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Horror Stories of Tang Dynasty (唐朝诡事录)
Horror Stories of Tang Dynasty (唐朝诡事录, Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty) is a Chinese costume suspense unit-case detective web series from iQiyi and Changxin Media, adapted from Wei Fenghua's 2013 novel and Tang zhiguai notebooks, first aired 2022, with three seasons, a spin-off, and an Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Series win.
How Dare You!? (成何体统)
How Dare You!? (成何体统) is a Chinese transmigration story by Qi Yingjun, serialized on Weibo in 2020, adapted by iQIYI into an animation (2024), a vertical short drama (2025), and a 32-episode live-action drama (2026) starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei.
I Am a Running Mate (러닝메이트)
I Am a Running Mate (러닝메이트, Running Mate) is an 8-episode 2025 TVING South Korean teen political comedy-drama directed by Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won, starring Yoon Hyun-soo, about a model student running for student council to repair his reputation.
I Am Nobody (异人之下)
I Am Nobody (异人之下) is a 2023 Chinese urban fantasy action series directed by Xu Hong Yu for Youku, adapted from Mi Er's webcomic Under One Person.
I Am Not a Master (我不是大师)
I Am Not a Master (我不是大师), formerly Chang Feng Qi (长风起), is a 2026 Chinese Republican-era suspense drama on iQiyi and Tencent Video, adapted from Yi Zhi's novel I Am a Fortune Teller, directed by Yang Lei, starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, 24 episodes, premiered September 24, 2026.
I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (我才不要和你做朋友呢)
I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (我才不要和你做朋友呢) is a 2020 Mango TV Chinese web series, 24 episodes, directed by Tian Yu, in which Li Jinbu time-travels to 1999 and befriends her teenage mother Li Qingtong; Douban 8.2, adapted into a 2021 stage play and 2024 film Be My Friend.
If There Is No Tomorrow (我是余欢水)
If There Is No Tomorrow (我是余欢水) is a 2020 12-episode Chinese web drama by Zhengwu Yangguang and iQIYI, directed by Sun Molong, starring Guo Jingfei, adapted from Yu Geng's novel If There Is No Tomorrow, about a misdiagnosed loser's absurd reversal.
Immortal Samsara (沉香如屑)
Immortal Samsara (沉香如屑·沉香重华) is a 2022 Chinese xianxia romance drama on Youku, adapted from Su Mo's novel, starring Yang Zi and Cheng Yi in a 59-episode two-part love trial story.
Immortality (皓衣行)
Immortality (皓衣行, Hao Yi Xing) is an unaired Chinese xianxia web drama adapted from Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou's danmei novel The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, starring Luo Yunxi and Chen Feiyu; filmed 2020, shelved by China's 2021 dangai crackdown, still unbroadcast.
Imperfect Love (不完美的她)
Imperfect Love (不完美的她) is a 2020 Chinese 22-episode web drama directed by Liu Biao, remaking the Japanese drama Mother; starring Zhou Xun, Kara Wai, and Angie Chiu, it premiered March 27, 2020 on Tencent Video and iQiyi, won a Shanghai festival award, but saw its Douban score slide to about 6.5. A 2025 iQiyi revenge short drama shares the title.
Imperfect Victim (不完美受害人)
Imperfect Victim (不完美受害人, Bu Wan Mei Shou Hai Ren) is a 2023 29-episode Chinese drama directed by Yang Yang, starring Zhou Xun, about a workplace rape allegation, an anonymous report, and a lawyer's ethical dilemma.
In A Class of Her Own (云上恋歌)
In A Class of Her Own (漂亮书生; 云上恋歌, 云上学堂) is a 2020 36-episode iQiyi Chinese costume school drama starring Ju Jing Yi, a remake of Korea's Sungkyunkwan Scandal about a girl disguised as a boy at an all-male academy.
In Between (半熟男女)
In Between (半熟男女) is a 2024 Youku Chinese urban romance drama, 27 episodes, adapted from Liu Cuihu's novel 这里没有善男信女, directed by Zhang Xiaobo, starring Tian Xiwei and Xin Yunlai, notable for its amoral characters and 185-country overseas release.
In The Storm (黑金风暴)
In The Storm (黑金风暴) is a 2022 Cantonese anti-corruption crime web drama, 30 episodes on Youku's Hong Kong theater, starring Raymond Lam, Wong Ho-yin, and Chrissie Chau, with nine cases, some real-event-based.
