Tragedy Short Dramas
70 short dramas in Tragedy — synopsis, ratings and where to watch.
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Office Wife : How to Hunt a ManThere is no office wife. The woman a wife has been following, believing her to be her husband's mistress, is a Gen Z shaman who works on people by gaslighting them.
The wife keeps going anyway. Her husband ends up tied with rope. There is a whip, and a hiccup at the wrong moment. She kisses a younger man who has been filming with a hidden camera, and the two of them end up working together, awkwardly. The revenge that follows draws blood and gets away from everyone involved.
The Girl They Locked AwayIn the Lu household the real daughter has been branded a fraud, and the credit for once saving the life of the CEO Harrison sits with a woman who did not do it. The daughter is Selena. She was set up, declared an impostor, and had her rescue of Harrison claimed by someone else. Then she was committed to a psychiatric hospital, where she was mistreated for three years. She came out with Alzheimer's, early onset and already severe, and with little time to live.
Her best friend Quinn is the one who gets her out. Quinn tells Selena's brother Liam how ill she is. Around the same time Harrison learns by chance that the woman he has been repaying was never the one who saved him. When the truth comes out, Harrison and the Lu family are left with the guilt and with damage that is by then beyond repair.
White Lie, Unfading LoveThe underworld in Lena Hartley's city answers to a man called Ethan Vale, and people are afraid of him. Six years earlier he was a street thug going out with Lena, who was a college student at the time. Her father broke it up. Ethan, wanting to protect her, told her he had fallen for someone else, and Lena left believing it.
She is now a surgeon of some standing. Ethan comes to her with a serious injury and she saves him, which is how they meet again. He watches over her from the shadows and does what he can to win her back. She still holds the old lie against him. The feeling is there on both sides, and neither of them has managed to put the break-up behind them.
I'm Done Being Your SisterA woman's search for the daughter she abandoned collides with the cruelty of the son she kept. Twenty years after their parents' divorce separated them, the siblings meet without recognizing each other, and he leaves her deeply hurt. Her response turns toward revenge before their family connection comes to light.
I Lost You in ChainsMark lives in a slum with a stray dog he has taken in and calls Buddy. Buddy picks up a lottery ticket that turns out to be a winner, and the two of them move out of the slum and into a mansion.
Sarah arrives in the household and puts an AI collar on Buddy. The collar reports things the dog has not done and gives him a shock for each one. Mark believes the readouts over the animal and does not look at what Buddy tries to show him. Buddy is hit, then put out of the house.
An intruder gets into the mansion and means to kill Mark. Buddy comes back to the house while the man is still inside.
Misplaced RedemptionIn the fire, Grayson saved Kate first, unaware that the critically injured patient only he could save was his wife, Zinnia. Deceived by Kate, he believed Zinnia had aborted their child and filed for divorce. Learning of her death from a colleague, he raced home too late. Zinnia's mother later found Zinnia's kidney donor record, and Zen proved Kate set the fire. Broken by the truth, Grayson soon met a tragic accident.
The Price of Your Billion-Dollar GameDiagnosed with leukemia, Luna takes her life to spare her family from medical debt. As a ghost, she awakens in a luxury penthouse to a sick truth: her "destitute" parents are secret billionaires. Her lifelong poverty was a twisted simulation. As they approach Luna’s bedroom with Porsche keys to end the lie, what awaits them?
After the Divorce, Her Empire CrumbledTech genius Marcus spent a decade building his wife's family firm into a billion-dollar empire. On the eve of its IPO, she erases his founder status and demands his tech and shares. Heartbroken, he divorces her and reclaims the cloud services, team, clients, and guarantees. Refusing the truth, Claire blames him--and drives Atlas One to bankruptcy.
Oil EmpireCaleb is the poorest young man in Olive Creek, a remote Texas town. Orphaned young, he lives alone in a rundown trailer while neighbors mock him, relatives exploit him, and the grocer refuses him credit. His only inheritance is a vast barren tract everyone calls "God's forgotten dumping ground."
