The Crowned Clown

Suspense , agony , phycological pressure , palace politics and battling to survive inside the palace and save your soulmate from death....
Those 2 dramas are identical. Action , suspense and romance all combined.
In both dramas the Emperor is a kindhearted young man who tries his best to be a good ruler but the corrupted officials try to bring him down /kill him.
In both dramas the emperor does everything in his power to save female lead whom he loves deeply.
Great cinematography in both dramas.
Every episode ends with a cliffhanger and leaves you wanting more.

Both are about political power and people trying to gain more power, lots of political unrest.

Both are about replacing the king, though Crowned Clown is just a street performer who looks like the king while Queen Woo is about her marrying the king's brother to stay as Queen.

FYI Queen Woo is rated 18+ with explicit content, but still watchable.

At first sight,those 2 don't have much in common.But,the doppelganger/robot clone is evident in both.When watching Crowned Clown,I get a similar feeling I got from Are You Human Too.Both shows have a "bad" and a good character played by the same person,complicated family history,people helping the good character adjust and genuinely caring for the "bad" character too.The attempt to survive in different settings due to identity switching in order to protect someone is also part of both dramas.

"Masquerade" with actor Lee Byung Hun in it, was the movie that inspired the Kdrama "The Crowned Clown".

The smart power play between Dr. Na Yi Je and Dr. Sun Min Shik and others here is similar to the constant power play between Ha Seon and the antagonists in The Crowned Clown. The Crowned Clown has some really intense political twists as well, and every episode is enthralling. Highly recommended!

Both are set in historical times, with an entertainer ML of low birth who ends up in a forbidden romance with the royal FL who is marrying/married to someone else.

The main lead has 2 identities
The visuals are similar
The hand lead has a trauma
There is a story of revenge