reelshort james hawthorne Movies & TV Series

Join us as we celebrate the 2025 ReelShort Awards to crown the best talent and most compelling stories in the world of vertical short dramas. Hit play, relive the magic, and see who took home the trophy in 2025.

Framed by her husband Nicholas Hawthorne and his unforgettable first love, Serena Vance loses her baby and adoptive father. At her lowest, she discovers she is the Kensington heiress and returns for revenge. The piece of trash may kneel and beg for forgiveness, but she leaves for the UK—love is dead, and we'll never meet again.

Our fashionistas are back! In this episode, host Sarah Moliski teams up with stars Sarah Noelle and Maria Barseghian to tackle a style challenge inspired by some of our favorite ReelShort scenarios. With SHEIN’s different styles, they’ll put together outfits for every situation. On-screen or off. Who will slay the looks and who will improvise? Tune in to find out!

Abandoned and left with nothing, Emily sets her grandmother’s house on fire and runs straight into Sawyer Lewis, the bloodied heir of a powerful family. He takes her in, planning to use her to overturn a ruthless power game. But Emily refuses to be anyone's pawn. As she strikes back and breaks every rule, Sawyer finds himself falling for the very chaos he tried to control. Together, they burn their enemies down and save each other in the process.

Sophie Bennett gets into a top grad school, but her alcoholic father wants her forced into marriage to use the bride price for his debts. On a blind date, she accidentally has a whirlwind marriage with Elias Thorne of the Thorne Group. After graduation, Sophie Bennett joins Thorne as a secretary. Through various trials, they fall in love, discover they are already married to each other, and live happily ever after.

Desperate to pay for her mother's surgery, Madeline Brooks makes a deal with Isabella Dalton to sell her virginity, sleeping with Sebastian Thorne in Isabella's place. Madeline rushes to the hospital with the money, only to find her mother has already passed away. Devastated, she is forced abroad by Isabella's bodyguards. Months later, Madeline finds new hope when she discovers she is pregnant. However, Isabella finds out. Desperate to win Sebastian, Isabella fakes her own pregnancy, goes abroad, and bribes a doctor to steal Madeline's baby right after birth, telling Madeline the baby was stillborn. Isabella then passes the baby off as hers and Sebastian's. Five years later, Madeline returns as a top designer. Unaware that her child is alive or that Sebastian was the man from that night, she coincidentally buys the house next door to his and meets him and little Noah Thorne. Since Isabella only uses Noah to manipulate Sebastian and treats the boy poorly, Noah despises her. Seeing this, Sebastian refuses to actually marry Isabella, despite naming her his fiancée.

When Chloe was a child, she saved a little boy named Jonathan from the streets. Ten years later, he became a self-made billionaire. Rebecca, in order to take Chloe's place and reunite with Jonathan, didn't hesitate to push Chloe down the stairs, knock her unconscious, and bury her alive — saying she would take good care of Jonathan in place of Chloe, that ugly freak with a scar on her face. Chloe crawled out of the cold earth. Because she looked strikingly similar to the late granddaughter of mafia boss Bernardo, she was taken in by Bernardo, who happened to pass by and took pity on her. Three months later, after successful plastic surgery, Chloe made a glamorous return as Bernardo's granddaughter — the mafia princess — at the exact moment Jonathan and Rebecca were publicly announcing their upcoming wedding…

In their past lives, Ivy and Daisy were both at the orphanage, waiting to be chosen by prospective parents. Daisy opted for a wealthy family, while Ivy joined a humble cleaner's household. Yet, Patrick Vance, the heir of the affluent family, was drawn to Ivy's independence. Consumed by jealousy, Daisy killed Ivy and then took her own life at their wedding. Reborn on the day of the selection, Daisy decides against the wealthy path, hoping to replicate Ivy's fate. However, she soon discovers that the cleaner's family is far from the paradise she imagined...

A duke's daughter once propelled her husband to become a legendary general, only to face betrayal and execution at the hands of him and his mother. Reborn from the ashes, she returns with a steely resolve and a heart of ice. Methodically, she dismantles those who wronged her: vanquishing her cunning half-sister, executing her malicious stepmother, reclaiming her mother's stolen dowry, and ensuring her treacherous husband and his favored concubine meet their end by her sword.

Me and James Dean represents a young man's relationship with the world around him. After suffering from a near-death experience after an accidental overdose, Chase embarks on a cross-country road trip back to his hometown. Accompanied by the spirit of James Dean, Chase confronts his shortcomings, reconciles relationships with his family, and makes peace with his life before he passes away. *This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

The Next ReelStar is a reality competition series where men representing states across the country compete for a breakout lead role at ReelShort, with fans having the power to decide the winner. Under the mentorship of judges Jesse Morales and Nicole Mattox, contestants join Team Jesse or Team Nicole, each striving to develop their star quality. Through a series of high-stakes challenges, they’ll showcase their talent to impress a powerhouse panel of vertical industry professionals. For the first time in a vertical unscripted series, fans will have the power to vote in the finale, deciding which finalist is crowned The Next ReelStar.