Author|Maruko
Editor-in-charge|Xiang Wanwan
Suspense dramas have always been loved by the audience, and in recent years, domestic suspense dramas have also had a blowout.
Especially in 2023, one after another high-scoring suspense masterpieces will appear in the public eye, accounting for half of the entire domestic drama.
Among them, "The Long Season" has a high score of 9.4 and has always been at the top of the word-of-mouth list.
This year, major TV drama platforms have continued to make efforts on the suspense track, and many suspense dramas are ready to go.
Today, let's take stock of the popular suspense dramas that will be broadcast in 2024, and fans will be able to feast their eyes again.
01, "Perfect Evidence": Zhang Ruoyun and Jiao Junyan continue to jointly investigate the case
This is a suspenseful detective drama with the prosecutor as the main body.
It mainly tells the story of Xun Zheng, the prosecutor of the procuratorate, and Qin Qiaochu, the deputy captain of the Public Security Bureau, who went from looking at each other unpleasantly to working together to solve bizarre cases.
Although the two protagonists have diametrically opposed personalities, they both have a sense of justice. The common goal of the two is to wipe out the evil.
And the criminal defense lawyer in the play speaks out for the suspect's procedural rights.
The three of them often fight each other because of their different positions, and gradually grow up in the process of playing with each other.
This is one of the highlights of this drama in terms of plot.
The starring roles of this drama are Zhang Ruoyun and Jiao Junyan, the two have collaborated for the second time since "Forensic Qin Ming", which surprised the fans of the two and the fans of "Forensic Qin Ming".
In "Forensic Qin Ming", Zhang Ruoyun and Jiao Junyan have a tacit understanding when they cooperate.
At that time, after the broadcast of this drama, there were constant voices on the Internet hoping that "Zhang Ruoyun, Jiao Junyan, and Li Xian" would appear in the sequel again.
But netizens have never looked forward to this result.
Unexpectedly, the appearance of "Perfect Evidence" fulfilled the wishes of those netizens.
What surprised the audience even more was the joining of the old drama bone Wang Jinsong.
Wang Jinsong has wonderful performances in many dramas such as "Ming Dynasty 1556" and "Sparrow", and became popular in "Icebreaker" because of the role of "Uncle Dong".
I believe that in this drama, Mr. Wang Jinsong will still bring the audience a different experience of watching the drama.
Whether it is from the plot or from the cast, this drama is very much in line with the audience's expectations, and I believe it can hand in a perfect answer.
02, "Above the Clouds": Sun Li plays the criminal police again, solving the strange case and returning the truth
This is a suspense drama that integrates detective, reasoning, and emotion.
Han Qing, played by Sun Li in this drama, is a female police detective full of wisdom and courage, and when she investigates a bizarre murder case in depth, she discovers too many unknown conspiracies and crimes.
Luo Jin plays a calm and rational detective with little-known insight behind his taciturnity, which is a deeply hidden character.
The characters of the two leading actors have already cast a veil of mystery over this drama.
Coupled with the reasoning of those unbelievable cases, and the twists and turns of the story setting, as soon as the trailer of this drama came out, netizens said that they had to stay up late to chase it.
In most previous criminal investigation suspense dramas, the protagonists of the story were mostly men, and the appearance of Han Qing, a female criminal policeman, presented the audience with another perspective of investigation.
How a strong, brave, rational and calm woman can solve the case, achieve justice, and restore the truth, which undoubtedly brings many expectations to the audience.
This drama is Sun Li's second time playing a criminal police officer after "Jade Guanyin".
This is also her second collaboration with Luo Jin after "An Home", and the acting skills of the two actors are also obvious to the audience, so this has been supported by many audiences.
From the production aspect, the picture has reached movie-level quality, and the scene restoration and prop arrangement are meticulous, trying to restore a real criminal investigation world for the audience.
The story angle is novel, the actors are acting skills, and the post-production is attentive, all aspects make this drama full of explosive potential.
I believe that there will be many viewers who are obsessed with it.
03, "One Song and Three Sheng": Liu Yifei Jing Boran created a fantasy suspense drama in the Republic of China
This drama is adapted from the Chinese comic "Nanyanzhai Records", and from the moment it was announced that filming started, it attracted the attention of countless people.
