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Types of drama in film and television subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Types_of_drama_in_film_and_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Docudrama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Docudrama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Docudrama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Docudrama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Docufiction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Docufiction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Docufiction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Docufiction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comedy_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comedy_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Comedy drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comedy_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hyperdrama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hyperdrama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Hyperdrama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hyperdrama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Light_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Light_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Light drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Light_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Psychological_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Psychological_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Psychological drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Psychological_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Satirical_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satirical_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Satirical drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satirical_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Straight_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Straight_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Straight drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Straight_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Type/genre_combinations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Type/genre_combinations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Type/genre combinations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Type/genre_combinations-sublist" class="cdx-button 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Horror drama </span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Horror_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Life_drama_(day-in-the-life)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Life_drama_(day-in-the-life)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Life drama (day-in-the-life)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Life_drama_(day-in-the-life)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Romantic_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Romantic_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Romantic drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Romantic_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Science_fiction_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Science_fiction_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Science fiction drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Science_fiction_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Sports drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-War_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#War_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>War drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-War_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Western_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Western_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Western drama </span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Western_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Misidentified_categories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Misidentified_categories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Misidentified categories</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Misidentified_categories-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Misidentified categories subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Misidentified_categories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Family_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Family_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Family drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Family_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Melodrama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Melodrama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Melodrama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Melodrama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Liturgical_drama_/_Religious_drama_/_Christian_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Liturgical_drama_/_Religious_drama_/_Christian_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Liturgical drama / Religious drama / Christian drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Liturgical_drama_/_Religious_drama_/_Christian_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crime_drama/police_procedural/legal_drama/courtroom_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crime_drama/police_procedural/legal_drama/courtroom_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Crime drama/police procedural/legal drama/courtroom drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crime_drama/police_procedural/legal_drama/courtroom_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historical_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Historical drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medical_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medical_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Medical drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medical_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Teen_drama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Teen_drama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Teen drama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Teen_drama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_and_cited_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cine_de_drama" title="Cine de drama – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cine de drama" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cine_dram%C3%A1ticu" title="Cine dramáticu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cine dramáticu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dram_(film_v%C9%99_televiziya)" title="Dram (film və televiziya) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dram (film və televiziya)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D1%96_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5)" title="Драма (кіно і тэлебачанне) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Драма (кіно і тэлебачанне)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC" title="Драматычны фільм – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Драматычны фільм" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%80)" title="Драма (жанр) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Драма (жанр)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramski_film" title="Dramski film – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Dramski film" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmov%C3%A9_drama" title="Filmové drama – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Filmové drama" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffilm_ddrama" title="Ffilm ddrama – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ffilm ddrama" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramafilm" title="Dramafilm – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dramafilm" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(Filmgenre)" title="Drama (Filmgenre) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Drama (Filmgenre)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draamafilm" title="Draamafilm – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Draamafilm" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B1_(%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7)" title="Δράμα (κινηματογράφος και τηλεόραση) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δράμα (κινηματογράφος και τηλεόραση)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(cine_y_televisi%C3%B3n)" title="Drama (cine y televisión) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Drama (cine y televisión)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_filmo" title="Drama filmo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Drama filmo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinema_dramatiko" title="Zinema dramatiko – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Zinema dramatiko" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86)" title="درام (فیلم و تلویزیون) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="درام (فیلم و تلویزیون)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drame_(cin%C3%A9ma)" title="Drame (cinéma) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drame (cinéma)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(film)" title="Drama (film) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Drama (film)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88_%EC%98%81%ED%99%94" title="드라마 영화 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="드라마 영화" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95_(%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8)" title="नाटक (फिल्म और दूरदर्शन) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नाटक (फिल्म और दूरदर्शन)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramski_film" title="Dramski film – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dramski film" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_drama" title="Film drama – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Film drama" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_drammatico" title="Film drammatico – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Film