Cruel Romance (2015)

Both dramas are during the post modern Shanghai era. They both involve strong powerful men. The romance in both dramas are similar as in the men is dedicated to their leading lady despite all odds.

Same era and similar set up between the leads. And the same exact location set!! The first obvious difference is the age of the leads. Cruel Romance seems to suggest an older cast. While Fall In Love seems to suggest early twenties for the leads.

At first in both dramas the male lead likes the female lead but the female lead doesn't like the male lead but later they fell in love. And later in the drama the female lead thought the male lead killed her family but at last find out its a mistake.

Both dramas feature a villain that was obsessed with his lover and became crazed when she died. Both female leads look exactly like the deceased woman, but in The Flame’s Daughter it is because the FL is the woman’s daughter while in Cruel Romance the resemblance is pure coincidence. Both villains are convinced that they can turn the FL into their deceased lover. And both villains are handsome and devilish.

Both go through misunderstanding and both still fall in love. Also both female lead has someone in her family dead.

In both series an arrogant, abusive and weird male lead of significant wealth, position and power is hideously treating a resourceful but childish female lead until she falls in love with him for no reason at all. All characters are nearing their 40s and are of course virgins and never had any prior romantic relationships. Really similar main couple dynamics.

Cold possesive main character in both. If you liked one, you should like the other.

Both take a place in Shangai during the 1930's. And the leading couple are similar: the rich and dominate guy with sweet and naive girl. Cruel romance is just more agresive, when the girl wearing tassel is more sweet.

Same time period, same “villainous” ML, same naive yet fighting spirit FL, same need for ML to hide and protect FL without her knowing, same ML head over heels googley-eyed for FL, while FL in love with SML until she realizes how much ML has done for her!

like seriously both shows are amazing they are a kind of historical with tough male leads and both have mafia as well.

The Feeling Is Same........................................................................................................................................................

Historical (sort of) + romance

CR is a cdrama set in chinese republican era (early to mid 1900s)

TheKing the modern monarch concept set in present time

Very similar feeling watching both, stunning cinematography & visuals and a romance with an aristocratic charming leader (king /ring leader )

Both are set in China Republica Era. Both have an angsty love story about love and betrayal. They also have misunderstandings between the main (married) couple.

Both are republican era love stories with mean/badass MLs and lots of steamy scenes.

CR is a full length drama while CoL is a mini-series.
ML in CR is from the mafia, ML from CoL is governer of the city.
Both are revenge based where the FL believes the ML killed her fam (comes later in CR).

Both have Huang Xiao Ming in their main and both are about men (two in SD) who are obsessed about a beautiful woman. Except that in SD, she isn't a complete idiot