Wrath of the Sea GodA century ago, the Sea God reincarnated as Prince Charles, his divine power set to awaken at eighteen. When the Empire seeks his blood to save a cursed prince, jealous Prince Apal tortures Charles--and the King orders the extraction, killing him. Now the Sea God's wrath will destroy Atlantis.
I Rejected My Fiancé And Lost EverythingEvelyn Carter rejects an arranged engagement, convinced the Bennett family's protection is a cage and that love with Ryan means freedom. Once the Bennetts withdraw their money, credit, and career backing, her wealthy life collapses. Failed at work and disappointed in Ryan, Evelyn is forced to face how much she depended on them.
Sent Me to AI Upgrade, My Family’s Bitter RegretChasing their idea of “perfection,” Emily’s parents spend $100,000 to send their rebellious daughter to a behavior correction academy—only to have her soul programmed into a cold, obedient machine. When the truth comes out, they beg for forgiveness, but Emily walks away for good.
Rise of the Penniless FishermanLin Haisheng spends years supporting his lazy in-laws, giving his wife nearly every penny he earns at sea. But when she falls for a wealthy fish tycoon, her family pushes her to divorce him. Heartbroken, Lin walks away with nothing but his fishing skills. Alone at sea, he rises from a self-sacrificing husband to a legendary ship captain.
Mom, Save MeLinda was bullied by her stepsister Kerry. Frantic, she called her mother Catherine, who thought she was being troublesome and deemed Kerry more capable. Unaware that her stepsister had gathered a crowd to assault her, Linda jumped off a building and killed herself. After learning the truth, Catherine resolved to avenge her daughter!
Her Love Unleashed HellA sealed demon lord once threatened all creation. Blinded by infatuation for him, an empress falls for treacherous schemes. She forces the guardian to break the seal despite desperate warnings. Swarms of demons flood the realms. Can anyone halt the apocalypse triggered by her reckless love?
Mom, Save MeKerry and Linda were stepsisters and went to the same school. Kerry bullied her there and brought other students in on it, while Linda kept trying to stay on good terms with her.
Linda called their mother Catherine in a panic. Catherine was busy with work and took it for a child making trouble over nothing. She thought Kerry the more capable and sensible of the two girls, and she said so to Linda.
The bullying went on. Linda went up onto the building and jumped.
Catherine found out afterward what Kerry had been doing and who had helped her do it, and she set about getting even.
Mom, Dad's love is a lieWhen their daughter drowned, Olivia's husband Ethan—a swimming coach—chose his first love over saving her. Devastated, Olivia buried her child alone. Manipulated by his first love, Ethan kept abandoning Olivia, believing his daughter still lived. Only upon seeing her memorial portrait did he realize the truth, breaking down in tears.
The Abandoned Dragon PrincessIsabella is the fourth dragon princess. As a small child her grandmother ordered her blood drawn to save her brother, and she was drained and then left in the forest to die. A miner named Bastian found her and brought her up under the name Ella. Eighteen years later her foster father falls ill and the medicine costs more than a miner earns, so Ella takes a position as a maid in the palace to pay for it. The household she serves is her own. Her birth mother and her brother treat the new maid with open contempt and she takes it, day after day, because the money is going home. The truth about where she came from comes out in front of everyone, and the two of them are left with what they did.
Dad, I'll Be Number OneHolly, born mute, is abandoned by her biological mother and adopted by Jasper and Jade. To raise her, the family falls into heavy debt. Myron, a ruthless creditor, comes to seize Holly. Jasper promises to repay within three days, but secretly joins a dragon boat race despite heart disease and dies. Grieving, Holly vows to become the top national exam scorer and repay all debts. Invited to a TV show, she is still mocked and disbelieved.
Sent Me to Die, Beg Me to ForgiveClaire's elder brother has no idea what has been done to his sister when he sends her off into the endless universe. Claire is the real daughter of the family, and the family has already set her aside for Vanessa, the fake heiress. Vanessa pins a crime on Claire. Claire runs from the accusation into a deep-space experiment, and her brother is the one who has her cast adrift. Later the truth about Vanessa comes out. The family falls apart and begins a desperate search for Claire across the universe.
