Following our previous post on the top apps to watch Chinese Short Drama Series (which are mostly paid or locked behind a paywall), I have decided to provide you with sites to watch Chinese short drama series in full, rather than the halved versions shown on ad pages.
These sites are mostly free, as the content/movies are uploaded by creators on the platform. Properly using the search button on these sites is all that’s needed to watch a movie once you discover that it was an ad to get you to install a “short video streaming app” where you can watch more episodes and explore other similar videos and titles.
Below are the websites and platforms to watch Chinese dramas and microepisode movies in full, without “coins” or “payments.”
The 9 Free Sites To Watch Short Chinese Drama and Movie Series
While these sites aren’t fully dedicated to Chinese dubbed/sub-titled movies, you’re likely going to see the movie you just watched “their short ads” on them.
Note: What you’d find on these service platforms is not “official uploads” but dubbed or user-uploaded copies of those Cdramas compiled by “Creators” and “Channels” for viewership. The titles are either dubbed or subtitled, and can be watched from any of these sites.
1. Dailymotion (Visit)
Being among the first video streaming services to support HD visuals, DailyMotion is a top-tier platform to find videos and movies to stream for free. The service is available globally, so you can access it from anywhere. On the platform, you will find aggregated full episodes or long compilations of microepisodes (some subtitled), and playback is free.
Speaking of Chinese dramas, you will find a chunk of them uploaded to DailyMotion by the platform users, and luckily, you will find compiled episodes of the dramas, uploaded in full. Although not in all cases, yeah, you can find the complete episodes of popular Chinese dramas uploaded as a single video on DailyMotion.
2. Reelxia.com
Reelxia curates Chinese short dramas from various sources and offers them for free streaming, however, with ads. The platform also curates short-format dramas and miniseries from other film industries, not just the Chinese, and that includes K-drama series.
On Reelxia, you can have access to titles in episode collections without needing to sign up for an account. The goal of the service is to provide an easier and “better” means for microseries lovers to access popular titles and episodes. The site’s UI is optimized for an excellent user experience and easy navigation.
Some of the rarest titles, like OMG! My husband is OG warder, Born to dominate, Hunter in the Ring: Gloves Off, Blood On, and OMG! The “butcher” Son is the Family Savior were easily found on this site.
3. Dramafren (dramafren.org)
If you’re looking for a place to stream complete Chinese drama series, Dramafren is an ideal platform to visit. The website hosts a multitude of Cdramas, arranged into episodes and delivered completely. Yeah, you get to watch ads in between, but there are no paywalls to deal with.
Dramafren is more like a catalogue-style site listing hundreds of short and completed Chinese dramas, with episode pages you can play back consecutively. It indexes new and older short dramas and collates episodes for binge delivery. This platform aims to offer viewers everything in one place.
4. YouTube
This one is very popular; everyone literally knows it and how it works. So, yeah, you can also find compiled, completed versions of these Chinese dramas on YouTube, but that’s the very popular ones. For unpopular titles, you may not find them on YouTube. When you use YouTube to watch these Chinese series, the user experience is super cool! You already know that.
The problem is, there are only very few of these movies on YouTube; sadly, YouTube creators don’t upload them that much. However, the very few you’d find on YouTube are much easier to stream there. If you’re a YouTube Premium subscriber, it means you will even watch the episodes without seeing an ad. Good stuff! Right? Simply search the Chinese drama title on YouTube and find the full compilations.
5. Rakuten Viki (viki.com)
More like an OTT platform, Rakuten Viki is a streaming service provider that offers an Asian-drama-based library. Of course, it has other content other than Asian dramas, but there are just more of them. Rakuten Viki offers three membership tiers, which include a free, ad-supported tier.
Viki’s key advantage is community-powered subtitles in dozens of languages and a curated catalog of Chinese short dramas, often with reliable subtitle timing. The free tier runs ads but does not lock individual episodes behind a paywall, so the service is a reliable, legal option for binge-watching Chinese dramas.
6. iQIYI (iq.com)
Owned by Baidu, yeah, the Baidu you know, iQIYI is one of the oldest, reliable major streaming platforms that offers Chinese and Korean dramas, along with content from other international movie industries for free (with ads). You will find a lot of these DramaBox microseries on iQIYI, where you can stream all the episodes without needing to purchase a coin or pay per new episode.
Even so, iQIYI’s interface is super intuitive and easy to understand. The movies you’ll find there are mostly subtitled (not dubbed), and offer super high-definition resolution. iQIYI is an official source, so it’s got originals; however, most of its original content is reserved for the premium (VIP) plan subscribers.
7. WeTV (wetv.vip)
Tencent’s WeTV platform is a mobile-app-centered international streaming platform where you can catch up with trendy and rare Chinese dramas, short series, and variety shows in general. The platform is not entirely free to use as it has a VIP subscription option that removes ads and grants you access to more content.
WeTV is almost similar to the likes of ReelShort and DramaBox, where you’re shown a few episodes and short-format shows for free (with ads) before being asked to pay to continue. However, in WeTV’s case, if you pay once, all the remaining episodes will be released to you. WeTV is an official distributor, so it carries HD-quality titles and accurate subtitles.
8. Sereal+ (sereal.com)
Sereal, or Sereal+, anyone you prefer to call it, is a top streaming service to find completed versions of most titles on ReelShort and similar Chinese drama apps with episodic paywalls.
The platform mainly offers titles and full movies from Asian movie production houses: K-Drama, J-Drama, C-Drama, etc. Well, here, you’ll watch a few episodes for free, then pay for the remainder.
9. DramaBox (dramaboxdb.com)
DramaBox is basically the most popular Chinese drama streaming platform in the world; thanks to its consistent ads shown across social platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and others.
DramaBox works and offers complete episodes to most Chinese dramas; however, the major concern with the platform is how the episodes are unlocked and the procedure of getting “coins.” If you don’t mind dealing with intrusive ads, loads of them, actually, even with your subscription, then DramaBox is your best bet for C-drama titles.
While Dramabox doesn’t fit into this list entirely, the ability to complete a full series slowly or over several weeks by watching ads alone makes it a good addition.
Note: The majority of locked series on Dramabox, Netshort, Dramawave, and ReelShort can be watched using the sites listed above.
Difference Between Watching on These Sites and Using the Dedicated App.
First, most people got to these apps by watching social media ads that let them watch a few sections of the video, and then a prompt to complete payments on the app to access the video.
So the chief difference between these methods is that one is uploaded and advertised by the company or app developer, while the others are uploaded by random users. Also, you’ll deal with several intrusive ads using these sites, unlike the app, which lets paying customers watch their movies ad-free.
Conclusion
These are the best websites to find C-dramas, K-dramas, and other trendy episodic short dramas. DailyMotion, YouTube, Reelxia, and Dramafrenand are free to use, while some other ones come with a few inconveniences that make them less intuitive for users of all classes. movie
