high-concept
adjective
high-con·cept
ˈhī-ˈkän-ˌsept 
: having or exploiting elements (such as fast action, glamour, or suspense) that appeal to a wide audience
high-concept movies
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Venture past the first-floor vintage thrift store and ascend to the second-floor hideaway in The Citadel food hall in Little River to Bar Kaiju, a quirky, high-concept masterpiece.
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Mariette Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
Hell’s protagonist, Elle (Sophie Thatcher), is an angry, depressed actress filming a high-concept, Barbarella-style movie while dealing with all sorts of offscreen drama.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Producer Addam Bramich has announced that the high-concept survival thriller will begin principal photography in the fourth quarter of 2026, with many of the core Zipline creative team attached.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2026
That approach may have gone missing in a decade where most of the few studio comedies that got made went for high-concept laughs.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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Mariette Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
Hell’s protagonist, Elle (Sophie Thatcher), is an angry, depressed actress filming a high-concept, Barbarella-style movie while dealing with all sorts of offscreen drama.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Producer Addam Bramich has announced that the high-concept survival thriller will begin principal photography in the fourth quarter of 2026, with many of the core Zipline creative team attached.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2026
That approach may have gone missing in a decade where most of the few studio comedies that got made went for high-concept laughs.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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“High-concept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-concept. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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