The heroine is the fairy sister Liu Yifei. In the past two years, she has starred in dramas such as "Menghualu" and "Going to a Windy Place", although there are not many, but they are acting in a popular one.
This has intensified the audience's expectations for this drama.
But there are many good things, this drama has already been filmed, and the follow-up publicity work continues to be carried out.
But the news of the broadcast has been delayed for a long time, which seems to lock the hearts of those who are looking forward to it.
Later, the title of the play was changed from "Nanyanzhai Records" to "One Song and Three Sheng", which seemed to have found a new life and direction for this drama.
This drama is set in the Republic of China period and tells a series of fantasy stories that happened in Nanyanzhai.
The elements of hypnosis, dream-making, suspense and sadomasochism added to the play are refreshing.
Lu Mansheng played by Liu Yifei and Ye Shen, the male protagonist played by Jing Boran, are full of uncertainty at every step from first acquaintance to acquaintance and then to deep love.
Behind the deep love between the two, there are historical entanglements, and this relationship is not only touching people's hearts, but also making people think deeply.
The temperament and appearance of the two leading actors perfectly fit the setting in the original comics.
What's even more expected is that Liu Yifei provoked the main beam this time, playing two roles by herself, which is a challenge to her acting skills.
Judging from the stills that have been announced, one is gentle and the other is cold, she has just the right handle.
I look forward to the early broadcast of this drama to relieve the audience's lovesickness.
04, "The Code of the Riverside Picture at Qingming Festival": In the paintings, there are mysterious cases lurking
The play is adapted from Ye Wenbiao's series of novels of the same name.
This novel blends historical background and suspenseful reasoning elements together, and writes a picture of a prosperous and peaceful world on the surface, but in fact it is murderous inside.
The adaptation of such a novel into a TV series must be what the audience who likes costume suspense reasoning dramas is willing to see.
And the screenwriter of the drama version is the author of the novel, I believe that those problems of changing the original work should not appear.
This has increased the expectations of fans of the original novel.
The drama version tells the story of Zhao Buyou's family, who lived in Qi'er Lane in Bianliang City during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, and repeatedly solved strange cases to protect the well-being of the people of Bianliang.
The protagonist group will lead the audience to step into a gorgeous historical picture scroll, and feel the intertwined collision of suspense and emotion.
The starring role is Zhang Songwen, who has been popular from last year's "Hurricane" to the present. This year, a low-cost production of "Ice Hunting" was also brought to the hot search by him.
This time, Zhang Songwen played the male lead, and it was a positive role, which was undoubtedly a challenge for him, who has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with the impression of a villain.
Whether he can tear off the label in the audience's mind, I believe Zhang Songwen will prove it with his acting skills.
The actors of the rest of the roles are also very exciting, and the cast can be described as "like a forest".
Bai Baihe, Zhou Yiwei, Hou Yansong, Lin Jiachuan, Li Naiwen, etc. are all powerful actors.
This drama is also full of highlights in terms of production.
It uses the technology of virtual shooting, so that the actors can participate in the play, so that the audience can enjoy the prosperity of Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty while watching the play.
In the future broadcast of this drama, it may set off a wave of suspense detective dramas and become a wonderful drama that the audience should not miss.
05, "Hidden Things": The criminal husband and the criminal policeman's wife use lies to protect each other
The drama is a remake of Lee Joon-gi's high-scoring Korean drama "The Flower of Evil", which tells the story of a husband and wife who are involved in an intricate conspiracy due to an accident, and the two are not honest with each other and try to protect each other by hiding the truth.
Is this true or false, and how to spy on the truth in lies.
Chen Xiao and Yang Zishan collaborated for the first time, taking the audience to experience that kind of poignant emotional entanglement.
Chen Xiao's acting skills have always been remarkable, in recent years, he has not only shown excellent acting skills in many film and television works, but also constantly tried a variety of roles, trying to break the inherent image left in the minds of the audience.
This time, he needs to interpret a complex and multi-faceted image in "What Is Hidden", and I believe that his performance will not disappoint the audience.
Yang Zishan, who plays the heroine, wants to play a smart and affectionate criminal policeman who is affectionate to her husband.
Her inner struggle in the face of her husband's possible crimes will also be an important driving force in the plot.
Many netizens said they were looking forward to seeing Yang Zishan's new interpretation.