They Killed the God Who Loved ThemGabriel transmigrates into the role of the Celestial Lord, a ruler cursed and hated by the entire world. Yannick, the favored son of fate, joins forces with the people Gabriel once held dearest. Together, they seal him beneath the Bronze Immortal Mirror. Everyone believes Gabriel is cruel and heartless. But no one knows the truth. He once tore out his own Immortal Root to protect his sister. He shattered his sword heart to save a friend. He even spent his cultivation to rescue a fox spirit. All this time, he silently bore the blame for countless years. When the mirror reveals the truth, everyone finally realizes what they have done. The man they killed with their own hands was the very person who had given everything to protect them. Gabriel is gone forever. And those who betrayed him will spend the rest of their lives drowning in endless regret.
His Obsession Murdered MeDetective Claudia loves her forensic pathologist boyfriend, Tristan, but his heart still belongs to his “first love,” Janice. After Tristan’s mother is murdered, Claudia uncovers the truth—Janice is the killer—only to be silenced. Janice then manipulates Tristan into disposing of an unidentified body. He destroys the evidence with his own hands, unaware it is Claudia. As Tristan uncovers the liver donation truth, fake scars, and swapped evidence, he finally realizes the victim’s identity and breaks down. He turns himself in, Janice is sentenced to death, Tristan gets eight years, and in the end, he takes his own life.
My Ex Kneels for My Bone MarrowAnna Goodwin is married to Daniel Foster, and Daniel has leukemia. Anna learns that her own bone marrow is a full match for him and goes home glad to tell him. Daniel gets the wrong end of what she says and comes away believing that Anna is the one with the disease. He divorces her without a second thought, brings his mistress Vivian Lane, who is pregnant, into the house, and makes Anna wait on the two of them. Only once the divorce certificate is in his hand does he learn that the patient was him all along. He kneels in front of his ex-wife and asks her to donate her marrow.
Freeze My Heart, Not My Brothers' RegretSelena Onassis spent sixteen years in her family's house trying to earn her three brothers' affection. Stella was taken for the real heiress and pinned one thing after another on Selena, and the brothers believed Stella every time. Selena's eldest brother had wanted to go to space and never did.
After the last of it Selena broke with the family, signed on to a space program, and left to carry out that wish in his place. The bracelet's worth of proof came out only once she was gone. The brothers learned that the heiress they had been searching for all those years was the sister they had spent sixteen years doubting.
I'm Not Your Baby GirlAt ten, Annie Shaw learns her brain cancer has returned. With just seven days left, all she wants is time with her father, Lucas. But he's too caught up in another family to see her fading light. As love is misplaced and silence grows, will anyone notice the little girl who's quietly slipping away?
The Girl They BuriedMark Shaw wants to marry his girlfriend, and his older sister Rose is the obstacle. Rose was a lively child until she was six, when a construction site collapsed and she got Mark out of it. The accident left her with an intellectual disability that never lifted. From then on the parents gave what they had to the healthy son, and Rose was treated as a burden nobody looked at. Mark grew up embarrassed by her and kept his distance. When the marriage comes up, his mother goes along with what he plans without saying anything and his father is too weak to stop it. Mark hides Rose in a disused water jar inside the house.
【Ongoing】No Way Out, But Love*Ongoing* On her wedding day, Bonnie kills her abusive husband and forces Clyde to help her escape. What begins as survival turns into a dangerous, passionate partnership as they are hunted by a powerful cartel and law enforcement. As their bond deepens, so do the risks—betrayal, sacrifice, and impossible choices push them to the edge. With no way out, all they have left is each other.
On My Wedding Day, Mom DIED!Dawson introduces his mother to other people as the live-in help he has hired. Her name is Luna Lester. She ran a chicken-slaughtering stall in a country town for most of her life, and after her husband died young she raised Dawson alone, paid his school fees, and bought him a flat in the city.
