Dive into thrilling suspense mini short dramas. From psychological mysteries to high-stakes crime, find the best short series to watch for ultimate thrills.
After a near-fatal car crash shatters her body and her heart, travel journalist Emily escapes to remote Italy—only to be ensnared in the mysterious Dungeon of Ecstasy, where her captor, uncannily resembling her long-abandoned ex-husband, forces her through dangerous, sensual trials that awaken forbidden memories and a love she never knew was meant to heal her.
Sixteen years ago, Molly has an affair with Colton, the son-in-law of the powerful Grant family. When she gets pregnant, Colton heartlessly tells her to get an abortion. Furious and heartbroken, Molly secretly swaps her newborn daughter with the baby girl born to the Grant family’s heiress, Rachel.
That baby—Rachel’s real daughter—grows up as Dolores, raised in the slums. Meanwhile, Molly’s biological daughter, Sara, is brought up as the Grant family’s beloved princess.
Now, both girls attend the same prestigious school. Their paths cross again. Dolores, strong and kind, catches the attention of Aaron—Rachel’s father and the Grant family patriarch. At the same time, Sara’s longtime crush, Ryan, starts falling for Dolores. Feeling threatened, Sara begins scheming against her, afraid of being replaced. As tension builds, the secret behind their true identities slowly starts to unravel...
Based on the novel by Havley McQueen,published by Tapas Entertainment and Radish
When Jayne Turner asks a stranger at a bondage party to teach her how to be a dominatrix, she has no idea he’ll turn out to be the man overseeing her father’s exit from the family company. What’s meant to be a single night of education about dominance and submission turns into something more when Jayne asks Dom to continue teaching her. Because of a morality clause in his contract, a relationship with her could mean his job if anyone finds out, but Dom agrees. They must keep their relationship strictly educational and entirely undercover, but as their passion grows, so does the risk of discovery. Jayne’s success on the movie set is thanks to Dom’s “instruction,” but as she begins receiving increasingly more threatening messages tying her to her deceased mother, famous actress Ingrid Hart, it's up to Dom to protect what he owns. With multiple enemies possibly behind the threats, Jayne isn’t sure who to blame. It turns out to be the gaffer on set, a man who’d worked with and been obsessed with Ingrid. Doug kidnaps Jayne but her quick thinking has Dom on the way to rescue her – which reveals their relationship and triggers the morality clause. Dom makes a deal with Jayne’s dad without her knowledge. Dad will back off trying to stop Jayne’s movie career, and Dom will return to London, never to see her again. The night of Jayne’s movie premiere, Dad reveals the truth and Jayne reaches out to the man she’s fallen in love with. At her message, Dom returns to beg forgiveness for leaving her. Jayne forgives them, and they can be together openly.
When Asher Bradshaw, the son of hall-of-famer NFL quarterback Trent Bradshaw and former beauty queen Krista, goes missing in a devastating fire, psychotic fan Donny Lewis takes it as an opportunity to swap Asher with his own son, Wyatt. Twelve years later, the two boys cross paths at football tryouts where Asher out performs Wyatt. The Bradshaw's not realizing Asher is their long-lost son, attack him relentlessly. They put him through physical and mental torture, egged on by their adoptive son. Until they uncover the shocking truth—Asher's the one they've been looking for. The Bradshaws then do everything in their power to beg for forgiveness while Wyatt and Donny plot revenge.
Claire, a small-town girl working at a fried chicken shop, accidentally stumbles into the hotel suite of U.S. President William. After helping him relieve an aphrodisiac’s effects with her body, she then aids the gunshot-wounded president in evading his pursuers. Grateful, William proposes a contractual marriage—but Claire mistakenly believes he’s just a presidential body double. The truth only comes crashing down when she’s kidnapped by the mafia and William storms in with a Special Forces team.
The city is under attack by supervillains and needs their hero – The Crusader. Lyndon is hiding his hero identity to live a normal life. But when the Mayor’s beautiful daughter Nadia seeks out his help, can Lyndon outsmart his evil family to become The Crusader again and save Nadia’s life?
When Sophia sets out to find her missing twin sister, Tina, the trail leads her to The Red Veil, an elite vampire nightclub ruled by the ruthless Von Drák family. As she digs deeper into its dark, seductive world, Sophia discovers a chilling prophecy, a forbidden romance, and a supernatural war that could consume them all.
