Is the TV show Back to 1989 available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

Back to 1989 is a time‑travel drama that mixes nostalgia, romance and the kind of moral tinkering that makes you rethink fate. The series follows Che Chen, a 26‑year‑old assistant manager at an investment trust who’s always felt a hole in his life because he never knew his father. A freak accident hurls him 27 years into the past—to 1989—where he meets 22‑year‑old Zhen Zhen Ye, his mother Chen Mu’s best friend. Every choice in that year could rewrite Chen Mu’s future and, with it, Che’s own life: will he try to fix the past, or preserve the timeline he came from? In this article we’ll dive into the show’s tone and themes—time travel, family secrets, and the butterfly effects of changing 1989—and check where you can watch it: Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+. If Back to 1989 has earned awards or festival recognition, those honors will be listed as well. Read on to see which platforms currently carry the series and what to expect before you hit play.

Synopsis

Che Chen, 26, has carved out a promising career as an assistant manager at an investment firm, but a persistent emptiness haunts him: he never knew his father. Raised by his single mother, Chen Mu, Che longs to fill that missing piece. After a strange accident, he is flung 27 years into the past—to 1989, the year before he was born—where he meets 22-year-old Zhen Zhen Ye, a naive, trusting young woman who is also Chen Mu’s best friend. Suddenly standing between past and present, Che realizes every choice he makes in 1989 could reshape his mother’s life and his own future. Faced with the power to alter fate, will he protect the past as it was or risk changing everything to find what he’s been missing?

Release date

2016

Seasons / Episodes

1s / 34ep

Total duration

25h 30min

Rating

Country

Taïwan

Genre(s)

Drame

Creator(s)

Joyce Liu

Cast

Marcus Chang Ray Yang Ivy Shao Tsai Huang Ru Chang Chea Yorke Sun