The ShortFlix guides that recommend Chinese micro-dramas, and every Chinese series they pick, with every episode free to watch.
A woman gets her twenties back, a reader wakes up as the villainess of a novel, and a pork seller in 1985 watches her fiancé come home with a woman he calls his wife.
6 series · 7 min. Including Back to Twenty, When We Meet Again and 4 more.
Language guide · Chinese · Romance
Seven Chinese romance micro-dramas from seven channels, ranked by how soon episode 1 starts the story and how much the premise asks you to believe.
7 series · 8 min. Including My Security Guard Girlfriend, 湘东谣·戏影流光 and 5 more.
A one-person studio that plays every part, and a Chilean TV network that makes telenovelas for phones.
8 creators · 5 min. Including Mikaela Happas, Sathyanwesh (Wondering Minds) and 6 more.
Themed picks · Finished series
Eight finished micro-dramas short enough for one sitting, in seven languages, from a driver who turns down his boss to a man who dates by the rules of quantum physics.
8 series · 6 min. Including The Broken Trust, Zawaj al-Maslaha and 6 more.
DramaBox posts 66 episodes of an heiress’s summer job. Quick TV stops every series at episode 11.
6 app studios · 6 min. Including DramaBox, MangoTV Short Play and 4 more.
Eight hidden-identity micro-dramas in four languages, in pairs that hide the same thing in opposite ways: a runaway fiancée in rags, a princess in men’s clothes, a poor girl with a rich girl’s excuses.
8 series · 7 min. Including 月野你马甲掉了, Blind Date with the Boss and 6 more.
Seven revenge micro-dramas where the lead does the plotting, from a wife who has dreamed her own murder to a reunion punchline sent back to 2006 with a list.
7 series · 7 min. Including The Fatal Letter, Embroidery Hostess and 5 more.
Story type · Contract Marriage
Seven contract-marriage micro-dramas in English, Spanish and Chinese, in order of what the deal covers: a day at the notary, a green card, a loan, a sister’s heart, a year, a murder and a secret.
7 series · 7 min. Including Le propone a una 1ndigente matrimonio, Mommy by Day, CEO’s Wife by Night and 5 more.
Seven rebirth micro-dramas, one for each stock scene of the form, from a death in a prison cell to the nanny in the kitchen.
7 series · 7 min. Including Rebirth of the Deposed Heir, Summer in Love and 5 more.
Comedy micro-dramas in seven languages, from a Bengali groom with two-day-old sweets to an Iraqi deputy in his sheikh’s chair.
8 series · 7 min. Including Kipta Jamai, Dasappa Charitham and 6 more.
A soldier rings home with two months’ leave, an aunt accuses her niece before a judge, and a man reborn before a heatwave sells his killers a fake investment.
6 creators · 7 min. Including Sirin official, Christopher Martínez and 4 more.