8 Highest-Rated Chinese Dramas Released in 2025, Ranked by IMDb

The Chinese TV industry continues to gain a global audience by offering high-quality, diverse content.

2025 was no exception, with a big number of exciting projects conquering not only the domestic market, but also earning international recognition.

8. 'Si Jin', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.4/10

The daughter of a Duke is killed by her lover, Yu Qi, but she returns to life after traveling back in time. This time, she decides to defy fate. She breaks off her engagement with Yu Qi, opens her own shop, and begins investigating a series of brutal murders of young women.

Sometime later, she encounters Yu Qi again. Together, they resolve to overcome all the dangers and obstacles standing in the way of their loved ones' well-being.

7. 'Filter', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.7/10

Su Cheng Cheng is unhappy with her appearance. One day, she comes across a new high-tech gadget, a filter bracelet, that allows her to change her appearance. She can transform into a beautiful woman, a confident scholar, or an attractive young man.

Each transformation leads to an encounter with Tang Qi. The young man meets each person that Su Cheng Cheng pretends to be. He falls in love with the beauty, connects with the scholar, and sincerely admires the young man.

However, each time, he loses the object of his affections because Su Cheng Cheng cannot bring herself to reveal her deception.

6. 'A Dream Within a Dream', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.7/10

After many failed attempts, unsuccessful actress Xiaoyu finally gets her long-awaited chance when she is offered a role in a costume drama. Overjoyed, she begins reading the script she just received.

Suddenly, she finds herself transported to another world. There, she is cast as the supporting character Song Yimeng, who is destined to die on her wedding day.

Unwilling to accept her fate, Xiaoyu tries to defy the script. However, it seems she'll need the help of the other cast members to do so.

5. 'Moonlight Mystique', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.8/10

One day, an evil spirit kidnaps General's youngest daughter Bai Shuo. Fan Yue, the Demon of the Purple Moon, came to her aid. To repay Yue for saving her, the girl vows to become immortal and learn magic.

Ten years later, they meet again and embark on a journey to activate the divine stone and stop the forces of evil from enslaving humanity. As they fight side by side, Shuo and Yue grow closer. But soon, their feelings will be tested.

4. 'The White Olive Tree', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.8/10

Assigned by the editorial office, war correspondent Song Ran travels to a war-torn country. During an interview, she accidentally steps on a landmine.

Fortunately, Li Zan, an engineer, is nearby and helps her escape. Over the next few days, a bond forms between the two young people, but a sudden bombing tears them apart.

Returning to China alone and having lost contact with each other, they are forced to cope with the trauma of war separately.

3. 'Love in the Clouds', 2025

IMDb Score: 8.3/10

The annual martial arts tournament awards the winner with a blessing in the form of rain, promising prosperity for their country. For the past seven years, the same fighter, Ming Xin, has won the title.

The public has dubbed him the God of War and has no idea that the Princess is concealed behind the warrior's guise. Ming Xin is predicted to win the next tournament, but she is defeated by Ji Bozai, a newcomer.

Ming Xin immediately suspects that something is wrong. It turns out she is right – Ming Xin was poisoned. Disguised as the enigmatic dancer Ming Yi, she sets out to find the culprit.

2. 'The Best Thing', 2025

IMDb Score: 8.3/10

Shen Xifan, the young hotel manager, is a workaholic. Her endless workdays have triggered insomnia and persistent migraines. Realizing that she cannot cope on her own, Xifan decides to seek help.

At the hospital, she meets He Suye, a young doctor known for his sensitivity and professionalism. Their acquaintance might have ended there, but it turns out that Suye is Xifan's neighbor.

A series of chance encounters forces the young couple to get to know each other better, overcome failed relationships, and allow themselves to love again.

1. 'The First Frost', 2025

IMDb Score: 8.4/10

Sang Yan had been in love with his classmate, Wen Yifan, for a long time, but he couldn't confess his feelings to her. They had agreed to attend the same university, but Yifan never showed up on the day of the entrance exam.

Ten years later, fate brought them together again, but they pretended not to know each other.

However, their silence doesn't last long. A sudden confluence of circumstances leads Yan and Yifan to become neighbors.