Intense Love (韫色过浓)
Intense Love (韫色过浓, Yun Se Guo Nong) is a 2020 Mango TV Chinese urban romance drama, 24 episodes, starring Zhang Yuxi and Ding Yuxi, adapted from Liu Mang Xing's novel, premiering May 2, 2020.
Interlaced Scenes (错位)
Interlaced Scenes (错位, original title 交错的场景) is a 2024 15-episode iQIYI Mist Theater suspense crime drama adapted from Seichō Matsumoto's 1976 novel, starring Ma Yili, Tong Dawei, and Gao Zhiting as detectives and a novelist whose fiction matches a real murder.
The Dance of the Storm (风暴舞)
The Dance of the Storm (风暴舞) is a 2021 Chinese urban spy drama directed by Liu Xin, starring William Chan and Gulnazar as Moshi agents defending the VX3 security device; filmed 2018, aired on iQiyi, Tencent, Youku.
The Days
The Days is an eight-episode 2023 Netflix docudrama by Warner Bros. Japan dramatizing the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, starring Koji Yakusho as plant manager Masao Yoshida, based on the Yoshida account and accident reports.
The Demon Hunter's Romance (无忧渡)
The Demon Hunter's Romance (无忧渡, Wu You Du) is a 2025 iQiyi Chinese fantasy costume drama, 36 episodes, adapted from Ban Ming Ban Mei's novel Ban Xia, starring Ren Jialun and Song Zu'er as a demon hunter and a girl who sees demons in six Liaozhai-style cases in Guangping city.
The Ferryman · Legends of Nanyang
The Ferryman: Legends of Nanyang (灵魂摆渡·南洋传说), also Soul Ferry: Nanyang Legends, is a 2021 iQiyi 36-episode Mandarin supernatural drama, the platform's first Southeast Asian original, remaking the 2014 series Soul Ferry with Lawrence Wong and Qi Yuwu in Singapore and Malaysia.
The Flaming Heart (你好，火焰蓝)
The Flaming Heart (你好，火焰蓝) is a 2021 Chinese rescue romance drama on Youku, directed by Zhang Lichuan, starring Gong Jun as firefighter Huo Yan and Zhang Huiwen as doctor Yan Lan, 24 episodes, adapted from real Nanjing fire cases.
The Fox's Summer (狐狸的夏天)
The Fox's Summer (狐狸的夏天, Hu Li De Xia Tian; also Lying Girlfriend) is a 2017 Chinese romantic comedy web series directed by Yu Zhongzhong, adapted from Shen Cangmei's novel When the President Falls in Love, starring Tan Songyun and Jiang Chao in two Tencent Video seasons (21 + 23 episodes) that topped 1.5 billion views.
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride (彼岸之嫁) is a 2020 Netflix Taiwanese-Malaysian supernatural mystery series, adapted from Yangsze Choo's 2013 novel, set in 1890s colonial Malacca, starring Huang Pei-jia, Wu Kang-ren, and Ludi Lin.
The Glory (雁回时)
The Glory (雁回时, formerly 贵女) is a 2025 Chinese costume revenge drama adapted from Qianshan Chake's novel 重生之贵女难求, directed by Yang Long, starring Chen Duling and Xin Yunlai, 30 episodes, premiered March 18, 2025 on Tencent Video; Douban 6.8, Tencent heat over 30,000.
The Golden Eyes (黄金瞳)
The Golden Eyes (黄金瞳) is a 2019 Chinese iQiyi web series adapted from Da Yan's novel, starring Zhang Yixing as pawnshop clerk Zhuang Rui, whose mutated eyes give appraisal superpowers; 56 episodes, remade for Tencent Video in 2026.
The Great Adventurer Wesley (冒险王卫斯理)
The Great Adventurer Wesley (冒险王卫斯理) is a 2018 iQiyi sci-fi web series adapted from Ni Kuang's Wesley novels, produced by Wong Jing, starring Shawn Yue, in three 12-episode seasons: Fragment Man, Bleeding Blue, Mind Port. Distinct from the 2003 series 少年王, which shares the alternate title.
The Imperial Coroner (御赐小仵作)
The Imperial Coroner (御赐小仵作) is a 2021 Tencent Video Chinese costume mystery-romance web series, 36 episodes, adapted from Qingxian Yatou's novel, starring Su Xiaotong and Wang Ziqi as Tang-dynasty coroner Chu Chu and Prince Xiao Jinyu; a low-budget word-of-mouth hit rated 8.3 on Douban.