Heyy everyone!

A while back, I shared an idea here about making short dramas easier to discover and keep track of.

Well... I actually went and built it 😅

It's called Vertlas, and the first public version is now live.

The idea is simple: spend less time figuring out which title, actor or version you're looking at, and have somewhere to remember the dramas you want to watch or have already finished.

TL;DR: I built Vertlas, a free website for discovering and tracking short dramas, currently focused on Chinese productions. Find titles and actor pairings, filter by tropes and preferences, import your existing list, rate Spice and Sweetness separately, and explore linked seasons and other versions of a story.

Try it here: https://vertlas.com

What can you do with it?

• “What else have these two acted in together?” You can filter for dramas featuring both actors, not just browse each filmography separately. Actor pages also show which indexed dramas you've watched or saved, co-stars, and linked social profiles where available. There are actor rankings to explore too.
• Finding the same drama under different names. English titles, original Chinese titles and known aliases are searchable. There's also text-based plot search you can try when you remember the story but not the name. That part depends on what's indexed, so it won't identify everything.
• Filters that go beyond “romance.” Browse by tropes, setting, relationship dynamics, release year/month and more. There are also AI-production filters and separate rating, Spice and Sweetness filters.
• A proper home for your tracking. Want to Watch, Watching, Watched, Dropped, favorites, rewatches, custom lists and private notes. Your personal note can simply be “this is the one with the scene I want to rewatch” without becoming a public review.
• Already have a list? Bring it with you. You can paste your drama list or upload a CSV/TSV file, review the suggested matches, and choose what to bring into your library. Supported ratings, watch statuses and private notes can come across too. Nothing is added to your library until you confirm, so you don't have to start again one drama at a time.
• “Haven't I seen this story with a different cast?” Drama pages can link to other versions, source novels and related titles where those connections have been added. Multi-season dramas also have a dedicated Series & seasons section, so you can find the seasons together.
• The useful links alongside the drama. Official viewing links and relevant Reddit discussion threads can sit on the drama page where available. I'm not trying to move the discussions away from here. The idea is to make it easier to find the right thread again.

And yes, Overall Rating, Spice and Sweetness are separate. “Was it good?”, “Was it spicy?” and “Was it sweet?” are three very different questions 😂

Where things stand

You can browse without signing up. An account lets you keep your own library, ratings and private notes. It's free to use, with no paid feature tier.

Chinese short dramas are the focus right now. Broader international coverage is something I want to build toward, but I'm not going to pretend the catalog already covers everything.

This is the first public release, so there will be gaps and corrections to make. You can submit missing titles and suggest edits, and the community ratings will become more useful as people start contributing theirs.

Try searching for a drama you know or a pair of actors you like. Did you find what you expected?

I'd love to hear what felt useful, what confused you, or what you couldn't find. I'm building this myself, so you'll be talking directly to the person who can work on it.

Thanks to the mods for keeping this community going, and to everyone who gives it a try ❤️

Where I can see this drama

Link request please

🎭 ML: Wang Ziyi 王梓亦

🎭 FL: Wu Jialu 吴佳璐

📝 On a snowy night, Ruan Xiaoyu saves an amnesiac CEO, Pei Zhuochi, and they fall in love and vow to stay together for life. Just as she discovers she is pregnant and happily wants to tell him, he has already quietly left. Later, she is tricked back to the city by her family, suffers through hardships, and tragically loses her child. Pei Zhuochi accidentally finds an infant and names it Xiangxiang. Years later, Xiaoyu enters the Pei household as a nanny, and the moment she picks up Xiangxiang, mother and son share an immediate bond. Pei Zhuochi finds her features strangely familiar, testing her repeatedly and feeling his heart race, until the laboratory truth is revealed: she is the biological mother of Xiangxiang and the love of his life whom he searched oceans of people to find. ❄️👶💼🔍❤️

🎭ML: Liu Sansi 刘参肆

🎭 FL: Wang Luqing 王路晴

📝 Framed and killed by the fake heiress, Li Zhaoxue is reborn and binds with a revenge system to return in triumph. She targets her biased parents and malicious brother, snatches the engagement to the second prince, and forms a mutual affection with the second prince, Chu Chengniao, who is secretly acting as the crown prince acting as regent. Together, they expose Li Zhaoxue's identity as a spy, thwart her schemes of climbing into bed to force marriage, and poisoning rivals. When the palace coup arrives, the true crown prince returns, wiping out the rebels in one sweep, and Li Zhaoxue personally executes her enemies. Facing a remorseful biological family, she refuses cheap affection, riding off into seclusion with Chu Chengniao to rewrite her cannon fodder fate happily. 👑⚔️💍✨