She has come north because he is about to marry and his bride is pregnant, and because a doctor has just told her that her heart is failing and she has seven days left. She wants to see the wedding. Dawson finds her country manners embarrassing, which is why he calls her the help. The bride's mother cares about how the family looks, decides Luna is a stain on it, complains about the smell of chicken feathers on her, and works to get her out of the flat. Luna says nothing and smiles through it because she wants to be there for the day. Dawson sides with his mother-in-law every time it comes to a choice, since the marriage is his way up.
Luna packs and leaves without telling anyone, meaning to see out the time she has left on her own. Dawson does not know that his mother is dying. The wedding goes ahead, and at the point in the ceremony where custom calls for it he kneels to the bride's mother.
Touch My Brother? You Pay!Louisa keeps the vegetable stall in the market on her own now. Damian, who runs the market's management office, leans on her constantly and she has no way to make him stop. Her husband Jasper worked the stall beside her and the two of them lived off it, until he was diagnosed with liver cancer and did not recover.
Jasper served alongside Harrison, Daniel and Percy, and the four went their own ways after leaving the service. Harrison brought in Daniel, Percy and a group of former colleagues who had been injured on the job, and they started Peak Group, selling fruit and vegetables. The company did well enough to hold its ground.
Louisa runs out of places to go and turns up at Harrison's door, holding him to the promise the four men made each other.
How Grandma Wished to Save You...Phylis Jules sells her home for son Milo and endures daughter-in-law Rose’s contempt while caring for granddaughter Ivy. During Ivy’s birthday, a call reports the child trapped in a smoke-filled elevator, but Rose dismisses Phylis’s warning until the cost becomes undeniable.
Seven Years Stolen from a GeniusAbducted genius Lysandra returned home only to be framed by adoptive sister Valeria and abused by her family and fiancé Vincent. After seven years in prison, she emerged a brilliant scientist but remained betrayed. Heartbroken by their cruelty and Valeria wasting her only cure, the dying Lysandra donated her body to research, finally leaving a world that never loved her.
My Bastard Son Died a HeroLuke, raised in an orphanage, strove to win his father George's approval by going undercover. George, biased against his background, only favored his adopted son Leo. Luke died in the line of duty as a hero—only his death made George realize his mistake. Reborn, Luke walks away without looking back, leaving a desperate George regretting in vain.
His Choice Killed Our DaughterA crew of construction workers has gone unpaid on a project, and on the day they come to collect they take two children up onto a rooftop and hold them there for the money. One of the girls is the daughter of Qin Zhiyuan, a building contractor, and it is her sixth birthday. The other is the daughter of Shen Yuting, Qin Zhiyuan's first love. The cash he can raise is enough to buy back one child.
Shen Yuting's daughter fakes a heart attack, and he pays for her first. Shen Yuting then talks him into leaving, and he goes, believing his own daughter will be all right. After he has gone, the girl is pushed off the roof.
The child's mother is Zhong Qing, the daughter of the richest man in the country. She broke with her parents to marry Qin Zhiyuan and has kept her family a secret from him ever since, wanting an ordinary life with him.
Don't mess with American Hero's wifeEmma’s husband was killed in an anti-terror operation — just one day before his honorable discharge.
But at the hero’s funeral, Emma and her young daughter are suddenly bullied and humiliated by Ava’s vicious family, who wrongfully accuse her of being “the other woman.”Their cruelty completely ruins the funeral.
Will anyone step in to save the poor widow and her daughter?
Her Life, My Mother's DeathSeraphina’s mother falls gravely ill. Shattock manages to obtain a rare, exorbitantly-priced miracle drug to save his mother-in-law’s life. To help her assistant Jareth’s mother, Seraphina takes the drug for her own purposes, unintentionally causing her own mother’s death. In the end, Seraphina realizes she is responsible for her mother’s death, while also facing her company’s bankruptcy and Jareth’s betrayal, plunging her into deep regret and despair.
The Heiress Who Cut Off Her FamilySeraphina was told she had an illness with no treatment the day before she was due to leave Serenity Academy and go home, three years after her family sent her there.