drammatico" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94" title="סרט דרמה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סרט דרמה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dram_(sinema)" title="Dram (sinema) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Dram (sinema)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C4%81mas_filma" title="Drāmas filma – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Drāmas filma" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(Film)" title="Drama (Film) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Drama (Film)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmdr%C3%A1ma" title="Filmdráma – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Filmdráma" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%80)" title="Драма (филмски жанр) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Драма (филмски жанр)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82_(%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82)" title="നാടകം (സിനിമയും ടെലിവിഷനും) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നാടകം (സിനിമയും ടെലിവിഷനും)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_(%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80)" title="नाट्य (चित्रपट आणि दूरचित्रवाणी) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नाट्य (चित्रपट आणि दूरचित्रवाणी)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" title="فيلم دراما – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فيلم دراما" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(filem_dan_televisyen)" title="Drama (filem dan televisyen) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Drama (filem dan televisyen)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramafilm" title="Dramafilm – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dramafilm" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB" title="ドラマ映画 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ドラマ映画" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC" title="Драматически фильм – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Драматически фильм" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramafilm" title="Dramafilm – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dramafilm" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(kino_va_televideniye)" title="Drama (kino va televideniye) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Drama (kino va televideniye)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramat_filmowy" title="Dramat filmowy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dramat filmowy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(cinema_e_televis%C3%A3o)" title="Drama (cinema e televisão) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Drama (cinema e televisão)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_dramatic" title="Film dramatic – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Film dramatic" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC" title="Драматический фильм – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Драматический фильм" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_(%D8%AA%DB%95%D9%84%DB%95%DA%A4%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%88_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85)" title="دراما (تەلەڤیزیۆن و فیلم) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دراما (تەلەڤیزیۆن و فیلم)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%80)" title="Драма (филмски жанр) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Драма (филмски жанр)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramski_film" title="Dramski film – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Dramski film" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draamaelokuva" title="Draamaelokuva – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Draamaelokuva" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramafilm" title="Dramafilm – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Dramafilm" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelikulang_Drama" title="Pelikulang Drama – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Pelikulang Drama" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF)" title="நாடகம் (திரைப்படம் மற்றும் தொலைக்காட்சி) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="நாடகம் (திரைப்படம் மற்றும் தொலைக்காட்சி)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2_(%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C)" title="ดรามา (ภาพยนตร์และละครโทรทัศน์) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ดรามา (ภาพยนตร์และละครโทรทัศน์)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2%D3%A3" title="Филми драмавӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Филми драмавӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dram_(sinema_ve_televizyon)" title="Dram (sinema ve televizyon) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Dram (sinema ve televizyon)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ambox_clock_yellow.svg/40px-Ambox_clock_yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ambox_clock_yellow.svg/60px-Ambox_clock_yellow.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ambox_clock_yellow.svg/80px-Ambox_clock_yellow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>appears to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recentism" title="Wikipedia:Recentism">slanted towards recent events</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit">add more content</a> related to non-recent events.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 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title="Film">film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television_show" title="Television show">television</a>, <b>drama</b> is a category or genre of <a href="/wiki/Narrative" title="Narrative">narrative</a> <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Docudrama" title="Docudrama">semi-fiction</a>) intended to be more serious than <a href="/wiki/Humour" title="Humour">humorous</a> in tone.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Police_procedural" title="Police procedural">police crime drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Political_drama" title="Political drama">political drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legal_drama" title="Legal drama">legal drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Historical_drama" title="Historical drama">historical drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domestic_drama" title="Domestic drama">domestic drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teen_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Teen drama">teen drama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Comedy-drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy-drama">comedy-drama</a> (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular <a href="/wiki/Setting_(narrative)" title="Setting (narrative)">setting</a> or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of <a href="/wiki/Mood_(literature)" title="Mood (literature)">moods</a>. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of <a href="/wiki/Conflict_(process)" title="Conflict (process)">conflict</a>—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. </p><p>All forms of <a href="/wiki/Film_industry" title="Film industry">cinema</a> or television that involve <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fictional stories</a> are forms of <a href="/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">drama in the broader sense</a> if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who <a href="/wiki/Representation_(arts)" title="Representation (arts)">represent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mimesis" title="Mimesis">mimesis</a>) <a href="/wiki/Character_(arts)" title="Character (arts)">characters</a>. In this broader sense, drama is a <a href="/wiki/Mode_(literature)" title="Mode (literature)">mode</a> distinct from novels, <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short stories</a>, and narrative <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a> or <a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">songs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elam98_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elam98-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the modern era, before the birth of cinema or television, "drama" within <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatre</a> was a type of <a href="/wiki/Play_(theatre)" title="Play (theatre)">play</a> that was neither a <a href="/wiki/Comedy_(drama)" title="Comedy (drama)">comedy</a> nor a <a href="/wiki/Tragedy" title="Tragedy">tragedy</a>. It is this narrower sense that the film and television industries, along with <a href="/wiki/Film_studies" title="Film studies">film studies</a>, adopted. "<a href="/wiki/Radio_drama" title="Radio drama">Radio drama</a>" has been used in both senses—originally transmitted in a live performance, it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_drama_in_film_and_television">Types of drama in film and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Types of drama in film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Self-contradictory plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Accuracy dispute"><img alt="Exclamation mark with arrows pointing at each other" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/38px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/57px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/76px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article or section <b>appears to contradict itself</b> <b>on States horror drama as both a distinct genre as well as defining it as just a straight horror film with no comedy. which is it?</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please see the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Talk:Drama (film and television)">talk page</a> for more information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Screenwriters_Taxonomy" title="Screenwriters Taxonomy">Screenwriters Taxonomy</a> contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character and story, and therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, the taxonomy contends that film dramas are a "Type" of film; listing at least ten different sub-types of film and television drama.