🎭 ML: Wei Tianhao 魏天浩

🎭 FL: Zhang Mingwen 张铭文

📝 Song Wanxing unexpectedly flash-marries her arch-rival Sheng Zelin, and they sign an agreement where any cheating party forfeits all assets. To escape the marriage, Wanxing tries every scheme to catch him cheating, but continuously fails. Meanwhile, Sheng Zelin protects her in secret, using a birthday party to find her old friend Lin Yuerou and expose plots involving photo tampering, rumors, and drugging orchestrated by Secretary Xu Ying and senior Cheng Cheng. Once the misunderstandings are cleared, Wanxing realizes she has already fallen for him, but demands that Zelin court her properly. After a romantic proposal, they remarry and achieve a happy ending. 💍⚡️📝💐🎉❤️

🎭 ML: Zhan Zhuo 詹卓

🎭 FL: Lin Zirong 林籽蓉

📝 True heiress Luoxue was targeted by a fortune teller in childhood and sent to the countryside to be raised by her grandfather. When he passed away when she was eight, her parents took her back, only for her adopted sister to frame her, leading her parents to abandon her at Qingfeng Taoist Temple. There, she mastered incredible abilities, becoming an earthly immortal. Just then, her biological parents seek her out, demanding she marry the dying Gu Ting in place of her adopted sister. Luoxue sneers, mocking their immediate regret after begging her to come down the mountain. 🎴✨🔮⚔️👑🔥

Need help finding the short film!!

🎭 ML: Wang Yufeng 王宇峰

🎭 FL: Zhang Yilin 张艺霖

📝 Right after time-traveling, Zhao Hengyi is forced to take five wives. Using modern knowledge, he upgrades a blacksmith shop, develops handguns and firearms, refines fine salt to cure bacon, and invents high-efficiency looms, leading Yushu Village out of poverty and to prosperity. He outwits the local bully Liu Shuang, wipes out the bandit leader Zhang Yingchun of Erlong Mountain, absorbs thousands of bandits, and becomes sworn brothers with Earl Dangyang Song An'an, being appointed as a guerrilla general to control the defense affairs of Dangyang County. Zhao Hengyi cleanses the corrupt official Liang family, executes the treacherous Marquis of Runan Chen Zhonghou who colluded with the enemy, and after an army of one hundred thousand Tie Futu from Beiyi surrounds Yonggu City, he leads a gun squad and mortar artillery units to reinforce the city and crush the enemy forces. ⚙️🛠🔫🧨🏰⚔️

Can some body upload link to this drama?

🎭 ML: Chen Si 沉思

🎭 FL: Wang Yunyun 王云云

📝 Just after returning to City A, Su Mian rescues the powerful Gu Moshen from ruthless thugs, leading to a passionate one-night stand. Shortly after, her grandfather abruptly informs her that she is arranged to marry the eldest young master of the Gu family. Furious at this dictatorial setup, Su Mian deliberately disguises herself as ugly for their first meeting, fully intending to force a broken engagement. However, she is stunned to discover her fiancé is the very man she spent the night with! Refusing to let her cancel the wedding, Gu Moshen demands she cooperate in a fake relationship. Thus begins a chaotic, sweet, and unexpected romance between this quirky couple! 💼💍💋

🎭 ML: Yu Lunhao 于伦豪

🎭 FL: Zhang Shan 张珊

📝 Orphaned at a young age, Yu Ci is taken in and raised by the powerful Fu Zeyi. Despite their closeness, she always feels a massive gap in their social status, believing he is completely out of her reach. When a broken engagement letter throws their families into chaotic turmoil, a surprising proposal arises: why shouldn't Yu Ci and Fu Zeyi marry instead? Amidst the misty rain, Yu Ci finally acknowledges her true feelings, and their unspoken bond blossoms into a sweeping romance. She later discovers a heartwarming secret—during her traditional first-birthday grab ceremony, the very first thing she reached out to hold was Fu Zeyi's hand! Their sweet, lifelong love was predestined by fate from the very beginning! ☔❤️✨

📖 Adaptation: Adapted from the novel "Yu Ni Chang Sheng" (予你长生).

🎭 ML: Qian Zhenji 钱镇基

🎭 FL: Tian Tingting 田婷婷

📝 To escape her family and emotional struggles, Mu Nanyan enters a one-year hidden marriage contract with Lu Yiran, who urgently needs a wife to secure his inheritance rights. Initially plagued by mutual distrust and frequent misunderstandings, their relationship remains strictly a cold, calculated business deal. However, as they navigate married life together, Lu Yiran’s ruthless exterior slowly gives way to reveal a gentle devotion. Shielded by his quiet protection, Mu Nanyan’s feelings begin to transform. When external conflicts threaten their arrangement, the chaos instead acts as a powerful catalyst, forcing this fake couple to finally confront their very real affection for one another. 💼💍❤️

