Short drama app
Watch Italian short dramas free
Secret heiresses, fake wives, sweet revenge, in vertical episodes of about a minute. The first 8 episodes of every series are free; then one a day per series.
- 8
- free episodes per series
- ~1 min
- per episode
- AI
- declared on every series
All series
The Heiress in an Apron
Humiliated and fired by the man about to take over the hotel, waitress Giulia learns a minute later that she is its heiress. She has seven days to sign.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
The Ex-Wife
After twenty years, Riccardo leaves Livia for a 26-year-old and invites her to the wedding, at the Puglia farmhouse she brought back to life. His mother sends her to the service door. But the house is in Livia's name.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
If I Could Do It All Again
Betrayed by her husband and her sister, who steal her fashion house and leave her to die, Elena wakes up ten years earlier, on the morning of her engagement party. She remembers everything. This time she knows who will betray her.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
My Contract Wife
To inherit her grandmother's house in Ortigia, Chiara must live there for three months with Nicola, the fisherman she can't stand. When her cousin contests the will, she blurts out the first lie that comes to mind: they're engaged.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
The Billion-Dollar Son-in-Law
For three years Luca has lived on his in-laws' wine estate like a servant. His mother-in-law pours wine on him and plots his divorce. Nobody knows the mysterious fund that saved the estate from bankruptcy belongs to him. On Saturday, at the gala in Verona, the President will show his face.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
The Bride of Etna
To save her family's home, Lia Aloisi takes her sister's place at the altar and marries Corrado Maugeri, heir of the rival family: twelve years ago the Maugeri winepress burned, and the Aloisi were blamed. Ten days as his wife, until the harvest festival. But that night Lia was in the winepress, and someone in the Maugeri house knows what she saw.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
The Stepmother
At her father's funeral, Gaia learns that the family lemon grove on the Amalfi Coast now belongs to Vera, his second wife, who hands her an apron and makes her a maid in her own home. On Sunday Vera sells it to a hotel, and the deal will be signed by Raffaele, the young notary Vera wants for her daughter. But Gaia's father wrote another will before he died.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
The Twin
The night before she dies, Elisa leaves her twin Sara a voicemail: "If anything happens to me, it wasn't an accident." The next day she falls into the Tiber from the terrace of Palazzo Malatesta. No one in that family knows Elisa had a twin. Sara puts on her sister's coat and rings their doorbell.
12 episodes · 14+ · AI series · Plot and episodes
How it works: you start free
Pick a story
Read the plot of each series and start with the one that hooks you.
The first 8 episodes are free
They play right away in the app, with no sign-up.
Then one a day, still free
Every day another episode unlocks for free in each series, and a timer tells you when. With a little patience you can finish a series without paying.
About a minute per episode
Vertical, made for your phone, and each one ends on a cliffhanger.
Yes, they’re made with AI
Images, video and voices are generated with AI tools. We write the stories with AI’s help and review them ourselves. It says so on every series, because you should know before you press play.
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Get the App
Watch on your phone: swipe, and the next episode starts.
Point your phone’s camera at the code to get the app.
Frequently asked questions
What is TotalShort?
A short drama app: vertical series set in Italy, told in episodes of about a minute that always end on a cliffhanger. The series are made with AI and we say so on each one. You watch them in the TotalShort app for iPhone and Android.
Is it free?
Yes, to start. The first 8 episodes of every series are free, then one more unlocks for free each day per series, so with a little patience you can finish a series without paying. If you don’t want to wait, in the app you can unlock episodes right away.
Do I need to sign up?
No. All you need is the free TotalShort app for iPhone or Android: open it and start watching, with no sign-up.
Are the series made with artificial intelligence?
Yes. Images, video and voices in every series are generated with artificial intelligence tools; stories are written with the help of AI and reviewed by our team. Every series carries the “AI series” label.