Her birth parents and her older brother had collected her from an orphanage at seventeen and brought her to the marshal's residence. The daughter the family had adopted in the meantime, Selena, was the one the household doted on. Selena set her up, and the charge was that Seraphina had been carrying on with the young master of a prominent house. The Shen family sent her to Serenity Academy to be taught women's virtues. On paper the place was a school for girls. Seraphina was held inside it for three years and was beaten and worn down there.
After the diagnosis she stopped expecting anything from her parents and her brother, and decided to break with the Shen family for good.
Spoiled to DeathIndulged by his grandmother since childhood, Lawrence spiraled from delinquency to murder, culminating in his execution and her ultimate remorse.
Blind Father, Ungrateful SonZander had influence once. He was betrayed, and it cost him his sight and his memory. Years after that he was raising a son and a daughter on his own with almost nothing coming in.
His son wanted a place at university. Zander put everything he had into paying for it. Once the son was there he would not admit in front of anyone that Zander was his father, because the family's poverty embarrassed him. His wife's family pushed him further than that, and he used violence against Zander and against his sister.
Trapped as the VillainessAn obscure actress, trapped in her own drama must fully live out the villainess's doomed destiny to return to reality.
Love Between Heaven and HellAt the psychiatric hospital there is a lake behind the buildings, and a soul that dies inside the grounds stays inside the grounds.
Lin Man, Qin Wang's childhood friend, pushed his wife off a roof while he was on the phone telling his wife to be grateful to Lin Man. The fall left her paralyzed on one side. Lin Man tied her to a stone and sank her in the hospital lake, and was sure that finished it. A year on, the wife is a ghost held inside the hospital, and Lin Man has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Qin Wang remembers his wife then. He brings a group of bodyguards to the villa to make her donate a kidney to Lin Man, searches everywhere, and decides she is hiding from him.
Max Level Welder: Betrayed and Strikes BackIsadora is a brilliant welding expert, but now she's betrayed by those she trusts! The twist: a critical submarine project is about to collapse without her expertise!
Your Choice Killed Your SonEleanor's stepson is caught in an explosion and is in critical condition. The only surgeon who can operate is the boy's father, Eleanor's husband. He believes the injured boy is Eleanor's own son by a previous marriage, refuses to operate, and spends the time with his mistress instead. The woman who caused the explosion is the mistress's mother, and when he reaches the hospital he operates on her. He then presses Eleanor to sign a letter of forgiveness clearing the woman of blame. Only after the signature is on the paper do the two of them learn whose child was on the table. He and his mistress fall out, and Eleanor begins arranging the funeral.
I'm Not Your Baby GirlAt ten, Annie Shaw learns her brain cancer has returned. With just seven days left, all she wants is time with her father, Lucas. But he's too caught up in another family to see her fading light. As love is misplaced and silence grows, will anyone notice the little girl who's quietly slipping away?
Rich Daughter Hates Her Poor DadMy Unbeatable Dad tells the touching story of Kevin Matthews, a humble father who sacrificed everything for his family. He once sent his biological daughter, Sharon Matthews, to live with her wealthy uncle, Kurt Thompson, hoping she would enjoy a privileged life. However, as Sharon grew up in this affluent environment, she gradually became estranged from her father, even developing a deep aversion towards his poverty, and came to regard Kurt Thompson as her true father. The story climaxes at Sharon's wedding. Filled with love for his daughter, Kevin attends, bringing the family heirloom jade bracelet left by his late wife, yearning to mend their relationship. However, Sharon is ashamed of her father's presence. She not only publicly humiliates him but also declares she is severing their father-daughter ties. She throws the precious jade bracelet into the trash, completely disregarding her father's feelings and sacrifices. Just as the crowd mocks Kevin, the antique expert, Mr. Powell, reveals the bracelet's true value—it is a priceless, nationally treasured piece of imperial jade. The situation instantly reverses. Sharon and Kurt Thompson immediately become greedy, attempting to claim the jade bracelet and hypocritically seeking Kevin's favor. However, Kevin's three adopted daughters—business queen Tracy Matthews, top surgeon Naomi Matthews, and triple-threat entertainment superstar Kaitlyn Matthews—arrive just in time. They reveal their true identities, with Tracy's status as
Make Way for Those in NeedEmma suffers a heart attack, but her own children block the way of the ambulance!