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Docudrama">Docudrama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Docudrama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Docudrama" title="Docudrama">Docudrama</a></div> <p>Docudramas are dramatized adaptations of real-life events. While not always completely accurate, the general facts are more-or-less true.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The difference between a docudrama and a documentary is that in a documentary it uses real people to describe history or current events; in a docudrama it uses professionally trained actors to play the roles in the current event, that is "dramatized" a bit. Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Mass_(film)" title="Black Mass (film)">Black Mass</a></i> (2015) and <i><a href="/wiki/Zodiac_(film)" title="Zodiac (film)">Zodiac</a></i> (2007). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Docufiction">Docufiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Docufiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Docufiction" title="Docufiction">Docufiction</a></div> <p>Unlike docudramas, docu-fictional films combine documentary and fiction, where actual footage or real events are intermingled with recreated scenes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/Interior._Leather_Bar." title="Interior. Leather Bar.">Interior. Leather Bar</a></i> (2013) and <i><a href="/wiki/Your_Name_Here_(2015_film)" title="Your Name Here (2015 film)">Your Name Here</a></i> (2015). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comedy_drama">Comedy drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Comedy drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Comedy_drama" title="Comedy drama">Comedy drama</a></div> <p>Many otherwise serious productions have humorous scenes and characters intended to provide <a href="/wiki/Comic_relief" title="Comic relief">comic relief</a>. A comedy drama has humor as a more central component of the story, along with serious content.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples include <i><a href="/wiki/Three_Colours:_White" title="Three Colours: White">Three Colours: White</a></i> (1994), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Truman_Show" title="The Truman Show">The Truman Show</a></i> (1998), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i> (2002), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Exotic_Marigold_Hotel" title="The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel">The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</a></i> (2011), and <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Linings_Playbook" title="Silver Linings Playbook">Silver Linings Playbook</a></i> (2012). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hyperdrama">Hyperdrama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hyperdrama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hyperdrama" title="Hyperdrama">Hyperdrama</a></div> <p>Coined by film professor <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dancyger" title="Ken Dancyger">Ken Dancyger</a>, these stories exaggerate characters and situations to the point of becoming fable, legend or fairy tale.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox_(film)" title="Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)">Fantastic Mr. Fox</a></i> (2009) and <i><a href="/wiki/Maleficent_(film)" title="Maleficent (film)">Maleficent</a></i> (2014). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Light_drama">Light drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Light drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Light dramas are light-hearted stories that are, nevertheless, serious in nature.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Help_(film)" title="The Help (film)">The Help</a></i> (2011) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Terminal" title="The Terminal">The Terminal</a></i> (2004). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Psychological_drama">Psychological drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Psychological drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Psychological_drama" title="Psychological drama">Psychological drama</a></div> <p>Psychological dramas are dramas that focus on the characters' inner life and psychological problems.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream" title="Requiem for a Dream">Requiem for a Dream</a></i> (2000), <i><a href="/wiki/Oldboy_(2003_film)" title="Oldboy (2003 film)">Oldboy</a></i> (2003), <i><a href="/wiki/Babel_(film)" title="Babel (film)">Babel</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Whiplash_(2014_film)" title="Whiplash (2014 film)">Whiplash</a></i> (2014), and <i><a href="/wiki/Anomalisa" title="Anomalisa">Anomalisa</a></i> (2015) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satirical_drama">Satirical drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Satirical drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Satire_(film_and_television)" title="Satire (film and television)">Satire (film and television)</a></div> <p>Satire can involve humor, but the result is typically sharp social commentary that is anything but funny. Satire often uses irony or exaggeration to expose faults in society or individuals that influence social ideology.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/Thank_You_for_Smoking" title="Thank You for Smoking">Thank You for Smoking</a></i> (2005) and <i><a href="/wiki/Idiocracy" title="Idiocracy">Idiocracy</a></i> (2006). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Straight_drama">Straight drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Straight drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Straight drama applies to those that do not attempt a specific approach to drama but, rather, consider drama as a lack of comedic techniques.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples: <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_World_(film)" title="Ghost World (film)">Ghost World</a></i> (2001) and <i><a href="/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_(2011_film)" title="Wuthering Heights (2011 film)">Wuthering Heights</a></i> (2011). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Type/genre_combinations"><span id="Type.2Fgenre_combinations"></span>Type/genre combinations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Type/genre combinations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Screenwriters' Taxonomy, all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) of the eleven super-genres.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This combination does not create a separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. </p><p>According to the taxonomy, combining the type with the genre does not create a separate genre.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For instance, the "Horror Drama" is simply a dramatic horror film (as opposed to a comedic horror film). "Horror Drama" is not a genre separate from the horror genre or the drama type.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime_drama">Crime drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Crime drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Crime dramas explore themes of truth, justice, and freedom, and contain the fundamental dichotomy of "criminal vs. lawman". Crime films make the audience jump through a series of mental "hoops"; it is not uncommon for the crime drama to use verbal gymnastics to keep the audience and the protagonist on their toes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </p><p>Examples of crime dramas include: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather" title="The Godfather">The Godfather</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/wiki/Chinatown_(1974_film)" title="Chinatown (1974 film)">Chinatown</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="/wiki/Goodfellas" title="Goodfellas">Goodfellas</a></i> (1990), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects" title="The Usual Suspects">The Usual Suspects</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Short_(film)" title="The Big Short (film)">The Big Short</a></i> (2015), and <i><a href="/wiki/Udta_Punjab" title="Udta Punjab">Udta Punjab</a></i> (2016). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fantasy_drama">Fantasy drama </h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fantasy drama "><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Eric_R._Williams" title="Eric R. Williams">Eric R. Williams</a>, the hallmark of fantasy drama films is "a sense of wonderment, typically played out in a visually intense world inhabited by mythic creatures, magic or superhuman characters. Props and costumes within these films often belie a sense of mythology and folklore – whether ancient, futuristic, or other-worldly. The costumes, as well as the exotic world, reflect the personal, inner struggles that the hero faces in the story."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples of fantasy dramas include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)" title="The Lord of the Rings (film series)">The Lord of the Rings</a></i> (2001–2003), <i><a href="/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth" title="Pan's Labyrinth">Pan's Labyrinth</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are_(film)" title="Where the Wild Things Are (film)">Where the Wild Things Are</a></i> (2009), and <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Pi_(film)" title="Life of Pi (film)">Life of Pi</a></i> (2012). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horror_drama">Horror drama </h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Horror drama "><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horror dramas often involve the central characters isolated from the rest of society. These characters are often teenagers or people in their early twenties (the genre's central audience) and are eventually killed off during the course of the film. Thematically, horror films often serve as morality tales, with the killer serving up violent penance for the victims' past sins.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Metaphorically, these become battles of Good vs. Evil or Purity vs. Sin.  </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)" title="Psycho (1960 film)">Psycho</a></i> (1960), <i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)" title="Halloween (1978 film)">Halloween</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shining_(film)" title="The Shining (film)">The Shining</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Conjuring" title="The Conjuring">The Conjuring</a></i> (2013), <i><a href="/wiki/It_(2017_film)" title="It (2017 film)">It</a></i> (2017), <i><a href="/wiki/Mother!" title="Mother!">mother!</a></i> (2017), and <i><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_(film)" title="Hereditary (film)">Hereditary</a></i> (2018) are examples of horror drama films. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_drama_(day-in-the-life)"><span id="Life_drama_.28day-in-the-life.29"></span>Life drama (day-in-the-life)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Life drama (day-in-the-life)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Slice_of_life" title="Slice of life">Slice of life</a></div> <p>Day-in-the-life films takes small events in a person's life and raises their level of importance. The "small things in life" feel as important to the protagonist (and the audience) as the climactic battle in an action film, or the final shootout in a western.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often, the protagonists deal with multiple, overlapping issues in the course of the film – just as we do in life.  </p><p>Films of this type/genre combination include: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestler_(2008_film)" title="The Wrestler (2008 film)">The Wrestler</a></i> (2008), <i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruitvale Station">Fruitvale Station</a></i> (2013), and <i><a href="/wiki/Locke_(film)" title="Locke (film)">Locke</a></i> (2013). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romantic_drama">Romantic drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Romantic drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Romantic dramas are films with central themes that reinforce our beliefs about love (e.g.: themes such as "love at first sight", "love conquers all", or "there is someone out there for everyone"); the story typically revolves around characters falling into (and out of, and back into) love.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_Hall" title="Annie Hall">Annie Hall</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Notebook" title="The Notebook">The Notebook</a></i> (2004), <i><a href="/wiki/Carol_(film)" title="Carol (film)">Carol</a></i> (2015), <i><a href="/wiki/Her_(film)" title="Her (film)">Her</a></i> (2013)<i>, and <a href="/wiki/La_La_Land" title="La La Land">La La Land</a></i> (2016) are examples of romance dramas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_fiction_drama">Science fiction drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Science fiction drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The science fiction drama film is often the story of a protagonist (and their allies) facing something "unknown" that has the potential to change the future of humanity; this unknown may be represented by a villain with incomprehensible powers, a creature we do not understand, or a scientific scenario that threatens to change the world; the science fiction story forces the audience to consider the nature of human beings, the confines of time or space or the concepts of human existence in general.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples include: <i><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)" title="Metropolis (1927 film)">Metropolis</a></i> (1927), <i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)" title="Planet of the Apes (1968 film)">Planet of the Apes</a></i> (1968), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)" title="A Clockwork Orange (film)">A Clockwork Orange</a></i> (1971), <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner" title="Blade Runner">Blade Runner</a></i> (1982) and its sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049" title="Blade Runner 2049">Blade Runner 2049</a></i> (2017), <i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Men" title="Children of Men">Children of Men</a></i> (2006), and <i><a href="/wiki/Arrival_(film)" title="Arrival (film)">Arrival</a></i> (2016). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_drama">Sports drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sports drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sports_film" title="Sports film">Sports film</a></div> <p>In the sports super-genre, characters will be playing sports. Thematically, the story is often one of "Our Team" versus "Their Team"; their team will always try to win, and our team will show the world that they deserve recognition or redemption; the story does not always have to involve a team. The story could also be about an individual athlete or the story could focus on an individual playing on a team.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples of this genre/type include: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hustler" title="The Hustler">The Hustler</a></i> (1961), <i><a href="/wiki/Hoosiers_(film)" title="Hoosiers (film)">Hoosiers</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Remember_the_Titans" title="Remember the Titans">Remember the Titans</a></i> (2000), and <i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">Moneyball</a></i> (2011). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_drama">War drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: War drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/War_film" title="War film">War film</a></div> <p>War films typically tells the story of a small group of isolated individuals who – one by one – get killed (literally or metaphorically) by an outside force until there is a final fight to the death; the idea of the protagonists facing death is a central expectation in a war drama film. In a war film even though the enemy may out-number, or out-power, the hero, we assume that the enemy <i>can</i> be defeated if only the hero can figure out how.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </p><p>Examples include: <i><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_Now" title="Apocalypse Now">Apocalypse Now</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Come_and_See" title="Come and See">Come and See</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Braveheart" title="Braveheart">Braveheart</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful" title="Life Is Beautiful">Life Is Beautiful</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Book_(film)" title="Black Book (film)">Black Book</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker" title="The Hurt Locker">The Hurt Locker</a></i> (2008), <i><a href="/wiki/1944_(film)" title="1944 (film)">1944</a></i> (2015), <i><a href="/wiki/Wildeye" title="Wildeye">Wildeye</a></i> (2015), and <i><a href="/wiki/1917_(2019_film)" title="1917 (2019 film)">1917</a></i> (2019). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_drama">Western drama </h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Western drama "><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Films in the <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">western</a> super-genre often take place in the <a href="/wiki/American_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="American Southwest">American Southwest</a> or Mexico, with a large number of scenes occurring outdoors so we can soak in scenic landscapes. Visceral expectations for the audience include fistfights, gunplay, and chase scenes. There is also the expectation of spectacular panoramic images of the countryside including sunsets, wide open landscapes, and endless deserts and sky.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </p><p>Examples of western dramas include: <i><a href="/wiki/True_Grit_(1969_film)" title="True Grit (1969 film)">True Grit</a></i> (1969) and its <a href="/wiki/True_Grit_(2010_film)" title="True Grit (2010 film)">2010 remake</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Max_(film)" title="Mad Max (film)">Mad Max</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Unforgiven" title="Unforgiven">Unforgiven</a></i> (1992), <i><a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men" title="No Country for Old Men">No Country for Old Men</a></i> (2007), <i><a href="/wiki/Django_Unchained" title="Django Unchained">Django Unchained</a></i> (2012), <i><a href="/wiki/Hell_or_High_Water_(film)" title="Hell or High Water (film)">Hell or High Water</a></i> (2016), and <i><a href="/wiki/Logan_(film)" title="Logan (film)">Logan</a></i> (2017). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Misidentified_categories">Misidentified categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Misidentified categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some film categories that use the word "comedy" or "drama" are not recognized by the Screenwriters Taxonomy as either a film genre or a film type. For instance, "Melodrama" and "Screwball Comedy" are considered Pathways,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while "romantic comedy" and "family drama" are macro-genres.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_drama">Family drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Family drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A macro-genre in the Screenwriters Taxonomy. These films tell a story in which many of the central characters are related. The story revolves around how the family as a whole reacts to a central challenge. There are four micro-genres for the family drama: <i>Family Bond</i>, <i>Family Feud</i>, <i>Family Loss</i>, and <i>Family Rift</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Melodrama">Melodrama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Melodrama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Melodrama" title="Melodrama">Melodrama</a></div> <p>A sub-type of drama films that uses plots that appeal to the heightened emotions of the audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with "crises of human emotion, failed romance or friendship, strained familial situations, tragedy, illness, neuroses, or emotional and physical hardship".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Film critics sometimes use the term "pejoratively to connote an unrealistic, pathos-filled, <a href="/wiki/Camp_(style)" title="Camp (style)">camp</a> tale of romance or domestic situations with stereotypical characters (often including a central female character) that would directly appeal to feminine audiences".