Secrets AI shorts: twelve filmed dramas, rated by us and warmed by their own flames

A different kind of short

Secret Shorts sit on Secrets AI, a companion platform, and they are the most film-like of the three shelves we cover. Episodes run from just over a minute to a few minutes, series are three to five episodes long, and the genres wander further than on its rivals: romance, thriller, supernatural, sci-fi and comedy all appear in our twelve.

The best of them behave like short films with a proper title sequence of tension. One premise, one hook, a pilot that has to earn the second episode, and then an ending that is easy to reach. It is a format that rewards economy, and the weaker series are the ones that forget it.

Some of the people in them are also companions you can chat with on Secrets AI. Two are profiled here: Elise and Aurelia. More on them below.

Why The Haunt takes the lead

Three series share the top mark of 4.5 stars: Deprecated, Newest Model and The Haunt. Our marks cannot separate them, so the lead review is an editorial choice, and we picked The Haunt.

It has the set-up most easily told across a table. A woman has played the Bride in the last room of a haunted house for six Halloweens, and this is her final season before she stops playing the part. She spends it with the new guy. It is playful and eerie at once, the pilot runs 72 seconds, and the flames climb from one in the first two episodes to five in the last two. That is a neat arc for five episodes, and it is the series that best shows what the platform does when it is in a good mood.

The rest of the shelf, by mood

Sci-fi and suspense. Deprecated is a cyberpunk thriller about a man hired to delete a rogue AI named Emma, who turns out to know exactly how he died. Terms of Service gives a man an AI partner so devoted that she starts removing everyone who is not making him happy. Newest Model takes the same territory for comedy: after a break-up, he orders a partner who will not leave.

Romance, mostly with a rule attached. Until Midnight is a fake-date story set at a wedding lodge, with a sommelier who sets the terms: no feelings, and it all ends at midnight. Made to Measure is told to you, a nervous customer in a boutique whom the designer takes on as her new favourite project. Do Not Disturb puts a traveller in Chicago for a week with a hotel maid and a surprise. Her Number One Fan lets a fan faint on the doorstep of the streamer he adores, and she declines to let him leave.

Comedy. Don't Slip follows a waitress who cannot cover her rent until she discovers a sport she is unexpectedly good at. Doctors Orders is a show-off with two broken arms, a live-in nurse and an awkward secret about how well the arms have mended.

Heists and rivals. Most Wanted pairs two thieves with the same target and a growing problem. Hot Money is a Miami heist in only three episodes, about a couple who rob the wrong bank. Our feature on Romance and comedy AI short series and Fantasy and sci-fi AI short series go further across the platforms.

Flames are not stars

Each episode on Secrets AI carries a heat reading of 0 to 5 flames, and the shape is nearly always the same: cool to begin with, warmer as the story closes. By the last episode of The Haunt the flames are at five, and Newest Model climbs from none in its pilot to five in its finale.

It is easy to mistake that for a rating. It is not. Flames describe how warm an episode is; our stars are the magazine's opinion of how easy a series is to start and finish. Secrets AI also has a star rating of its own, and we do not quote it, because it is a different thing again. The only stars on this site are ours.

What is free, and what the rest costs

You can watch the opening episode of any series without registering. The second is yours for the price of signing in. From the third, each episode is a separate unlock at 500 Moments, and only Premium and Ultimate members can spend Moments. Once opened, an episode stays open, but they come in strict order, so there is no peeking at the ending.

The plans, taken from the official Secrets wiki on 14 November 2026: Free costs 0 USD and gives no Moments. Premium is 19.99 USD monthly or 109.99 USD yearly, with 8,000 Moments each month. Ultimate is 39.99 USD monthly or 319.99 USD yearly, with 15,000 Moments each month. You can pay by card (Amex excluded), virtual debit card or crypto, the crypto minimum being 20 USD, and the statement carries a neutral company name, S LABS INC. Cancelling is possible at any time from your account. Prices can change and the platform repeats them before you pay; Pricing lines up all three platforms.

What our marks can and cannot say here

On Secrets AI four of our marks apply. Free runway counts free episodes out of the whole run. Pilot pace looks at episode 1 length. Easy to finish favours shorter runs. And heat is the average of the flames across the episodes.

Spotlight does not exist here: it comes from the Trending and Top rows of Dreamy Shorts, and Secrets has no such rows, so we leave it out rather than guess. The pilot mark also behaves differently from Candy AI Shorts, because Secrets episodes run longer. A 63-second pilot is a fast one by this platform's standards, and Hot Money, at 165 seconds, is slow on both counts and short on episodes.

The stars never judge acting, picture or plot, and we do not claim to have watched every episode. The method is under How we rate.

Elise and Aurelia, the companions

Some of the cast are Secrets companions, which means you can chat with them away from the series. Elise plays the Bride in The Haunt. Aurelia plays the streamer in Her Number One Fan. Their profiles list what the platform says about each of them, and Characters shows who else is around.

If you also enjoy the idea on Candy AI, Veronica Parker and Amanda Langford do the same job there.

Starting tonight

1. Pick one series from the mood list above, or take The Haunt.
2. Watch episode 1 with no account. The shortest pilot is Deprecated at 63 seconds.
3. If you like it, sign in free for episode 2.
4. Only then look at Moments and plans.

For a calmer plan, A week of free first episodes spreads the free pilots over seven nights. Monthly or annual subscription compares the ways to pay, and AI short series set at work is a theme page if the office is your type. The whole list of free starts is on Free Episodes, more reading is in Guides, and the front page has this week's cover.