve and trusting young woman is his mother's best friend! When Che realizes that anything he does in the year 1989 could alter his mother’s future, will he do anything to alter the course of his own life?
-
6. Bro and Me
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
Growing up, Jie En had one goal in life: to be as cool as the older boy who lived next door. A few years older than Jie En, Ye Hong was just your average young man. Too busy with his own life to bother with the kid next door, Ye Hong had fun teasing Jie En on occasion, but that was as far as his affection went. To Jie En, however, Ye Hong was everything he ever wanted to be and he looked up to his neighbor as if he were his actual older brother. Naturally, Jie En was devastated when Ye Hong announced he would soon be leaving to study abroad. With Ye Hong gone, nothing in the world felt right for Jie En, but he had little time to think about that or anything else. With the pressures of getting into a good university mounting, Jie En is forced to focus solely on his studies. Wanting only the best for their son, Jie En’s parents announce they’ve hired a tutor who, after studying abroad for the last year, will be moving in with them. Not sure what to make of his parent’s announcement, Jie En is elated when he realizes his new tutor is none other than Ye Hong. Living with Ye Hong, the world feels right again. At least until he realizes that Jing Han, the girl he’s befriended in Ye Hong’s absence is actually Ye Hong’s first love. Suddenly caught up in a tangled mess of complicated relationships and confusing emotions, Jie En begins to wonder if the world will ever make sense again!
-
7. Taiwan Fan Zui Gu Shi
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
The stories probe the motives behind crimes, while also exploring themes of faith, temptation, redemption and obligation.
-
8. Love Is Science?
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 18 episodes
Yan Fei is the CEO of the Love Science Marriage Agency. She uses Big Data to help countless singles find a well-suited life partner. Fei reunites with a friend whom she has always seen like a brother, while he’s been pining after her for years. His timing could not be the worse, as Fei’s handsome ex-husband arrives unannounced, seeking reconciliation. Is Taiwan big enough for the two of them? According to Big Data’s analysis, just who might be the right guy for Fei? Will she bravely choose her brotherly friend next door, who makes her feel beloved, or will she opt for her ex-husband, who is quite temperamental ? May the most romantic and healing relationship be the beginning of love’s redemption.
-
9. Copycat Killer
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
A serial killer taps into the media's interest in his murders and ruthlessly manipulates their victims, the police and the media like a puppet master, turning the case into a national spectacle.
-
10. Two or Three Things About My Bathtub
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 14 episodes
What will happen when a high school student meets the domineering merman and live together for 49 days?
-
11. Prince William
Taiwanese Drama - 2014, 14 episodes
If you had a chance to live a much different life, would you take it? A happy-go-lucky fishmonger, Liu Wen Bin, lives and works in a small village and has, for the most part, been content with his way of life. But one day, he meets Yi Wei Lian, a city man who has been involved in an accident. Because he bears such a strong resemblance to William, Ah Bin is forced into a situation where he has to assume the identity of William. But can Ah Bin fool William’s sister, Yi Xin, a journalist, and keep her from discovering his true identity?
-
12. Wake Up
Taiwanese Drama - 2015, 6 episodes
When a patient died from a rare anesthesia complication, Dr. Xiao Zheng Xun was pressured to take the blame. Insurance agent Ye Jian De, who handled the death claim, discovered that it was not the first time the hospital shifted responsibility onto their employees. The duo teamed up to investigate the hospital insiders. Just when the truth was to come out, troubles began to befall on the personnel related to the incident, one after another.
-
13. Fly the jumper
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 4 episodes
Zhang Jian Yi's dream was to become a professional basketball player. However, at age 11, he was diagnosed with genetic heart disease. This caused him to hide his passion for the sport until he one day joins the school's basketball team. Can Jian Yi stick to his dreams, break the limits and bravely pursue his basketball dream in the face of parental opposition, physical limitations, and his teammates' disdain?
-
14. The Coming Through
Taiwanese Drama - 2018, 4 episodes
The story describes Taiwan in the 70s, when its economy began to take off, and the daily pains of the Taiwanese workers.
-
15. The World Between Us
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
"The World Between Us" is a 10-part, hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass shooting where the fates of all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims' families, the media and the defence teams are intertwined.
-
16. Candy Online
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
One girl shows too much while doing a live broadcast. The video goes viral, generating a negative repercussion at school and in the small town where she lives.
-
17. The Victims' Game
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Autism Spectrum Disorder risks everything to solve the case.
-
18. Animal Whisper
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
A show about communication with pets where all the stories are connected, through the pet perspective, to explore the relationship between human nature and family.