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also called "women's movies", "weepies", tearjerkers, or "chick flicks". If they are targeted to a male audience, then they are called "guy cry" films. Often considered "soap-opera" drama. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liturgical_drama_/_Religious_drama_/_Christian_drama"><span id="Liturgical_drama_.2F_Religious_drama_.2F_Christian_drama"></span>Liturgical drama / Religious drama / Christian drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Liturgical drama / Religious drama / Christian drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_drama" title="Liturgical drama">Liturgical drama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_drama" title="Christian drama">Christian drama</a></div> <p>Focuses on religious characters, mystery play, beliefs, and respect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime_drama/police_procedural/legal_drama/courtroom_drama"><span id="Crime_drama.2Fpolice_procedural.2Flegal_drama.2Fcourtroom_drama"></span>Crime drama/police procedural/legal drama/courtroom drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Crime drama/police procedural/legal drama/courtroom drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Crime_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime drama">Crime drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Police_procedural" title="Police procedural">police procedural</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Legal_drama" title="Legal drama">legal drama</a></div> <p>Character development based on themes involving criminals, law enforcement and the legal system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_drama">Historical drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Historical drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Historical_drama" title="Historical drama">Historical drama</a></div> <p>Films that focus on dramatic events in history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_drama">Medical drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Medical drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Medical_drama" title="Medical drama">Medical drama</a></div> <p>Focuses on doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and ambulance saving victims and the interactions of their daily lives. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teen_drama">Teen drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Teen drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_teen_dramas" title="List of teen dramas">List of teen dramas</a></div> <p>Focuses on <a href="/wiki/Teenage" class="mw-redirect" title="Teenage">teenage</a> characters, especially where a <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary school</a> setting plays a role. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_drama_films" title="List of drama films">List of drama films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourgeois_tragedy" title="Bourgeois tragedy">Bourgeois tragedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domestic_tragedy" title="Domestic tragedy">Domestic tragedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dramatic_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramatic structure">Dramatic structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">Soap opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tragicomedy" title="Tragicomedy">Tragicomedy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drama_(film_and_television)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drama">"Drama"</a>. 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title="Fantastique">Fantastique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Found_footage_(film_technique)" title="Found footage (film technique)">Found footage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_underground_horror" title="German underground horror">German underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ghost_films" title="List of ghost films">Ghost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giallo" title="Giallo">Giallo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_giallo_films" title="List of giallo films">List of films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_holiday_horror_films" title="List of holiday horror films">Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_horror" title="Japanese horror">Japanese horror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_horror" title="Korean horror">Korean horror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror" title="Lovecraftian horror">Lovecraftian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_natural_horror_films" title="List of natural horror films">Natural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Extremity" class="mw-redirect" title="New Extremity">New French Extremity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_in_horror_films" title="Gender in horror films">Psycho-biddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_horror" title="Psychological horror">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_horror_films" title="List of science fiction horror films">Science fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slasher_film" title="Slasher film">Slasher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Splatter_film" title="Splatter film">Splatter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satanic_film" title="Satanic film">Satanic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximalist_film" title="Maximalist film">Maximalist film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minimalist_film" title="Minimalist film">Minimalist film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumblecore" title="Mumblecore">Mumblecore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">Musical</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthouse_musical" title="Arthouse musical">Arthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backstage_musical" title="Backstage musical">Backstage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jukebox_musical" title="Jukebox musical">Jukebox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musicarello" title="Musicarello">Musicarello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operetta_film" title="Operetta film">Operetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sceneggiata" title="Sceneggiata">Sceneggiata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_film" title="Mystery film">Mystery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detective_fiction" title="Detective fiction">Detective</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occult_detective_fiction" title="Occult detective fiction">Occult detective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whodunit" title="Whodunit">Whodunit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giallo" title="Giallo">Giallo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossover_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossover fiction">Crossover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornographic_film" title="Pornographic film">Pornographic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_pornography" title="Hardcore pornography">Hardcore pornography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Softcore_pornography" title="Softcore pornography">Softcore pornography</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Malayalam_softcore_pornography" title="Malayalam softcore pornography">Malayalam</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_film" title="Propaganda film">Propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reality_film" title="Reality film">Reality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romance_film" title="Romance film">Romantic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romantic_comedy" title="Romantic comedy">Comedy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bromantic_comedy" title="Bromantic comedy">Bromantic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romantic_fantasy" title="Romantic fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_romance_film" title="Gothic romance film">Gothic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paranormal_romance" title="Paranormal romance">Paranormal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romantic_thriller" title="Romantic thriller">Thriller</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_film" title="Science fiction film">Science fiction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthouse_science_fiction_film" title="Arthouse science fiction film">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_comedy" title="Science fiction comedy">Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastique" title="Fantastique">Fantastique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fantasy" title="Science fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic science fiction">Gothic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_horror_films" title="List of science fiction horror films">Horror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_science_fiction" title="Military science fiction">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Wave_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="New Wave science fiction">New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_opera" title="Space opera">Space opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steampunk" title="Steampunk">Steampunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">Tokusatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Western" title="Space Western">Western</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slice_of_life" title="Slice of life">Slice of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slow_cinema" title="Slow cinema">Slow cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survival_film" title="Survival film">Survival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_film" title="Thriller film">Thriller</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_thriller" title="Comedy thriller">Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erotic_thriller" title="Erotic