Both shows are about male leads who time travel to the past, befriend royals and start impacting the past using their modern knowledge.

Both movies tell the story of three oddballs and their slightly absurd journey. Both productions have awesome OSTs

Both movies tell the story of clumsy air-headed women who do their best trying to fulfill their dreams and become flight attendants.

Both shows are heartwarming, healing family shows that tell two stories simultaneously - the past, and how it affected the present.

Both productions show life and love of immigrants in either mainland China (Beautiful Life) or Hong Kong (Comrades). First half of A Beautiful Life is quite similar to Comrades: Almost a Love Story as it features not-quite-romance between a naive and warm-hearted male lead and business savvy female leads.

Both productions start off with protagonists trying to cover up murder. As a consequence, these deaths attract attention of unconventional police officers who try to figure out who and why killed these people.

Both movies feature eccentric men who who wander in the desert to find what they're looking for. Although plot isn't really that similar, these two productions give off similar vibes

Both movies are about family and friends that try to deal with difficulties and joys of pilgrimaging and prostrating to Lhasa together

Both movies show how traveling together affects the relationship between cold, quirky men and children in their care

Both movies tell the story of quirky men who walk through desert to try and solve a mystery regarding missing people

Both shows are comedies and tell the story of young men, who accidentally become key figures and officials

Both productions have Chen Kun as male lead, accompanied by cross-dressing strong female lead. While one of them focuses more on fighting/action and the other one focuses on politics, they both showcase women who are good at their, seemingly male-only, job.