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as in documentary
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as in comedy
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Recent Examples of docudrama
The service picked up a Yellowstone documentary from Kevin Costner; a docudrama from Martin Scorsese called The Saints; and a true crime series led by 50 Cent.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Some stand out for their pedigree — a thriller adapted from João Tordo’s bestseller, or a docudrama reopening the Columbus debate.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The groundbreaking nonfiction audio docudrama explores the unbelievable true story of the man whose name became synonymous with financial fraud.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The next year, his fame reached a new echelon after the release of Pumping Iron, a docudrama that highlighted Schwarzenegger's strange charisma and filthy sense of humor.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Some stand out for their pedigree — a thriller adapted from João Tordo’s bestseller, or a docudrama reopening the Columbus debate.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The groundbreaking nonfiction audio docudrama explores the unbelievable true story of the man whose name became synonymous with financial fraud.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The next year, his fame reached a new echelon after the release of Pumping Iron, a docudrama that highlighted Schwarzenegger's strange charisma and filthy sense of humor.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docudrama
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And a handful went ahead with a private VIP screening of the First Lady’s documentary at the White House.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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In addition, Free Solo — the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary featuring Honnold’s 3,000-foot free solo climb of the El Capitan summit in the Yosemite National Park in California — is streaming on Netflix and Disney+.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Sahlins and Close were friends and the improv-sketch divide was never absolute in Chicago comedy circles.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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Chelsea Green is perhaps the most entertaining star in all of WWE, but she’s been largely booked as a comedy character on the main roster.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Brenda Looper joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a news clerk in April 1997, and worked as a feature writer, reviewer and copy editor on the news side before moving to the opinion section in July 2011.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Together, these features make the Advanced Driving Simulation Center a powerful tool.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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What follows is a grief drama of a different kind, one part melodrama, one part soap opera, all of it original and with a deceptively light touch.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2026
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Sentimental Value was the big winner at the 38th European Film Awards, with Joachim Trier’s Norwegian melodrama winning best film, as well as best director and twin acting honors for Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Jan. 2026
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The researchers also observed superconductivity in flexible films made from niobium carbide nanoscrolls.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Common items include notebooks or journals, paperback books or magazines, film cameras and crosswords.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Stoppard broke through in 1966 with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an ambitious tragicomedy that reimagines the lives of two minor characters in Shakespare’s Hamlet, and which became a landmark moment in British theater.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Nov. 2025
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The citizen in you laughs heartily as this film, a tragicomedy, skewers the hypocrisies and ironies of the repressed West.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
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Other features include a Game mode, which reduces latency so that the audio of games or movies are always synchronized with the video.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The grueling K-pop machine Ironically, the movie that made Ejae a star is an ode to the Korean pop music machine that disillusioned her all those years ago.—
Allison Cho,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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How that psychodrama played out in the UK could have lessons for the US — not least because Cummings eventually succeeded in undermining Johnson’s political career, ultimately defenestrating the prime minister through relentless briefings and leaks.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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And there are many things that people can actually do to get this transcendence, to get away from the tedium of the psychodrama of your own life.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
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“Docudrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docudrama. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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