thriller">Erotic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_thriller" title="Financial thriller">Financial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giallo" title="Giallo">Giallo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_thriller" title="Legal thriller">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Extremity" class="mw-redirect" title="New Extremity">New French Extremity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_thriller" title="Political thriller">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_thriller" title="Psychological thriller">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romantic_thriller" title="Romantic thriller">Romantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Techno-thriller" title="Techno-thriller">Techno</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transgressive_art" title="Transgressive art">Transgressive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Transgression" title="Cinema of Transgression">Cinema of Transgression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_cinema" title="Extreme cinema">Extreme cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Extremity" class="mw-redirect" title="New Extremity">New French Extremity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trick_film" title="Trick film">Trick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By theme</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_about_animals" title="List of films about animals">Animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_party_film" title="Beach party film">Beach party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_swap" title="Body swap">Body swap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_film" title="Buddy film">Buddy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_cop" title="Buddy cop">Buddy cop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Female_buddy_film" title="Female buddy film">Female</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannibal_film" title="Cannibal film">Cannibal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicano_films" title="List of Chicano films">Chicano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_cinema" title="Colonial cinema">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coming-of-age_story" title="Coming-of-age story">Coming-of-age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concert_film" title="Concert film">Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_film" title="Crime film">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detective_fiction" title="Detective fiction">Detective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangster_film" title="Gangster film">Gangster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_thief" title="Gentleman thief">Gentleman thief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokud%C5%8D" title="Gokudō">Gokudō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gong%27an_fiction" title="Gong'an fiction">Gong'an</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heist_film" title="Heist film">Heist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heroic_bloodshed" title="Heroic bloodshed">Heroic bloodshed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hood_film" title="Hood film">Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafia_film" title="Mafia film">Mafia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafia_comedy_film" title="Mafia comedy film">Mafia comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbai_underworld_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Mumbai underworld film">Mumbai underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poliziotteschi" title="Poliziotteschi">Poliziotteschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakuza_film" title="Yakuza film">Yakuza</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_film" title="Dance in film">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disaster_film" title="Disaster film">Disaster</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_apocalyptic_films" title="List of apocalyptic films">Apocalyptic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_drug_films" title="List of drug films">Drug</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_film" title="Psychedelic film">Psychedelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoner_film" title="Stoner film">Stoner</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dystopian_films" title="List of dystopian films">Dystopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecchi" title="Ecchi">Ecchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_film" title="Economics film">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnographic_film" title="Ethnographic film">Ethnographic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exploitation_film" title="Exploitation film">Exploitation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blaxploitation" title="Blaxploitation">Blaxploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexploitation" title="Mexploitation">Mexploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turksploitation" title="Turksploitation">Turksploitation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_extraterrestrials" title="List of films featuring extraterrestrials">Extraterrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_about_food_and_drink" title="List of films about food and drink">Food and drink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gendai-geki" title="Gendai-geki">Gendai-geki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ghost_films" title="List of ghost films">Ghost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goona-goona_epic" title="Goona-goona epic">Goona-goona epic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_film" title="Gothic film">Gothic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_romance_film" title="Gothic romance film">Romance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic science fiction">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Gothic" title="Suburban Gothic">Suburban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girls_with_guns" title="Girls with guns">Girls with guns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harem_(genre)" title="Harem (genre)">Harem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hentai" title="Hentai">Hentai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lolicon" title="Lolicon">Lolicon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotacon" title="Shotacon">Shotacon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tentacle_erotica" title="Tentacle erotica">Tentacle erotica</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heimatfilm" title="Heimatfilm">Homeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isekai" title="Isekai">Isekai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jidaigeki" title="Jidaigeki">Jidaigeki</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samurai_cinema" title="Samurai cinema">Samurai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_thief" title="Gentleman thief">Kaitō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBTQ-related_films" title="List of LGBTQ-related films">LGBTQ</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yaoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaoi">Yaoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_(genre)" title="Yuri (genre)">Yuri</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luchador_films" title="Luchador films">Luchador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magical_girl" title="Magical girl">Magical girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_arts_film" title="Martial arts film">Martial arts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruceploitation" title="Bruceploitation">Bruceploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopsocky" title="Chopsocky">Chopsocky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_fu" title="Gun fu">Gun fu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kung_fu_film" title="Kung fu film">Kung fu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ninja_films" title="List of ninja films">Ninja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wuxia" title="Wuxia">Wuxia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecha" title="Mecha">Mecha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mecha_anime_and_manga" title="Mecha anime and manga">Anime</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monster_movie" title="Monster movie">Monster</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_giant_monsters" title="List of films featuring giant monsters">Giant monster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">Kaiju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mummy_films" title="List of mummy films">Mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vampire_film" title="Vampire film">Vampire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_zombie_films" title="List of zombie films">Zombie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zombie_comedy" title="Zombie comedy">Zombie comedy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_film" title="Mountain film">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_da_Boca_do_Lixo" title="Cinema da Boca do Lixo">Mouth of Garbage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_social" title="Muslim social">Muslim social</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_documentary" title="Nature documentary">Nature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_environmental_films" title="List of environmental films">Environmental issues</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opera_film" title="Opera film">Opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_biker_film" title="Outlaw biker film">Outlaw biker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozploitation" title="Ozploitation">Ozploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partisan_film" title="Partisan film">Partisan film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prison_film" title="Prison film">Prison</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_prison_film" title="Women in prison film">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_film" title="Race film">Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape_and_revenge_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Rape