Chinese Dramas like Detective L
CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to Detective L.
My Roommate Is a Detective
#1
Suspense, Comedy, Thriller
Hu Yitian, Zhang Yunlong, Xiao Yan
After 14 years of the Republic of China, Lu Yao, a playboy who has returned from studying in England, was invited to be a detective consultant by Qiao Chusheng, a detective with extraordinary skills, due to his superb intelligence and reasoning ability. Afterward, they form a detective squad with a female reporter, Bai Youning, working together to solve seemingly treacherous murder...Killer And Healer
#2
Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Mao Zijun, Ian Yi
In troubled times, things are changing. Jiang Yuelou, the head of the Police Station, is both good and evil, making smugglers scared of criminals. While pursuing an opium case in Hong Kong, he meets Churan and Chen Yuzhi, and the three become close friends. Chen Yu Zhi discovers Jiang Yue Lou’s bipolar disorder, and Jiang Yue Lou goes from initially refusing treatment to befriending...Tientsin Mystic
#3
Historical, Suspense, Horror
Li Xian, Zhang Ming'en, Wang Zixuan
During the Republic of China period, the floods in Tianjin were frequent, and the river was full of strange and disorderly things. Guo Deyou, the captain of the five river corpse retrieval team of the police bureau, has been deeply taught by the master’s “Old River God”, and his skill of lighting a cigarette to identify injustice has comforted countless unjust souls. When the...The Truth of Scent
#4
Suspense, Crime, Thriller
Yao Chi, Kevin Xiao, Gong Wanyi
Wen Xiang is a young girl who just suffered a tragic family murder case. She has special powers. She meets a degenerate detective, Wang Ya. They help a magician, Mo Xe, who is involved in a murder case, to clear his name, and together they start the Wen Xiang Detective Agency. The three of them unravel the "fog" and solve a number of strange cases, but they also gradually "smell" the...Mr. & Mrs. Chen
#5
Suspense, Romance, Crime
Guan Xiaotong, Elvis Han
In 1940 Shanghai, Chen Jiaping, an underground member of the Chinese Communist Party codenamed "Mei Hua Si", is on a mission when he runs into his former fiancée Zuo Shuangtao at a critical moment when he is almost exposed. At this time, Zuo Shuangtao is already a spy of the Kuomintang military system and is looking for a way out of her predicament after a failed assassination mission....Please Give Me a Pair of Wings
#6
Suspense, Thriller, Romance
Ju Jingyi, Aaron Yan, Han Dong
In the 1920s, police chief Lin Aodong is shot dead and his adopted daughter, Lin Jiuge, is imprisoned after being falsely identified as the murderer. Jiuge struggles to survive in prison, navigating the various forces in the prison and fighting against the " behind the scenes " forces from outside the prison. Since Jiuge's imprisonment, police officer Long Tianyu has been investigating...On the Scent
#7
Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Yang Yeming, Li Jiajia
During the Republic of China period, Su San, a resourceful journalist with an excellent sense of smell, and Luo Yin, a brilliant detective, worked together to solve a serial murder case in Shen Cheng. They not only uphold social justice but also reap the rewards of the love and ultimately their own redemption.Checkmate
#8
Suspense, Drama, Thriller
Hu Yitian, Zhang Yunlong, Zhang Xinyu
A young lawyer in Beiping, Situ Yan, was dismissed from his job for sticking to the law and came to Harbin to become a detective. In a series of cases, he befriended his straightforward friend Luo Shaochuan and got to know Zhou Mowan, who dares to love and hate. Together they revealed the conspiracy.The Disguiser
#9
War, Action, Suspense
Hu Ge, Jin Dong, Liu Mintao
During the anti-Japanese war, Mingtai, a young man from a wealthy family, was on his way to study at the University of Hong Kong. He was kidnapped by Wang Tianfeng, a senior officer of the National Military Council Research and Statistics, and taken to the training course, where he underwent a tough training program and became a good agent of the National Military Council Research...Psych-Hunter
#10
Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Neo Hou, Zhu Xudan, Liu Dongqin
Housing agent Jiang Shuo is the only survivor of the case of seven people who disappeared in Changshanzhou a year ago. The only clue about the case is hidden in Jiang Shu's lost memories. In order to find the truth about the case, Jiang Shuo, psychiatrist Qin Yiheng, and "weird cop" Yuan Muqing are drawn into a nightmare game to find the murderer "Six Fingers", in which Jiang Shuo's...Arsenal Military Academy
#11
Action, Military, Romance
Bai Lu, Xu Kai, Toby Lee
