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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Even at their most fantastical, high-concept blockbusters can prompt audiences to contemplate what might happen if their circumstances took place in real life.
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
Marvel's high-concept WandaVision, for instance, spoofed sitcoms through the ages.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
The series was able to focus on realism in subject matter while pivoting to high-concept formats every once in a while.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Black Mirror’s most effective episodes use their high-concept premises to explore people’s hunger for connection and validation, and how our increasingly tech-forward, capitalistic world can stretch those human impulses to the limit for better or (almost always) worse.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
Marvel's high-concept WandaVision, for instance, spoofed sitcoms through the ages.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
The series was able to focus on realism in subject matter while pivoting to high-concept formats every once in a while.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Black Mirror’s most effective episodes use their high-concept premises to explore people’s hunger for connection and validation, and how our increasingly tech-forward, capitalistic world can stretch those human impulses to the limit for better or (almost always) worse.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
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“High-concept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-concept. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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