Cdramas - Action/thrillers
Chinese thrillers seem to be less popular than the Korean ones. I know that's largely because of all the limitations Cdramas have but I also know that a lot of interesting thrillers kinda fly under the radar, so I wanted to get a list of proper thrilling Cdramas. Feel free to add them as you see fit and let me know if something doesn't fit!
Notes:
- Any time period counts
- Action/thriller as a main genre
Arclei Jan 4, 2024
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![Reset]()
An unexplainable phenomena finds college-going student, Li Shi Qing, trapped in a never-ending time loop where she is always stuck on a public service bus which is due to explode, bringing death ...more -
![Under the Skin]()
Five years ago, painter Shen Yi’s sketch of a child led to the exposure and death of undercover detective Lei Yi Fei, Du Cheng’s close friend. Unable to recall the woman who ...more -
![The Longest Day in Chang'an]()
744 A.D., Chang’an, the cosmopolitan heart of the Tang Empire. The remnants of a vanquished Central Asian kingdom have infiltrated the world’s largest city for a planned attack during the Lantern Festival. ...more -
![The Long Night]()
It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the ...more -
![Guardian]()
A world beyond scientific understanding with a group of passionate adults trying to solve cases done by such forces. Zhao Yun Lan and Shen Wei are tasked with upholding peace between underworld ...more -
![Day Breaker]()
Luo Xiang, a former narcotics agent, faked his death during an undercover operation. Five years later, he's living under a new name, but needs to pretend to be his old self and ...more -
![Kidnapping Game]()
Ten days, a kidnapping game, 4 million in ransom and a mystery at its heart. With the 'victim' turning up dead, have the stakes become far too real? Yu Hai is the ...more -
![Chase the Truth]()
A decade ago, polyglot police detective Chu Yi Han's mother went undercover to investigate a crime...and never came back. Since then, his only confidant is his “uncle”, as Chu Yi Han continued ...more -
![Burning Ice]()
To protect the woman he loves, a white-collar worker unintentionally becomes involved in a murder case and becomes a suspect. In the blink of an eye, his quiet and boring life gets ...more -
![The Disappearing Child]()
On the winter solstice morning, Yang Yuan's nine-year-old son vanishes without a trace, and the police identify a suspect who has a solid alibi. Meanwhile, Yuan Wu’s father dies suddenly, leaving Yuan ...more -
![Serendipity]()
Yan Sui is a veteran crossworld traveller - he enters storybook worlds and completes character missions to earn spiritual energy as a reward. His life starts to change when an ordinary girl, ...more -
![The Bad Kids]()
A story that follows three children from a coastal town who unintentionally film a murder scene. As the kids become involved with the suspect, it opens up a case that is far ...more -
![Stealth Walker]()
The story of a young cop from the police academy, Lin Qiang. Her parents were killed by a drug lord. The police force arranged for Lin Qiang to go undercover and start ...more -
![Ripe Town]()
In the 37th year of the Wan Li Period of the Ming Dynasty, a series of bizarre murders occur in Jiangnan County, with unrelated victims posed strangely and a cryptic sentence left ...more -
![Three-Body]()
A nanomaterials expert sees a mysterious countdown superimposed in his field of vision and finds himself under military investigation. To unravel the mystery, he enters the VR game "Three-Body" developed by a ...more -
![Parallel World]()
A beautiful melon seller, Ye Liu Xi, and a shadow puppet performer, Chang Dong, join forces to venture deep into the desert. One seeks to unravel the mystery of her origins, while ...more -
![The Evidence Tells]()
Bai Lu is a police officer still devastated from the failure of an undercover operation. In the process of solving a case she meets the neurotic and talented forensic doctor Gu Yu. ...more -
![Never Say Never]()
Fang Han's girlfriend, an undercover agent named Luo Fei, is killed in the line of duty. To make matters worse, the team that Fang Han works for proves to be unsuccessful in ...more -
![Luoyang]()
Gao Bing Zhu, a deputy marshal suspected of a crime, must prove his innocence. While investigating, he meets Baili Hong Yi, who is seeking the truth behind his father's death. Together, they ...more -
![The Wind Blows from Longxi]()
During the war between Wei and Shu, the Shu defeated the Wei using the crossbows they made. In order to attain this powerful weapon, the Wei sent numerous spies to steal and ...more -
![Burning]()
Through handling a dead body case, Gao Feng, a policeman from a family of police, discovers the case related to his grandfather and father many years ago. During the investigation, he encountered ...more -
![S.C.I]()
The story of a life-and-death contest between justice and evil. Some people try their best to resist the darkness, while others openly embrace it. Are the shadows and temptations in your life ...more -
![The Mutations]()
The story is set during the late Ming Dynasty when a mysterious epidemic breaks out. It follows the thrilling journey of Chu Sijing, a member of the secret service, as he navigates ...more -
![The Nest]()
In January 1933, the Japanese army captured Shanhaiguan and occupied Chengde in March. The anti-Japanese situation in North China was in jeopardy. Shanghai's multinational forces are glued and undercurrent. Gu Pan, Tian ...more -
![To Love]()
A suspenseful love story in which the fate of several young people with different backgrounds and charms are entangled in two unpredictable twists and turns. Yan Jin, a businessman and former anti-narcotics ...more -
![Couple of Mirrors]()
You Yi is a young, innocent, and kind-hearted socialite and a successful author, living with everyone's adoration and envy. Her perfect life is turned upside-down when she discovers a betrayal by the ...more -
![Echo]()
In the process of solving a murder case, female police officer Ran Dongdong accidentally discovers her husband has been renting a place in secret. The pressure is mounting as she tries to ...more -
