Chinese Dramas like Shooting Stars
CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to Shooting Stars.
War of Faith
#1
Historical, Political, War
Wang Yibo, Li Qin
In Shanghai in 1930, Wei Ruolai, an ordinary employee of the Central Bank of the Kuomintang, gradually earns the appreciation of senior advisor Shen Tunan due to his outstanding work ability. During this process, Wei Ruolai witnesses numerous instances of corruption and darkness within the Kuomintang's financial sector. Lost and depressed, Communist Party member Shen Jinzhen illuminates...In the Name of the Brother
#2
Suspense, Political, Historical
Qin Hao, Yang Mi
In the spring and summer of 1945, Communist intelligence operative Song Zhuowen successfully infiltrated the Harbin Special Service Division of the puppet Manchukuo regime. Utilizing his exceptional deductive skills and meticulous approach, Song gained the admiration of his superiors while also drawing jealousy and covert hostility from his colleagues. In order to uncover the location...My Roommate Is a Detective
#3
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...The Disguiser
#4
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...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....Tientsin Mystic
#6
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...Lost Identity
#7
War, Suspense
Huang Jingyu, Xin Zhilei
In 1945, as the end of the War of Resistance approaches, the Japanese army secretly transports a large number of gas bombs to China. Military intelligence ace agent Ou Xiao'an is injured while escaping from the gas research institute "810" and is unexpectedly saved by fellow agent Qin Moqing. Upon waking, he discovers that he has lost nearly four years of his memory. In the process...Arsenal Military Academy
#8
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 Truth of Scent
#9
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...The Nest
#10
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...Killer And Healer
#11
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...Battle of Changsha
#12
Military, War, Romance
Wallace Huo, Yang Zi
In October 1938, after the Japanese army had captured Wuhan, the city of Changsha was in danger. Faced with the sudden war, people in the city were on tenterhooks and many people fled with their families. Xue Junshan, the grandson-in-law of the Hu family in Chayuan Lane, with the cooperation of his family, tried every possible means to arrange a way out for Xiangxiang and Xiaoman,...Rookie Agent Rouge
#13
War, Romance, Political
Zhao Liying, Lu Yi, Tao Xinran
In 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale invasion of China, sparking strong patriotic sentiments among the Chinese people. Shanghai progressive young woman, Lan Yanzhi, and her university classmates took to the streets together, calling for a boycott of Japanese goods to support the frontline soldiers. However, due to a lecture activity, Yanzhi coincidentally became involved...A Love Never Lost
#14
Action, Drama, War
Li Xian, Jessie Li, Wei Daxun
After the Gengzi misfortune, the land of China was full of devastation, and young people with aspirations rose to save their country. Liangxiang, Yang Kaizhi, Li Renjun became the first group of progressive youths to study in the Japanese cadet school, and met the revolutionary exiles Yu Tianbai and Qiu Hong on the cruise ship, from then on the five people’s fates were closely linked....Granting You a Dreamlike Life
#15
Youth, Romance
Zhu Yilong
Lin Jing Yun, an internationally acclaimed young food critic, comes to Dongjiang to seek the cuisine and take the opportunity to start a journey to find her roots. At this time, the Lin family’s old house where her grandmother lived has long been transformed into a restaurant specializing in traditional Dongjiang cuisine, and Lin comes to taste it. In accordance with the restaurant’s...Sparrow
#16
Suspense, Political, Romance
Li Yifeng, Zhou Dongyu
In March 1940, Wang Jingwei Reorganized National Government was established. The Japanese army invaded China, tracking down and arresting in Shanghai for anti-Japanese fighters. The Wang Jingwei Reorganized National Government set up a “Special Operations Division” headed by Bi Zhongliang, a former Kuomintang officer, to support the enemy. Chen Shen, a member of the Chinese Communist...Infernal Affairs
#17
Suspense, Thriller, Drama
Jin Dong, Wang Likun, Wang Zhiwen
During the period of the puppet government under the rule of Wang Jingwei in the Anti-Japanese War, Lu Feng, who grew up in an orphanage, was ordered to undercover in number 76 but almost blew his cover due to the suspicious Shen Xiao. Eventually, Lu Feng successfully infiltrated number 76 with his superior intelligence and became the highest-ranking special agent. However, he did not...The Flame of Youth
#18
War, Suspense, Drama
Li Jiahang, Song Yi, Niu Junfeng
During the period from the 4-12 Incident in 1927 to the songhu anti-japanese war on January 28, 1932, Gu Xing, a young man on the Shanghai Bund, becomes a constable in the French Concession, with the intention of making a name for himself and capturing Xia Ruoning's heart. But he accidentally gets involved in a case between the counter-revolutionary forces in Shanghai and a Japanese...Butterfly Shadow
#19
War, Drama, Suspense
Feng Yue, Wei Daxun, He Ziming
During the resistance against Japan, military intelligence agent Lin Qiuyan was tasked with destroying the Japanese "Scorpion Beauty Plan" in Shanghai. In the list of puppet government officials she was to assassinate, she discovered the name of her former lover Zhang Zimo. Her feelings towards her superior Zhou Tianhao also changed during each mission. One was an old love in enemy...Checkmate
#20
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.Detective L
#21
Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Bai Yu, You Jingru
In 1930s Shanghai, when people were asleep, bizarre cases were quietly unfolding in a corner of the city. A beautiful girl, Qin Xiaoman, who has just graduated from the police academy, arrives in the British Concession with the ambition of becoming an outstanding police detective. She lives in Shaliwen flat and becomes neighbors and colleagues with Luo Fei, a police detective who has...