Xie Xiang, a kind-hearted and upright girl, entered the army in place of her brother, pretending to be a man. She studied at the army academy, where she became classmates with the cynical and wealthy Gu Yanzhen and the calm Shen Junshan. Under the strict and cruel training regime of the military academy, Xie Xiang not only had to try to conceal her secret of pretending to be a man...The Nest
#12
Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Han Dong, Song Yi
In January 1933, the Japanese army captured Shanhaiguan and occupied Chengde in March, the anti-Japanese situation in North China was precarious. In Shanghai, the multinational forces are clashing and the dark current is surging. Gu Pan, an agent of Qing Shan Military Academy, works with Tian Qiaojie and Tan Zhongwen to complete the mission of her mentor Pu Cong, and is secretly arranged...Wonderful Hand
#13
Romance, Drama, Suspense
Bosco Wong, Zhang Yishang
In the 1930s, Lin Hao, the chief instructor of the mysterious organization "Hei Feng", escapes from the control of the organization by faking his death during a mission. He hides as a doctor in the Clinic of Wu family on the city suburbs and prepares to start a new life, but his encounters drag him into the centre of the "whirlpool" again. During his medical practice, Lin Hao meets...Shooting Stars
#14
War, Suspense, Drama
Li Xian, Ren Min
During the war, Shao Yi, who came from a family of senior Kuomintang officials, was about to join the navy and realise his dream of becoming a ship's captain. But an unexpected trip to Shanghai changed Shao Yi's life forever. He changes his name to Xia Jicheng and becomes a junior police officer in a rundown police station. It is here that Xia Jicheng meets two of the most important...Deep Lurk
#15
War, Suspense, Thriller
Cheng Yi, Ying Er
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army, aiming to secure control over Changsha, activated "Black Butler," a strategic agent who had been covertly stationed in China for 15 years, to execute a long-planned deception strategy. Yun Muzhi, a member of the Chinese Communist underground, was killed while investigating "Black Butler." Yun Hongshen, unaware of his father's true identity,...Dark Night and Dawn
#16
Suspense, Drama, Crime
Chen Zheyuan, Nie Yuan
In 1943, a shocking explosion case in Shanghai brought together Lu Zhengyang, an underground Communist Party member, and Lin Shaobai, a former police officer. Both men demonstrated their unique skills during this initial encounter. Six years later, after the liberation of Shanghai, Lu Zhengyang became a key figure in the city’s public security bureau’s anti-espionage unit. Faced...The Mystic Nine
#17
Adventure, Action, Suspense
William Chan, Lay Zhang, Zhao Liying
During the Republic of China, nine families guarded Changsha, known as the “Jiu Men Ti Du”. The nine families were so famous and powerful that almost all of the burial objects going out of Changsha must pass through one of them. In the autumn of 1933, a mysterious “ghost train” slowly drove into the Changsha Railway Station, the head of the nine families, “Zhang Da Fo Ye”...Best Enemy
#18
Action, Suspense, Thriller
Gao Zhiting, Wang Sen, Chen Yao
In 1939, to combat the collaborationist Wang puppet government's secret organization known as "No.76," the Military Statistics Bureau (Military Intelligence) established the Xin An Training Class. Childhood friends Chen Kehai and Fang Li joined forces with the hope of resisting the Japanese and saving their country. The harsh experiences in the training class revealed the true nature...The Chronicles of A Town Called Jian
#19
Suspense, Romance, Family
Victoria Song, Jiang Jinfu, Zhang Zhixi
The Huang family is the richest in the town of Qingyun in the Southern. In mid-summer, Master Huang Tianming will celebrate his 60th birthday, while Miss Huang Mengqing and her companion Du Chunxiao, who have stayed abroad for several years, will soon return. The whole family is busy. Master Huang takes extra care of Du Chunxiao, and not only does he ask her to stay, but he also want...Autumn Cicada
#20
War, Military, Suspense
Ren Jialun, Li Man
In the winter of 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese and the Chinese Communist Party's underground organisation in Hong Kong was severely damaged. A member of the Communist Party, Ye Chong, codenamed "Autumn Cicada", is sent on a "top-secret mission" to the Japanese military headquarters in Hong Kong. The cunning Japanese army has cut off all means of communication of the organization,...Hot Blooded Detective
#21
Suspense, Comedy, Romance
Zhang Yujian, Liang Jie, Wu Chongxuan
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the people’s wisdom was not yet open and evil forces were rampant in Xiang city. Sheriff Kong Xueli and coroner Fang Dong, defying the evil, with their knowledge of modern science and the dark forces to start a struggle again and again.