Mother-in-Law's Accident, Husband Rushed to MistressNeil Cole had a mistress, April Cox, and his wife Amy knew nothing of what it would cost her. Neil's mother, Anna Cooper, was riding a bicycle when April drove at her from the wrong direction. Anna swerved, went into a ditch, and was badly hurt and unconscious.
Amy found her and called Neil for help. Once he heard that his mother had not been struck by the car directly, he told Amy to deal with it herself and went to the site of April's "accident". April played the victim to win his sympathy and accused Anna of being the driver who fled the scene, and asked the court to summon her.
Amy carried it alone and stayed with her mother-in-law at the hospital. When Anna's condition became critical the hospital needed Neil's signature to treat her, and no one could reach him.
When Duty and Love ClashIn a critical moment, Madeline Carter saves her son from the rubble, but her daughter becomes separated. An earthquake tears through a city. The daughter, Emma Hawthorne, adopted by the Hawthorne family, becomes a business star yet harbors deep resentment, vowing revenge.
Much Ado About LoveThe love fool Serena West falls for the manipulative Caleb Tsun, defying her parents and threatening suicide. In a tragic attempt to save her, Serena's father, Gordon, falls to his death, but Serena faints, unaware of his sacrifice. Will she find out the true nature of Caleb and get her life back on track? One day, loan sharks come knocking...
Devotion for BetrayalThe operation Max needs costs three hundred thousand, and his mother Helen does not have three hundred thousand. His uremia is at the last stage and the surgery is the only thing left to try. She cleans for a living.
She borrows from everyone she can reach, draws her wages before she has earned them, and arranges to sell the house in her hometown. At work she is looked down on, and some of it comes from Max and his girlfriend and the girlfriend's family. She keeps at it and holds on to the idea that the money will come together in time.
Max takes the money and puts it into a house to be married in, and what she collected for the surgery is gone.
His Misplaced HatredLin Xin'er holds the place of Xiao Jingyi's wife, and Xiao Jingyi cannot stand the sight of Lin Yuruo. He has been told she was with other men, and Lin Xin'er is the one who told him.
Lin Yuruo is the eldest daughter of Lin Da's household and is trained in both medicine and fighting. She and Xiao Jingyi, prince of Northern Yan, were in love, and their son Xiao Nuo was born before her half sister Lin Xin'er set about taking her position. When Xiao Jingyi was poisoned, Lin Yuruo drew the poison out of him. It cost her her health and she has not recovered since. Lin Xin'er let the household believe the cure had been her own work.
Xiao Jingyi learns what actually happened at a point when Lin Yuruo has three months left to live.
My Lover Destroyed My ClanHe was destined to destroy the Serpent Clan, until he fell for its saintess. Betraying his own order for love, he chose a life with her. But a jealous enemy twists his heart against her, turning his blade on the woman he swore to protect and igniting a war between humans and demons. Can their love survive the betrayal?
(Dubbed)Spoiled Brat vs. the Wrong FamilyGraham Chambers, a rising manager at the Price Group, attends the CEO's mother's 60th birthday party, hoping to impress. But his spoiled son Brandon ignites a storm that turns the banquet into a night no one will forget...
Spoiled Brat vs. the Wrong FamilyGraham Chambers is a manager at the Price Group, and his results have been good enough that a promotion to vice president is already lined up. On the strength of that he is invited to the sixtieth birthday banquet the CEO is throwing for his mother. He goes in meaning to be on his best behaviour and come out with the CEO's good opinion. He brings his son Brandon along. The boy has always been a handful, and during the banquet he gets into one scrape after another in front of the guests, with Graham's promotion riding on how the CEO takes it.