When the British heir dies suddenly, a modern royal family spirals into chaos. Party-loving twins Prince Liam and Princess Eleanor are forced to grow up fast—Liam is thrust toward the crown while falling for Ophelia, the palace security chief’s American daughter, and Eleanor hits rock bottom after a dangerous betrayal. As King Simon grieves and the monarchy teeters, ruthless Queen Helena joins forces with scheming Prince Cyrus to keep control at any cost. A dynasty built on glamour is about to face its darkest reckoning. Buy full season: https://www.lionsgate.com/shows/the-royals/the-royals-season-1
A deranged female flight instructor obsesses over her handsome student, using her piloting skills to destroy the people in his life and seduce him into loving her.
After a painful breakup with Aslan, her billionaire contracted lover, Jade swears never to see him again. But when his identical twin, Lucas, offers the love she’s been seeking, she’s drawn back in. As Jade moves in with Lucas, she uncovers a dark family secret that traps her in a dangerous, luxurious world. To break free, she must face the truth about the man she now calls her lover.
Ellie has been branded a "jinx" by her village for her eerily accurate predictions, but in truth, she's anything but cursed. When she's taken in by the governor's wife, Irene, after a chance encounter, her presence turns the mansion upside down: flowers bloom, fortunes shift, and lives begin to change, including the governor's.
FBI agent Jayda goes undercover at a strip club, only to be assaulted by the villain and rescued by a mysterious masked man. After a one-night stand, she wakes up to find only a letter and mask left behind by him. Later, she discovers that the mystery man is actually Nico, the elusive crime boss behind the club. As she gets closer to Nico, misunderstandings and kidnappings occur, and Jayda finds herself falling for him. Despite his deep involvement in crime, Nico begins to change because of his feelings for her. Torn between love and justice, Jayda must decide what path to take.
America’s top billionaire, Derek Wolf, is dying and hires elite surgeon Shaun to bring a donor kidney by plane for a secret transplant. But the flight is delayed when Kim — mother of Jessica, who’s engaged to Derek’s grandson Erik — goes to the bathroom. When Shaun urges them to hurry, Jessica humiliates him. After takeoff, Kim suffers a heart attack, and Shaun saves her, breaking her ribs in the process. Ungrateful, Jessica demands Shaun apologize in a humiliating way. When he refuses, she threatens to destroy the kidney. Forced to reveal Derek’s condition, Shaun pleads, but Jessica doesn’t believe him — until she smashes the case and sees the name on it: Derek Wolf, her own fiancé’s grandfather.
Clyde is a middle-aged salesman who has been marginalized in his job. One day, he wakes up with a superpower of seeing when and how people would die. He tries to save multiple people from death, but no one believes him. A few days later, his power tells him there is going to be an explosion at his company that will kill everyone in the building. To save everyone, he has to find out who planted the bomb and stop them.
After 15 years, sparks fly when Isabel and Ari reunite and become passionate lovers. She's a police detective trying to make her career by catching a mysterious master thief. As Ari helps her investigation and their affair gets steamier, will she realize that her lover is the criminal she's hunting?
Against the backdrop of raging wildfires in Los Angeles, the contractual marriage between firefighter Liam and novelist Natalie is thrown into crisis due to misunderstandings, betrayal, and life-and-death trials. As the wildfires spread, Liam gradually realizes his true feelings for Natalie, while she reexamines their relationship through the pain. The two grow closer amid disaster and conspiracy, ultimately rekindling their love from the ashes.
Adrian leaves his own daughter Esther in a car while he hangs out with his childhood sweetheart, Stacy and her son Lucas. Under the hot summer sun, the car overheats and shuts down. The A/C stops working and Esther starts to overheat. She's at risk of heatstroke and almost faints. Esther dials Adrian's phone to ask for help. Without listening to her, Adrian hangs up. Just before Esther's tablet runs out of battery, she calls her mother. She begs her mom to save her. However, before Esther can tell Claire her location, the tablet dies. Claire starts to desperately search for her daughter. Will Claire be able to successfully find and save her daughter before the unthinkable happens?
When Violet flees her abusive fiancé on their wedding day, she hides with Marcus, a notorious street racer. Their protection-for-a-kiss deal ignites into passion, giving her the freedom she craves. Then Marcus confesses a dark secret: the hit-and-run accident that haunts him killed Violet's father. Will she forgive the man who stole her heart but destroyed her family, or return to the controlling life she desperately tried to escape?
When her sister gets blackmailed by a ruthless sex club owner, Dakota James is desperate enough to offer a contract relationship to Jaxon Shaw, a mysterious billionaire who never touches his lovers. Until Dakota. From her first touch, Jaxon starts to feel. Their secret relationship ends brutally when Dakota discovers she's dying and breaks up with Jaxon to protect him. When Dakota gets in too deep with the club owner, she is saved by the masked man Hades—Jaxon in disguise. But time is running out for the fated lovers. Will Jaxon uncover Dakota’s deadly secret in time to save her? Or will the forces against them destroy their love before it’s too late.