Best Taiwanese mystery series

When a spate of grisly murders throws a city into chaos, a tenacious prosecutor must brace for a cat-and-mouse game against a dangerous manipulator.

Yu-Hsuan lost her boyfriend Chuan-Sheng in plane accident. She then discovered Chuan-Sheng and a girl look alike Yu-Hsuan both appeared in a photo taken in 1998. Accidentally, she had backed to 1998 and met a boy looked alike Chuan-Sheng.

After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.

From high school hallways to corporate boardrooms, from ghostly reunions to mob drama, HIStory tells daring BL romances across time and space.

During the period of martial law in 1960s Taiwan, some teachers and students from Cui Hua High School were arrested for possessing banned books. A female student fell to her death and rumors spread of a ghost haunting the campus. Thirty years later, the draconian culture of the school remains unchanged as a new transfer student uncovers the dark secrets behind the school’s haunting.

In 1890s Malacca, Li Lan finds herself in the afterlife and becomes mired in a mystery linked to the sinister, deceased son of a wealthy family.

Waking up from a coma, an accomplished headhunter finds herself in an alternate reality where she has to revisit an excruciating childhood trauma.

In the red light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese night club navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship and love.

Flawless crime techniques, a serial murder case with no assassin investigated!An unsettled case forces the police to cooperate with criminals, go deep into the crime scene and play a final match with the murderer to get justice for the dead. Both heroes join hands to fight strongly, but the undercurrent of this devil’s deal is surging and it’s about to trigger another wave of an even greater deadly crisis!

A lawyer loses everything and moves into a low-budget apartment. Forming a supernatural connection with a mysterious woman was not part of the rental agreement.

Strange occurrences afflict a group of people after they purchase items on a shopping website from the future.

Facing a trail of murders staged as chilling word games, a rookie police captain and a goofy detective race to solve a serial killer's deadly puzzles.

Xiao Zhen is a 16-year-old girl born with the ability to see spirits. As she uses her power to help the living deal with their loved ones on the other side, she must juggle the pressures of teenage life with the demands of the spirit world.

While vacationing at a mountain cabin, a group of longtime friends uncovers an old scandal that could have deadly consequences.

Anthology crime television series inspired by four real-life cold cases in Taiwan, exploring themes such as faith, temptation, redemption, and obligation through the eyes of the people of Taiwan.

Senior entertainment journalist Liu Chih Chun's career is thrown into turmoil when her junior colleague, Lin Pei Ting, dies under mysterious circumstances at a scandalous party. As the magazine's reputation hangs in the balance, Chih Chun embarks on a dangerous investigation to uncover the truth. With only Lin's cryptic notes to guide her, she ventures into the hidden shadows of the entertainment industry, determined to reveal a story far bigger than anyone imagined.

Justice Bao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the Chinese official Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty. It was hugely popular in Greater China as well as many other countries in the Far East.The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes.The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology.

During World War II, Shinkai Shion, a guard of prisoner-of-war in Borneo, was involved in a massacre. As the suspect, he realized the nature of war as he revealed the truth.

Through the stories of nine kids living in the Chinese Shopping Mall, this film depicts their diverse and magical life experiences.In the summer of 1985, while Xiaobudian (the tiny one) was at the fourth grade, he was already a convincing street vendor, who sold stuff for allowance on a skywalk every day. Xiaobudian’s father is a shoe shop owner who was doing business in the Chinese Shopping Mall. One day, a magician from nowhere showed up in the mall. He had a treasure bowl and a zebra capable of emitting colorful lights, and he was able to make countless magic tricks. Xiaobudian admired this magician, and bought magic props for practice every day. At the same time, more and more boys and girls in the mall have met this mysterious magician, and gained life-changing power after they watched the magic show.

Set in the near future, “Dream Raider” features a misfit team of scientists and cops that are trying to get to the bottom of a criminal conspiracy that exploits human consciousness.

Two teachers hold polar opposite viewpoints about teaching and life. Wang Qiang Da is a mathematics teacher who approaches everything in front of him with logic and reasoning. Wang Qiang Wei is a history teacher at the same tutoring center who cares about the love of learning and making people happy around her.When Qiang Da and Qiang Wei are brought together by a crime, they must work together to get to the bottom of what happened. What will they discover about themselves in the process?

Mai Daqi is a genius in the legal profession, but because of his dissatisfaction with the profitism of the law firm, he shelved his lawyer's license. It wasn't until an air crash that suddenly took the lives of his parents and his fiancee four years ago. In order to get justice for his family, Daqi regained his legal profession and overthrew American Airlines' first-class lawyers.

Our story begins with Junior Detective LIN, who has just been put in charge of a case that appears to be a suicide. Most curiously, the crime scene has many features in common with a scene from a Sherlock Holmes novel. Detective Lin quickly discovers that it is a murder case. Meanwhile, a group of young sleuths supports their detective club president GAO’s dream to win a writing contest. The three club members, psychologist ZHONG, social worker WEN, and pharmacist ZHANG, each harbor a hidden secret. GAO could never have expected that he would become implicated as the killer in an actual murder case! As Detective LIN delves deeper into his case, a series of seemingly unrelated events all end up pointing towards the club members.