![The Bionic Life]()
In the not-too-distant future, humans relying on bionics for emotional support triggers a series of cascading crises. (Source: ChineseDrama.info) -
![Desire Catcher]()
In the world of hypnotism, Lu Feng Ping is renowned as one of the best. When a series of crimes, seemingly carried out under hypnosis, shakes the city, the police turn to ...more -
![Lost in the Stars]()
He Fei's wife, Li Mu Zi, disappeared mysteriously during their wedding anniversary trip. While he was searching for Mu Zi, she appeared again out of nowhere, but he insists that the strange ...more -
![Day and Night]()
The usually carefree Guan Hong Yu gets accused of having murdered a whole family. To clear his younger twin brother’s charge, the team leader of the criminal investigation department Guan Hong Feng ...more -
![Thirteen Years of Dust]()
Thirteen years ago, a series of serial homicides in Nandu went unsolved due to limited investigation technology. Wei Zheng Rong, an experienced but down-on-his-luck officer, and rookie Lu Xing Zhi had tried ...more -
![Be Reborn]()
While investigating an ancient painting that has been stolen, Luo Jian, who heads the criminal investigation team, crosses paths with genius university student Zhuang Wen Jie who is from a family of ...more -
![The Pavilion]()
19 years ago, the angelic sister of the Xuan family was murdered bizarrely. The murder case was stagnated for many years, and the murderer remains at large. As a result, the Xuan ...more -
![Crimson River]()
An unsolved murder case of a young girl repeats itself twenty years later and awakens the memories of a peaceful town. Shan Feng, who was once a witness to the murder case, ...more -
![Wisher]()
The start and end of everything stems from an app called Wisher. Wisher appeared on the mobile phones of a group of college students out of the blue, and as long as ...more -
![Who Is the Murderer]()
In 2000, a murder occurred in an apartment of a printing factory in Haizhou City. Rookie policeman Leng Xiao Bing and his senior rushed to the scene after receiving a report, but ...more -
![Homesick]()
In the autumn of 1997, Chen You Xi escaped from the orphanage to find her missing best friend, Xiu, and came to Tanling County alone because of that. Before her disappearance, Xiu ...more -
![Why Try to Change Me Now]()
Set in China’s hardscrabble, industrial northeast, it tells the story of a young police officer investigating the murder of a taxi driver, only to find a childhood friend may be involved. To ...more -
![The Lonely Warrior]()
A former elite detective, Cheng Bing, is sent to prison after an interrogation accident, shattering his career and his team, the Third Brigade. Ten years later, he is released, stripped of everything, ...more -
![The Witness]()
Lu Xiao Xing, a rookie cop, abandons her post to find her rebellious brother, leading to a car crash that kills him and leaves her blind. Three years later, struggling with his ...more -
![Under the Microscope]()
When Shuai Jia Mo, who is obsessed with mathematics, stumbles upon a historical problem in Jinhua County, he's met with multiple obstacles in his attempts to correct the mistake, triggering a tension ...more -
![19th Floor]()
Unconscious after a car accident, university student Chun Yu and her best friend Qing You mysteriously find themselves inside the dangerous world of a VR game. Several other people have also unwittingly ...more -
![Humans]()
The story is set in the year 2035 when a self-aware female robot enters a human family. Throughout her journey, she fights many enemies to protect her family and friends. She becomes ...more -
![Finding Soul]()
In a dystopian future, AI that resembles humans with red eyes follow preset systems. The story centers on three students and an AI with blue eyes, unlike the others, capable of independent ...more -
![Murder Notes]()
A movie star and two business CEO's died one after another in "S" city, and the causes of their deaths were very strange. What is even more bizarre is people report that ...more -
![Chong Ming Wei]()
A bizarre case similar to that from ten years ago involves the Jizhong (Abnormalities)—individuals who develop supernatural powers after a meteor fall. Chong Ming Wei, a special force created to deal with ...more -
![Truth]()
Lin Lan and Lin Yuan Hao, procuratorial technicians from the Criminal Procuratorate of the Haijiang City People, were appointed to form a team. They use advanced techniques to break the bottleneck of ...more -
![The Twelfth Second]()
Police detective Zhao Yi Chen's wife, Hu Jia Ying, who is six months pregnant, disappears one day leaving behind nothing but an 11-second emergency call. Nine years later, he receives a letter ...more -
![Unexpected Falling]()
Ruan Zhen Zhen has led a simple and happy life under the protection of her financial guru husband. Everything disappears in a flash after the death of her husband. Forced out of ...more -
![Lover or Stranger]()
During a trip to Hokkaido, Japan, prominent violinist Luo Qian Yi and her fiancé, Mingyou Group CEO Huo You Ze, encounter a sudden avalanche. You Ze leads the rescue team hoping to ...more -
![Deep in My Heart]()
A story about unraveling mysteries and healing follows a man with special abilities and a woman with a dual personality. Kong Yi Fei has many identities. He is a music teacher at ...more -
![Detective Chinatown]()
Strange crimes disrupt Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective shifts. Lin Mo, student of Chinatown's top detective, and Yetian Hao Er, brother of Yetian Hao, find themselves entangled in ...more -
![Detective Chinatown Season 2]()
A series of bizarre cases have re-emerged overseas. With Tang Ren's senior disciple Lin Mo, the genius hacker Kiko, and many new detectives and characters making their appearances one after another! In ...more -
![Pandora's Box]()
Physics genius Li Tian is focused on his investigation of a special type of energy. However, his mother Mei Xue Yan, a famous musician, gets embroiled in a mysterious car accident in ...more
