Villain Romance
This list is for villain MLs; for villain FLs and anti-heroines check this list of mine.
1 - ML is a bad person and/or a criminal
1a - ML has specifically hurt the FL, her family, and/or her people
1b - bully romance
2 - ML is considered a villain in society's eyes -- a monster, a demon, or some other "intrinsically evil" creature
3 - ML is literally a villain character in some kind of fictional universe
4 - special case where the FL falls for a hero ML, but the villain is also in love with the FL
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![My Villain Husband]()
1. My Villain Husband
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
3
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![The Smile Has Left Your Eyes]()
2. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
1a
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![Love Better Than Immortality]()
3. Love Better Than Immortality
Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
1 & 2
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![Flower of Evil]()
4. Flower of Evil
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
1
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![Night of Love with You]()
5. Night of Love with You
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
3
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![The Man Ripped From the Sky]()
6. The Man Ripped From the Sky
Chinese Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
3
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![The Princess Wei Young]()
7. The Princess Wei Young
Chinese Drama - 2016, 54 episodes
1a
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![The King's Woman]()
8. The King's Woman
Chinese Drama - 2017, 48 episodes
1a
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![The Villain Loves Me Too Much]()
9. The Villain Loves Me Too Much
Chinese Drama - 2022, 36 episodes
3
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![Till the End of the Moon]()
10. Till the End of the Moon
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
1a, 2
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![Ru Hua Ru Tu]()
11. Ru Hua Ru Tu
Chinese Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
2
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![The Legends]()
12. The Legends
Chinese Drama - 2019, 56 episodes
2, also 4
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![Love Between Fairy and Devil]()
13. Love Between Fairy and Devil
Chinese Drama - 2022, 36 episodes
1a, 2
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![Mr. Bad]()
14. Mr. Bad
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
3
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![Devil beside You]()
15. Devil beside You
Taiwanese Drama - 2005, 20 episodes
1b
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![Dong Lan Xue]()
16. Dong Lan Xue
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
1
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![General and I]()
17. General and I
Chinese Drama - 2017, 62 episodes
1a
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![Master Devil Do Not Kiss Me]()
18. Master Devil Do Not Kiss Me
Chinese Drama - 2017, 23 episodes
1b
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![The Killer Is Also Romantic]()
19. The Killer Is Also Romantic
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
1
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![The Starry Love]()
20. The Starry Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
2
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![I Love My President Though He's A Psycho]()
21. I Love My President Though He's A Psycho
Chinese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
1a
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![Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga Aru]()
22. Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga Aru
Japanese Drama - 2023, 13 episodes
1a
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![The Romance of Tiger and Rose]()
23. The Romance of Tiger and Rose
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
1
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![Sound of the Desert]()
24. Sound of the Desert
Chinese Drama - 2014, 35 episodes
1a
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![A Korean Odyssey]()
25. A Korean Odyssey
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
2
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![Crazy Love]()
26. Crazy Love
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
1a
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![Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo]()
27. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
1, 2
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![Princess Agents]()
28. Princess Agents
Chinese Drama - 2017, 67 episodes
1a
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![Falling for Innocence]()
29. Falling for Innocence
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
1b
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![Secret Love]()
30. Secret Love
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
1
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![Circle of Love]()
31. Circle of Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
1a
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![Doom at Your Service]()
32. Doom at Your Service
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
2
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![Before We Get Married]()
33. Before We Get Married
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
1
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![Maid's Revenge]()
34. Maid's Revenge
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
1a
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![Lost You Forever]()
35. Lost You Forever
Chinese Drama - 2023, 39 episodes
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![Stick to the Script!]()
36. Stick to the Script!
Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
3
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![The Queen of Attack]()
37. The Queen of Attack
Chinese Drama - 2021, 18 episodes
3
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![Twisted Fate of Love]()
38. Twisted Fate of Love
Chinese Drama - 2020, 43 episodes
1
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![That Winter, the Wind Blows]()
39. That Winter, the Wind Blows
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
1a
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![Boys over Flowers]()
40. Boys over Flowers
Japanese Drama - 2005, 9 episodes
1b
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![Tale of the Nine-Tailed]()
41. Tale of the Nine-Tailed
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
4
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![A Familiar Stranger]()
42. A Familiar Stranger
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
4
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![The Eternal Love]()
43. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
4
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![The Tale of Nokdu]()
44. The Tale of Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
4
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![The Heirs]()
45. The Heirs
Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
kind of 1b, 4
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![Jun Jiu Ling]()
46. Jun Jiu Ling
Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
4
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![Promise Cinderella]()
47. Promise Cinderella
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
1, kind of 1b
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![Extremely Perilous Love]()
48. Extremely Perilous Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
1a
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![I Want to Live to the Finale]()
49. I Want to Live to the Finale
Chinese Drama - 2021, 26 episodes
3
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![Love in Devil]()
50. Love in Devil
Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes
1a, 2
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![My Lady General]()
51. My Lady General
Chinese Drama - 2023, 23 episodes
1, 2 (hidden identity)
"I don't care about the suffering of others, but if you do, I'll walk with you"
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![Qiu Qiu Ni Bie Xin Dong]()
52. Qiu Qiu Ni Bie Xin Dong
Chinese Drama - 2023, 17 episodes
3
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![Word of Honor]()
53. Word of Honor
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
2
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![Dawn Is Breaking]()
54. Dawn Is Breaking
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