Dong, a wannabe actor, finally getting the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fame and success, wakes up with a dead woman, Meng, beside him. Unable to piece the night before together, Dong is determined not to let it stand in his way. He cleans up the scene and sets it up like a robbery went wrong but leaves traces of himself to be found unknowingly.While the police search the apartment, it turns out all residents have something to hide. A foreign caretaker always quarrels with Meng, a peeping Tom at the massage shop. This landlord seems kind and polite but, in fact, abuses his wife, an inharmonious family that pretends to be happy, and an owner of a publishing house in debt. To unravel the cause of Meng’s death, the long-kept darkest secrets, and everyone seems to have a motive for this murder.

The dark, twisted pasts of a female detective, a rookie cop, a politician, and a wanted criminal all collide when a murder takes place that looks exactly like an unsolved case from 23 years before.

At the age of ten, Cheng You Kuan experienced an event that would alter the course of his life forever. The sole survivor or a terrible accident, You Kuan was so traumatized by the event, that every night since, he has dreams of death. Haunted by his terrifying dreams, You Kuan’s life only gets worse once he realizes that the deaths he dreams of aren’t simply nightmares but are actually glimpses into the future. Knowing when, where, and how the people around him are going to die, You Kuan has spent the past nineteen years haunted by unspeakable horrors.

Adapted from the popular short serial series "Canned Fears," it is composed of four short films of different types: "Spiritual, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller".

Dr. Ko creates two quantum AIs, Black and White, designed to grow alongside his cryogenically frozen son and form a unique friendship. As they navigate Q18, Black and White gradually learn about human nature, consciousness, and emotions. By connecting the quantum computer with the human brain, they help the boy with cryogenic syndrome experience love and friendship. However, as this utopian existence takes shape, Dr. Ko fears that technology has spiraled out of control and decides to destroy Black and White, leading to an intense conflict with his son.

Leading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee Kang-sheng (“Days,” “Goodbye, Dragon Inn”) are attached to “Twisted Strings”, a TV anthology series backed by HBO Asia and streamer Catchplay.The seven-part series is written and directed by Golden Horse-nominated director, Huang Xi (“Missing Johnny”). Hou is attached as the series executive producer. Lee, who has appeared exclusively in films over the past 30 years, notably those of famed Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang, stars.

Two grieving mothers resurrect a scam ringleader to avenge their daughters — but as painful truths emerge, justice slips from their reach.

Mysterious Incredible Terminator is a Taiwanese drama starring Aaron Yan, Gui Gui, Alien Huang and Christine Fan. It was produced by Three Giant Productions.It was boardcasted on cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28 from 8 November 2008 to 21 February 2009, every Saturdays at 22:30 to 00:00 and free-to-air Formosa TV from 7 November 2008 to 20 February 2009, every Fridays at 22:10 - 23:40.

A reborn gangster accidentally found himself being able to see ghosts, which led to a life-changing experience. "Guests" came to him for help one after another... Started from death, what did they want him to see?

Muqi, a young pop star becomes more and more arrogant, especially with his manager Nagatsuki, a long-time friend who suddenly commits suicide. Muqi finds himself crushed by sadness and guilt. At the funeral, he meets Master Bensheng, guru of a cult his friend belonged to. If at first, he finds comfort within his place, cracks may soon appear in the caring appearances of the cult members.

Could it be coincidence that on the day that An Zaiyong, a respected, high-profile anchor of BIGTV News, is about to expose a major corporate scandal, he is suddenly arrested for killing his girlfriend? As his fellow news journalists cover the sensational news, Zaiyong not only loses his job but also all of his friends. Leading the charge of the “trial by media” is tabloid reporter Hong Xiaolu of Channel X. But could Xiaolu turn out to be his only ally in investigating the wrongful charges to help clear Zaiyong’s name and prove his innocence?

Possessing nothing after repaying her debts, HAN Zhen-zhen moves to her sister’s fancy neighborhood with her husband, ZHUANG Jun-jie, and daughter, ZHUANG Ying-wen, and wishes to start a new life. However, she accidentally gets involved in the neighborhood’s power struggle and the seemingly hopeful future becomes uncertain.Meanwhile, Ying-wen, struggling to cope with the trauma of being bullied in the past, is sexually assaulted soon after moving to the neighborhood. The anguished father Jun-jie accuses another new resident, JIANG Zheng-ming, a baseball star, of being the culprit. Suddenly, the swayed public opinion followed by rumors and cyberbullying renders Zheng-ming helpless. All he can do is proclaim his innocence before reporters. Who is the true culprit? What is the truth?

Real estate agent Angel suddenly discovers that her long-lost father has left her a house. However, she could never find her father, and the house itself has been vacant for a long time, with rumors of homeless people dying inside. Just then, Angel takes on the task of the company’s haunted house project. As she deals with each case, she gradually learns about her father’s whereabouts…

In 1946, the cargo ship "Chaofeng Pill" returned from Japan to Keelung Port, and the ship was filled with Taiwanese people who traveled to Japan. Tao Zhanwen, a well-known Chinese student who detected the murder in Japan, also came to Bodhisattva with his friend Yang Huiming, but he encountered a series of bizarre murders...