and revenge film">Rape and revenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_movie" title="Road movie">Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tr%C3%BCmmerfilm" title="Trümmerfilm">Rubble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumberas_film" title="Rumberas film">Rumberas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexploitation_film" title="Sexploitation film">Sexploitation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bavarian_porn" title="Bavarian porn">Bavarian porn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commedia_sexy_all%27italiana" title="Commedia sexy all'italiana">Commedia sexy all'italiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_sex_comedy" title="Mexican sex comedy">Mexican sex comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_exploitation" title="Nazi exploitation">Nazi exploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornochanchada" title="Pornochanchada">Pornochanchada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nunsploitation" title="Nunsploitation">Nunsploitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_report_film" title="Sex report film">Sex report</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoshimin-eiga" title="Shoshimin-eiga">Shoshimin-eiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_slavery" title="List of films featuring slavery">Slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slice_of_life" title="Slice of life">Slice of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snuff_film" title="Snuff film">Snuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Seas_genre" title="South Seas genre">South Seas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_film" title="Sports film">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spy_film" title="Spy film">Spy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurospy_film" title="Eurospy film">Eurospy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superhero_film" title="Superhero film">Superhero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surf_film" title="Surf film">Surfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swashbuckler_film" title="Swashbuckler film">Swashbuckler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword-and-sandal" title="Sword-and-sandal">Sword-and-sandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_and_sorcery" title="Sword and sorcery">Sword and sorcery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travel_documentary" title="Travel documentary">Travel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imaginary_voyage" title="Imaginary voyage">imaginary voyage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trial_film" title="Trial film">Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigilante_film" title="Vigilante film">Vigilante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_film" title="War film">War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_anti-war_films" title="List of anti-war films">Anti-war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_War" title="Euro War">Euro War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_films" title="Submarine films">Submarine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_film" title="Western film">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acid_Western" title="Acid Western">Acid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Western" title="Contemporary Western">Contemporary Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacoit_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Dacoit Western">Dacoit Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy Western">Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Western" title="Florida Western">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horror_Western" title="Horror Western">Horror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Western" title="Australian Western">Meat pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_(genre)" title="Northern (genre)">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ostern" title="Ostern">Ostern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revisionist_Western" title="Revisionist Western">Revisionist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_Western" title="Science fiction Western">Science fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singing_cowboy" title="Singing cowboy">Singing cowboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Western" title="Space Western">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaghetti_Western" title="Spaghetti Western">Spaghetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weird_West" title="Weird West">Weird Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zapata_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Zapata Western">Zapata Western</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By movement <br /> or period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Absolute_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute film">Absolute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_eccentric_cinema" title="American eccentric cinema">American eccentric cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Objectivity_(filmmaking)" title="New Objectivity (filmmaking)">New Objectivity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_New_Wave" title="Australian New Wave">Australian New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auteur" title="Auteur">Auteur films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berlin_School_(filmmaking)" title="Berlin School (filmmaking)">Berlin School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourekas_film" title="Bourekas film">Bourekas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_School_(filmmaking)" title="Brighton School (filmmaking)">Brighton School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_New_Wave" title="British New Wave">British New Wave</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kitchen_sink_realism" title="Kitchen sink realism">Kitchen sink realism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budapest_school" title="Budapest school">Budapest school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calligrafismo" title="Calligrafismo">Calligrafismo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannibal_film" title="Cannibal film">Cannibal boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9ma_du_look" title="Cinéma du look">Cinéma du look</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_Novo" title="Cinema Novo">Cinema Novo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Transgression" title="Cinema of Transgression">Cinema of Transgression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9ma_pur" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinéma pur">Cinéma pur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commedia_all%27italiana" title="Commedia all'italiana">Commedia all'italiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_New_Wave" title="Czechoslovak New Wave">Czechoslovak New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Documentary_Film_Movement" title="Documentary Film Movement">Documentary Film Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogme_95" title="Dogme 95">Dogme 95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erra_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Erra Cinema">Erra Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_art_cinema" title="European art cinema">European art cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_d%27art" title="Film d'art">Film d'art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_gris" title="Film gris">Film gris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Cinema" title="Free Cinema">Free Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_New_Wave" title="French New Wave">French New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_expressionist_cinema" title="German expressionist cinema">German Expressionist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_underground_horror" title="German underground horror">German underground horror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Nigerian_Cinema" title="Golden Age of Nigerian Cinema">Nigerian Golden Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grupo_Cine_Liberaci%C3%B3n" title="Grupo Cine Liberación">Grupo Cine Liberación</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heimatfilm" title="Heimatfilm">Heimatfilm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_on_the_Tiber" title="Hollywood on the Tiber">Hollywood on the Tiber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_New_Wave" title="Hong Kong New Wave">Hong Kong New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiewood" title="Indiewood">Indiewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_New_Wave" title="Iranian New Wave">Iranian New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_futurism_in_cinema" title="Italian futurism in cinema">Italian futurist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_neorealism" title="Italian neorealism">Italian neorealist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_New_Wave" title="Japanese New Wave">Japanese New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kammerspielfilm" title="Kammerspielfilm">Kammerspielfilm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L.A._Rebellion" title="L.A. Rebellion">L.A. Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lettrism" title="Lettrism">Lettrist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modernist_film" title="Modernist film">Modernist film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumblecore" title="Mumblecore">Mumblecore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neorealism_(art)" title="Neorealism (art)">Neorealist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Extremity" class="mw-redirect" title="New Extremity">New French Extremity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_German_Cinema" title="New German Cinema">New German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_generation_(Malayalam_film_movement)" title="New generation (Malayalam film movement)">New generation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hollywood" title="New Hollywood">New Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Nigerian_Cinema" title="New Nigerian Cinema">New Nollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_queer_cinema" title="New queer cinema">New Queer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Wave_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="No Wave Cinema">No wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Cine_Mexicano" title="Nuevo Cine Mexicano">Nuevo Cine Mexicano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Indian_film" title="Pan-Indian film">Pan-Indian film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_cinema" title="Parallel cinema">Parallel cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfarsi" title="Filmfarsi">Persian Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poetic_realism" title="Poetic realism">Poetic realist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Film_School" title="Polish Film School">Polish Film School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poliziotteschi" title="Poliziotteschi">Poliziotteschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prague_film_school" title="The Prague film school">The Prague film school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prussian_film" title="Prussian film">Prussian film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pure_Film_Movement" title="Pure Film Movement">Pure Film Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remodernist_film" title="Remodernist film">Remodernist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_New_Wave" title="Romanian New Wave">Romanian New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slow_cinema" title="Slow cinema">Slow cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaghetti_Western" title="Spaghetti Western">Spaghetti Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_realism" title="Socialist realism">Socialist realist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_realism" title="Social realism">Social realist</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kitchen_sink_realism" title="Kitchen sink realism">Kitchen sink realism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_parallel_cinema" title="Soviet parallel cinema">Soviet parallel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Structural_film" title="Structural film">Structural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrealist_cinema" title="Surrealist cinema">Surrealist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword-and-sandal" title="Sword-and-sandal">Sword-and-sandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefoni_Bianchi" title="Telefoni Bianchi">Telefoni Bianchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Cinema" title="Third Cinema">Third Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto_New_Wave" title="Toronto New Wave">Toronto New Wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgar_auteurism" title="Vulgar auteurism">Vulgar auteurism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Black_Wave" title="Yugoslav Black Wave">Yugoslav Black Wave</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By demographic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pornographic_film" title="Pornographic film">Adult</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_film" title="Black film">Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_film" title="Children's film">Children and family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_anime_and_manga" title="Children's anime and manga">Anime</a></li></ul></li> <li>Men <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seinen_manga" title="Seinen manga">Seinen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stag_film" title="Stag film">Stag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teen_film" title="Teen film">Teen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_manga" title="Shōnen manga">Shōnen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo_manga" title="Shōjo manga">Shōjo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_film" title="Woman's film">Women</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chick_flick" title="Chick flick">Chick flick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josei_manga" title="Josei manga">Josei</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By format,<br /> technique,<br /> approach,<br /> or production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actuality_film" title="Actuality film">Actuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animation" title="Animation">Animation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">Anime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthouse_animation" title="Arthouse animation">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animated_cartoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated cartoon">Cartoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_animation" title="Computer animation">Computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stop_motion" title="Stop motion">Stop-motion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_animation" title="Traditional animation">Traditional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthology_film" title="Anthology film">Anthology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_film" title="Art film">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B_movie" title="B movie">B movie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behind-the-scenes" title="Behind-the-scenes">Behind-the-scenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">Black-and-white</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment)" title="Blockbuster (entertainment)">Blockbuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9ma_v%C3%A9rit%C3%A9" title="Cinéma vérité">Cinéma vérité</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_Hollywood_cinema" title="Classical Hollywood cinema">Classical Hollywood cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collage_film" title="Collage film">Collage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_motion_picture_film" title="Color motion picture film">Color</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compilation_film" title="Compilation film">Compilation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Composite_film" title="Composite film">Composite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screenlife" title="Screenlife">Computer screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cult_film" title="Cult film">Cult</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_movie" title="Midnight movie">midnight movie</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Database_cinema" title="Database cinema">Database cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docufiction" title="Docufiction">Docufiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnofiction" title="Ethnofiction">Ethnofiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_film" title="Experimental film">Experimental</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abstract_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstract animation">Abstract</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">Feature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Featurette" title="Featurette">Featurette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_%C3%A0_clef" title="Film à clef">Film à clef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film-poem" title="Film-poem">Film-poem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Found_footage_(film_technique)" title="Found footage (film technique)">Found footage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperlink_cinema" title="Hyperlink cinema">Hyperlink cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">Independent</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_filmmaking" title="Guerrilla filmmaking">Guerrilla filmmaking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_independent_films" title="List of American independent films">List of American independent films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstitial_art" title="Interstitial art">Interstitial art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_action" title="Live action">Live action</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_with_live_action_and_animation" title="List of films with live action and animation">animation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low-budget_film" title="Low-budget film">Low-budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_film_studios" title="Major film studios">Major film studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masala_film" title="Masala film">Masala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximalist_film" title="Maximalist film">Maximalist film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Message_picture" title="Message picture">Message picture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metacinema" title="Metacinema">Meta-film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minimalist_film" title="Minimalist film">Minimalist film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mockbuster" title="Mockbuster">Mockbuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modernist_film" title="Modernist film">Modernist film</a></li> <li><a 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title="Slapstick film">Slapstick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concert_film" title="Concert film">Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_crime_films" title="Lists of crime films">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heist_film" title="Heist film">Heist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_disaster_films" title="List of disaster films">Disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_documentary_films" title="List of documentary films">Documentary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_drama_films" title="List of drama films">Drama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_economics_films" title="List of economics films">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_drama_films_and_series_set_in_Near_Eastern_and_Western_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="List of historical drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization">Historical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_slavery" title="List of films featuring 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