-
19. Tears on Fire
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
"Tears on Fire" will tell the story of a group of firefighters from the Tong'an Branch Fire Department in Dayuan City who have seen human nature and society in all the exciting fire and rescue missions they have been on. Through the cases they have performed, they have exposed many unrecognized sad stories about the firefighting profession. Typically, the Tong'an team is a community of life. They are born and die together. When they take off their uniforms, each of them faces a different life problem. Qiu Hancheng is caught in a dilemma between his wife, his daughter, and his work. Although he loves to fight fire, he cannot take care of his five-year-old daughter. With his wife about to give birth, he may not be able to accompany her during childbirth. The only woman on the team, Xu Ziling, wants to prove that she is not inferior to the men, but she has not been able to get the support of her family. Zhang Zhiyuan is usually the most passionate and desperate on duty, but in the middle of the night, he always has similar, repetitive nightmares. What kind of background is he burdened with? Lin Yiyang is a team member full of righteousness, sparing no effort to defend his comrades, and often quarrels with other people about their official duties, which gives the boss a headache. They will face a fire together and change each other's fate.
-
20. Dream Raider
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
In the near future where criminals are able to hack into your mind to commit crimes, the only people that can stop them are the Dream Raiders.
-
21. Mad Doctor
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
"Mad Doctor" tells a story of a female surgeon who has lost her motivation to exercise surgery for patients. She decides to work in a small hospital in the countryside, running away from her dark past. She experiences all kinds of unbelievable incidents, from patients injured by a crush of a pig to a bite of a penguin. Killer whales and crocodiles are also in the list of wrongdoers. However, in this small hospital, where medical staff are as helpless as those in the big urban hospitals, the female surgeon restores her passion of being a medical practitioner. With her special skills and perseverance, she changes the medical conditions of the village, and regains the strength and passion she used to have on life and medical practices.
-
22. Bu Liang Zhi Nian Qing Chu Shi
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Pu Yi Yong is a typical high school student. When he unexpectedly gains superpowers after waking up from a car accident, his previously uneventful life is suddenly not so ordinary anymore.
-
23. Rainless In A Godless Land
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 13 episodes
All the gods will be leaving before the last rain of doomsday. However, an ordinary human girl unexpectedly puts a dent in their plans to retreat thus causing the world to move towards the unknown. Based on the animistic mythology of the Amis tribe, the gods are no longer willing to bless the land that is plagued with environmental issues. One by one, the gods depart the world they once loved. A human girl discovers that the opportunity to reverse her destiny lies within herself and her guardian. Before the final day of judgment, a love story between human and god unfolds.
-
24. Qin Ai Huai Dan
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
Han Zhen Zhen has been through a lot. Once swimming in debt, she has managed to repay all of her loans – leaving her penniless. But she wants her family to have a fresh start – and thinks that moving into her sister’s exclusive neighborhood full of wealthy and powerful individuals will help her do so. At first, all seems well. But she is soon sucked into local power politics, and becomes embroiled in a bitter dispute. And things get even worse for their daughter, who is tormented by her past demons. She was once the victim of bullying, and her misfortunes continue in the new neighborhood when she is sexually assaulted.
-
25. Lost Romance
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
Zheng Xiao En works as an editor of romance novels at a publishing company, and secretly dreams about falling in love with a CEO. When she isn’t working, she spends her days daydreaming about He Tian Xing, the handsome chief executive of the company that occupies the building opposite her company’s offices. One day, Zheng Xiao En magically finds herself transported into the pages of a romance novel – and comes face-to-face with her crush He Tian Xing. However, she soon discovers that in this fictional universe, his name is Si Tu Ao Ran – and his personality is very different. She hopes to use all the tips and tricks she has learned from the romance novels she has edited to help snare his heart. But she soon discovers that in this fictional world, she isn’t the heroic female lead – and instead is an evil side character! Can she flip the story on its head – and end up with the man of her dreams?
-
26. Meow Meow Boss
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 7 episodes
Lei Hao Yang is a cat spirit who gets irritated by humans claiming themselves as the most intelligent species on the planet. To Lei, it’s a joke how incredible the stupidity of humankind is, as shown by the huge number of humans crazy about cats. However, there is one human to whom Lei feels indebted to - Jiang Ke Qi. To pay her back for saving his life when he was young, Lei has set up a company to secretly provide her with a stable job and high income. When he feels the time is right for her to succeed him as the boss, he realizes that he has fallen victim to the human love that he once so strongly despised.
-
27. Di Jiu Jie Ke
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
New female teacher became a target of a trouble making gifted student's bullying. But their confrontations soon developed a romantic undertone and they began to have a secret affair that played fast and loose with their feelings.
-
28. Light The Night
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
In the red-light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese nightclub navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship, love, and betrayal.