romantic short film 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.

Forensic expert Vivian Smith, shamed for her job, accidentally sleeps with tycoon Ethan Parker—her ex’s uncle. A contractual marriage sparks chaos: their "stench solidarity" masks lethal secrets. As family feuds, conspiracies, and desire collide, they fight prejudice and lies, healing each other’s wounds. Can love survive autopsy tables and boardrooms?

The father married his daughter to a silly president for money. After the president regained his memory, he found that the murderer of his parents was her father! He vented his anger on her...

Betrayed by his wife, Yvonne, and left with nothing, Lennox Hayes suddenly inherits ancient powers that change his destiny. When Amelia Langford—heiress to the powerful Langford family of Grimwood—reveals their long-lost engagement, Lennox must navigate a dangerous new world of cultivation and conspiracy. From the streets of Riverain to the heights of Grimwood's elite, he'll prove that even the most broken can rise to rule.

Lila Carter, a 24-year-old waitress from a modest background, is trying to find her footing in life. After a particularly rough breakup, she goes out for a drink at a local bar and meets Ethan Grayson, a wealthy and charismatic billionaire. One night of passion leads to unexpected consequences. Lila discovers she’s pregnant. Fearing the reaction of her strict and overbearing mother, Vivian, Lila keeps the pregnancy a secret. But the weight of her decision begins to take a toll. After a month of stress, guilt, and a barrage of verbal abuse from her mother, Lila is forced to confront her past and reveals the pregnancy to Ethan. In their marriage, the tension is palpable. Ethan continues his relationship with Sophia Blake, a glamorous but manipulative influencer, while Lila struggles to adjust to her new life as a wife to a man who doesn’t want her. As the months pass and Lila’s pregnancy progresses, Ethan finds himself torn. His initial bitterness fades as he begins to see Lila not as a golddigger but as a strong, independent woman with a heart of gold. The way she lovingly cares for their unborn child and the resilience she shows in the face of adversity draw Ethan closer to her...

Claire’s life as a nurse in a busy hospital is complicated by a supervisor who is intent on making her miserable with tedious and extra tasks. Claire’s only relief is the patients she treats, and even that is not always a picnic. On a rare night off, she attends a dance performance and gets trapped in an elevator with a charming man. There is an instant connection between them, but as they are “rescued” from the elevator, they are pulled away from each other before they can exchange names and numbers. The next day, Claire meets the man again when he is presented as the newest doctor at the hospital. But he doesn’t recognize her in her hospital scrubs and pushes away her attempts to reconnect. Claire is convinced that he isn’t interested. But as she works with him, she can’t ignore her feelings. Meanwhile, the doctor is torn between his developing feelings for Claire and the fond memory of the woman in the elevator. Despite the efforts of some to thwart her, Claire must find the strength to stand up for herself and go after what she wants and deserves: her own chance at happiness.

Lily Henderson, an ambitious but financially struggling woman breaks up with her overly possessive and abusive boyfriend a day before an all-important interview which she hoped would be her big ticket out of poverty, and help her forget her morally questionable past. To convince her Ex, Mathew Gregor, that she is no longer interested, Lily pulls a crazy stunt halfway through their dinner in a restaurant. She passionately kisses a stranger, Tristan Hawthrone, and convinces him to play along. After a one-night stand with Tristan, Lily arrives late for her important interview the next day, only to be stunned by the sight of Mathew Gregor, who had just become the CEO of the company she was interviewing for. In a shocking twist, Mathew hires her for the job, but he has ulterior motives. Days later, Lily receives a call from Tristan, asking for a meetup. In exchange for money and a taste of luxury, he asks her to act as his fiancé to fool his visiting mother. Lily is ambivalent. At work, she confides in her friend/co-worker Elizabeth about the exasperating maltreatment from Mathew and the strange man she had met. Elizabeth also confides in Lily about a man she was supposed to meet. They have no idea they are talking about the same person...

"After four years of secret love and six years of marriage, you repay me with this?" During our six years of marriage, I worked tirelessly at home like a servant. Yet my husband wanted to drive me away because of his first love's return！ Unable to endure it any longer, I chose to divorce him. When we meet again, I’m already a confident businesswoman negotiating at the table, and also a returned heiress, and he is no longer worthy to stand by my side.

When Jane visits the hospital for an allergy, she falls for the handsome doctor, Henry Darcy, at first sight. Gathering her courage, Jane asks for his contact information, only to be coldly rejected multiple times. Undeterred, Jane crafts a plan to win his heart. A sweet romance unfolds between a determined ballerina and a reserved doctor.

At 8, Samuel meets Sage, a girl who heals his heart and his legs at a sanatorium. Sixteen years later, as the head of the Grant family, Samuel vows to find her. But after years of searching, she's nowhere to be found until the Smith family's second daughter, forced into marriage, unexpectedly enters his life. A journey of lost love, unexpected marriage, and a touch of humor awaits.

Hailey Adams becomes the secretary of the rude CEO Mason Anderson. No one else would take the job as Mason had fired five secretaries in a month. Other employees bet on how long she'll last, and when Hailey finds out, she's determined to stay. Mason constantly criticizes her. After a breakdown, Hailey transforms her look and attitude, stunning everyone. Mason's jealous girlfriend, Scarlett, tries to frame Hailey for leaking company info. Mason calls the police, but later learns the truth and breaks up with Scarlett. He apologizes to Hailey and compensates her. Hailey quits but agrees to accompany him to visit his ill mother. There, they grow closer. Back at work, they realize they have feelings for each other. However, Scarlett returns, claiming to be pregnant. Eventually, they find out it's a fake. The story ends with Mason planning a surprise proposal party for Hailey with the help of the employees...