A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story vs Family Secrets
Family Secrets has the higher audience score (8.6/10 against 6.8/10 for A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story). Family Secrets is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
Family Secrets| A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story | Family Secrets | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2021 |
| Seasons | 1 | 3 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Family |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Kelly Jones | Sema Ergenekon |
| Main cast | Toby Stephens, Bessie Carter, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson | Arda Anarat, Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Pınar Deniz, Uğur Polat, Zeyno Eracar |
Synopsis
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
A 1950s true crime drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged. This startling story reveals hidden truths about Ruth's murder of her lover, the legal case surrounding it and those who were also complicit.
Family Secrets
A lawyer and a prosecutor, whose paths cross with a murder case, will have to work together to find the murderer, and this will create an irreversible breaking point in their lives.
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