In terms of production, this drama has also put a lot of effort into bringing an immersive viewing experience to the audience.
The exquisite scenes and costume designs shown in the trailer provide a visual treat for the audience.
The plot combines the most popular suspense and emotional elements of current film and television, and adds a plot that fits the social reality to resonate with the audience to the greatest extent.
Because it is a remake, this drama will inevitably be compared with the original, but as long as it is carefully interpreted and produced, the audience will definitely be able to see it.
I hope that after the broadcast of this drama, it can meet the expectations of the audience.
06, "The Boy Who Can't See the Shadow": Create a benchmark for tear-jerking suspense dramas
A missing teenager who suddenly appears as a pickpocket years later.
The boy's sudden return brings back the mystery of his disappearance with his two companions, and when the mystery is revealed little by little, various truths also emerge.
It was a case of homicide, kidnapping, and human trafficking.
This drama is starring Zhang Songwen and Rong Zishan, and this is the third time that the two have played father and son together.
In "Summer in Xixiaohe", Rong Zishan was still a 10-year-old child, and now he is 17 years old, half a head taller than his "father" Zhang Songwen.
At the beginning of "The Hidden Corner", the two contributed many famous scenes with their excellent performances.
I believe that in this drama, the policeman's father and the pickpocket's son can still collide with sparks.
When the suspenseful plot is covered with a layer of family affection, it indicates that this will be another tear-jerking suspense work.
Rong Zishan is not very old, but he has explosive acting skills that surpass his peers, and his role shaping power is also very strong.
In hit dramas such as "Are You Safe" and "The Right Way to Open Your Life", they have all played wonderfully.
This time, he played the role of this lost "boy", leading the audience step by step to uncover the truth of the old things.
Zhang Songwen needless to say, one of the hottest actors in the past two years, with him, the quality of the whole drama is greatly guaranteed.
There are a total of 12 episodes in this drama, and such short episodes will generally have a more compact plot and a stronger sense of suspense.
Some netizens said that this drama will become a new benchmark for suspense dramas, so let's wait for the good news for the time being.
07, "Sandstorm": The old case involves the new case, a typical criminal investigation suspense drama
This drama tells the story of two new and old criminal policemen who accidentally discover a new serial murder case when they are investigating an old case eight years ago.
Then, they were not afraid of external threats and the complicated situation inside the police station, and persistently tracked down the real culprit behind the scenes.
It can be seen from the plot that this drama is a typical criminal investigation suspense drama, and in the process of cracking the case, it also completes the exposure of "human nature".
The biggest attraction in the plot is a sentence in the story of this play: "Human nature is catalyzed to the extreme under the action of acquaintances".
The crime committed by acquaintances and the interweaving of good and evil make people think about it carefully.
The starring role in this play is Duan Yihong, an old acquaintance of the audience, and many of the roles he has played are very recognizable.
In the trailer, as soon as the criminal policeman played by Duan Yihong appeared, he had that sense of majesty, and there seemed to be a lot of stories hidden in his deep eyes.
When investigating a case, the responsibility and responsibility of being a criminal police officer will all be engraved on his face.
Although the old actor Yang Xinming does not have many scenes, he always treats every role with a serious attitude, and the vicissitudes of the old criminal policeman played by Yang Xinming in the trailer made the audience feel deeply pity.
This may be the appeal of senior veteran actors.
The production team of this drama is also quite good.
Director Gao Shuqun has directed many classic police films and suspense dramas, and screenwriter Zhao Dongling is one of the most popular screenwriters at the moment, widely known for "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" and "Police Honor".
With the blessing of powerful actors and a gold medal production team, I believe that this drama will bring a rare viewing experience to the audience.
Looking forward to its broadcast, let the audience and the leading actors explore those truths that may be buried by time but will never fade.
08, "Crime Hunting Guide 2": Use painting to dismantle human nature and hunt the real murderer
In March 2022, one of the hottest suspense dramas is "Crime Hunting Guide".
Shen Yi, a simulated portraitist played by Tan Jianci, showed stunts such as "painting an old man at the age of three" and "skull portrait", which made the audience continue to get up.
When watching the drama, I thought that this profession was obtained by the creator of the TV series through artistic processing, but I didn't know that a "wonderful detective" like Shen Yi did exist in the police force.