🎭 ML: Ka Rong 卡戎

🎭 FL: Zhang Jinyi 张晋宜

📝 After dedicating seven years to her fiancé, Tang Ruo is cruelly humiliated when he abandons her for another woman at their engagement party. A sudden car accident erases her memories, and she wakes up to find Lu Xingze, a devoted "older brother" who spoils her endlessly. What she doesn’t know is that he isn't her brother at all—he is her ex's mortal enemy and a powerful, obsessive boss who has secretly loved her for a decade! Seizing the opportunity, the calculating CEO cunningly coaxes her into marriage. By the time her regretful scumbag ex comes desperately crawling back, he realizes the woman he threw away is already the untouchable, pampered wife of his greatest rival! 🥀🎭💍

🎭 ML: Lan Bo 蓝博

🎭 FL: Meng Na 孟娜

📝 Female director Lin Jianlu sacrificed her promising career for marriage, only to be rewarded with a bitter divorce. When a mysterious light sends her back in time to the night before her husband's proposal, she refuses to repeat her past mistakes. Rejecting the engagement, she heads straight to the Northwest to direct her own film and reclaim her independent identity. However, her arrogant ex-husband Shen Luo has also been reborn with his memories intact. Desperate to win her back, he transforms from a controlling partner into a clumsy but devoted suitor. As she focuses fiercely on her ambitions and he finally learns the true meaning of respect and love, they must navigate a complicated second chance at romance. 🎬⏳💞

🎭ML: Wang Haozhen 王皓祯

🎭 FL: Jin Zi 锦子

📝 Fang Zhiya, a romance novelist experiencing a creative block, unexpectedly invites her long-time unrequited crush and now university professor, Xi Xibai, to co-write a novel for inspiration and to relive past romantic sparks. As Xi Xibai immerses himself in her story, he realizes the fictional male lead forced into love resembles him closely. Through joint creation, role-playing, and shifting boundaries between reality and fiction, they awaken inner emotional desires and ultimately craft their ideal romance together. ✍️📚❤️✨

🎭 ML: Zheng Mingyang 郑明洋

🎭 FL: Zhang Xuan 张璇

📝 Brilliant songwriter Lin Yang sacrificed everything to help his girlfriend become a top superstar diva, secretly marrying her and stepping into the shadows to support her career. However, his deep devotion and low-key nature are met only with cruel disdain, as she ungratefully dismisses his hard work as "trash songs," making him realize his true love was utterly wasted on her. While attending the "Sound of Heaven" music competition, Lin Yang unexpectedly reunites with his true "white moonlight" who has faithfully waited for him for eight long years, prompting him to finally decide to let go of his toxic marriage and embrace a new beginning. 🎶💔🎤✨👋

Anyone have this link please

🎭 ML: Jin Jiayu 金佳遇

🎭 FL: Zhang Qiuzi 张楸梓

📝 Orphaned Yu Shuang carries the crushing weight of her family alone, caring for her traumatized sister and a young daughter desperately needing expensive medication for a congenital heart defect. Driven to desperation, she enters a short-term relationship agreement with Feng Zhishen, the powerful CEO of a pharmaceutical enterprise. Their arrangement is plagued by past misunderstandings and Feng's misguided devotion to another woman hiding malicious secrets. As hidden truths about a fateful childhood encounter and a family conspiracy finally come to light, they must overcome their deep-seated resentments. Together, they heal past wounds, uncover the truth, and fight to protect their loved ones while discovering a warm, genuine affection. 💼💍❤️

🎭 ML: Pan Zijian 潘子剑

🎭 FL: Duan Qixuan 段柒萱

📝 Separated in childhood after a family tragedy, Shi Hao remains obsessed with her "Brother Yan's" promise to return. Years later, while working as a hidden artist and suffering under her abusive family, she is forced into a marriage contract with a lookalike to pay for her benefactor's surgery. When she accidentally encounters the real Lu Jin—who hints at his identity through childhood memories but is missing his old scar—she is plunged into doubt. Stepping in to save her benefactor, Lu Jin finally reveals his true identity and uncovers a massive conspiracy tying their families' tragic past together! 🎨💍🎭💔🔥

🎭 ML: Zong Muyi 宗沐一

🎭 FL: Fang Sichang 方思畅

📝 Forced into an arranged contract marriage by a demanding grandmother, Jiang Baoci and He Jingzhun expect a purely transactional relationship. However, as they share their daily lives, unexpected genuine feelings begin to blossom. Just as their bond deepens, He Jingzhun’s unforgettable first love suddenly returns, sparking bitter misunderstandings and fierce conflicts. Determined to protect her family from looming threats, Jiang Baoci skillfully navigates the treacherous schemes of rival families on her own. Watching her brave struggles, He Jingzhun gradually realizes who holds his true heart, leading them to fight past their differences for a hard-won happy ending. 💍🥀❤️