Many of the cases in the play also have real cases as a foundation, which provides a certain guarantee for the authenticity of the plot.
The ten cases in the play reflect many social problems, such as domestic violence, women's appearance anxiety, school violence, empty nesters, human trafficking, etc.
At the end of the first season, the foreshadowing was laid, and there will be a second season.
Two years later, the original cast returned, especially Tan Jianci and Jin Shijia continued to play the leading roles, presumably the traffic and topic popularity will remain high when the series is broadcast.
Tan Jianci has developed better and better in the entertainment industry since "Crime Hunting Guide" became popular.
In "Sauvignon Blanc" last summer, he played Xiangliu that made countless people uneasy.
And Jin Shijia has always been the "drama maniac" who acts in a low-key manner, and I don't care much about the opinions of the outside world, I just want to play my own role well.
The starring lineup remains unchanged, which will be an important factor in the continued popularity of this drama.
And in terms of plot, the second season will continue to adhere to the core of "painting colors and developing images, painting people's hearts", continue to dismantle the puzzles of human nature, and hunt the real culprit.
The plot will still be worth looking forward to.
Presumably, those who chased "Crime Hunting Guide" back then will definitely watch the broadcast of "Crime Hunting Guide 2" on time this time.
09, "White Night Dawn 2": After seven years, Pan Yueming continues to show his acting skills
In 2017, the online drama "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" caused great repercussions as soon as it was broadcast.
The Douban score is as high as 8.9 points.
The setting of "White Night" alternately chasing the murderer in the storyline has never been seen in domestic dramas at that time.
The leading actor Pan Yueming plays two roles, perfectly presenting the different characteristics of the twin brothers.
And to express the psychology of being cautious and always vigilant and exposed when the younger brother plays the elder brother in the dark night.
Pan Yueming's performance let the audience see what real acting is.
At that time, after the show was broadcast, a considerable number of people were looking forward to the arrival of the second season.
Last year, the crew exposed the stills during filming, and the sequel to "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" after many years is finally coming.
The two male protagonists are still Pan Yueming and Wang Longzheng, and continue to interpret the stories that are not involved in "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night".
The original version of the two male protagonists remained unchanged, which made countless fans let go of their hanging hearts.
I believe that the rivalry between the two male protagonists this time will still make the audience addicted.
The new actors are also powerful, including Wu Xiaoliang in "Sweeping the Black Storm", Star Girl E Jingwen, Wang Xun and others.
In terms of actors' acting skills, there is no need to worry.
With the super high reputation and popularity of the first part, "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night 2" is also likely to become a big hit of this year's suspense drama, and the audience can wait and see.
10, "Staggered Scenes": It is a mystery within a mystery, a case within a case, and a psychological adventure
Ma Yili and Tong Dawei are in this drama, one plays a female criminal policeman and the other plays a novel writer.
The third collaboration between the two after a lapse of 13 years evoked the youthful memories of countless audiences.
So the casting of the crew took a lot of thought.
Before the two became popular, they collaborated on a classic TV series "Struggle".
Over the years, the acting skills and life experiences of the two of them have changed dramatically, and it can be said that with only these two protagonists, this drama is also worth watching.
Back to the play itself, this drama is also quite interesting in terms of suspense design.
It is based on the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Kiyohari Matsumoto.
When the female criminal policeman Jiang Guangming was investigating the case, she found that the scene of the crime was highly overlapping with the scene of the writer Gu Jiming's novel, and such a bizarre discovery also brought the people in the play into a deeper puzzle.
The mystery within the mystery, the case within the case, makes the whole plot more eye-catching.
In the play, there is a mysterious organization called "Interleaved", who use some kind of device to control people's memories and thoughts to achieve their unknown purposes.
This drama not only raises some profound questions about changing the past and choosing the future, but also makes people reflect on their own beliefs about what kind of choice is truly meaningful.
It is a suspense detective drama, and it is also a psychological adventure work, and I look forward to its broadcast having a good response.
Write at the end:
When more and more suspense-themed dramas appear, when suspense dramas move from niche to mass, people's requirements for it will become higher and higher.
Only by constantly making breakthroughs and insisting on the creation of conscience can the TV drama party produce high-quality dramas that are worth keeping people up all night chasing.
2024 may be the peak year of suspense dramas, and the audience is about to embark on one thrilling audio-visual journey after another.