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as in documentary
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as in comedy
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Recent Examples of docudrama
This wouldn’t be the first time that a high-profile true crime docudrama has been castigated for exploiting victims.
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Aja Romano, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
During each month of release, the docudrama was the top performer on the platform for November 2024, December 2024, and April 2025.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 June 2025
As the years passed, the brothers evolved into cultural icons in their own right, amassing a loyal following as a series of docudramas and documentaries retold their stories for a younger audience.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The historical docudrama also was nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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Aja Romano, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
During each month of release, the docudrama was the top performer on the platform for November 2024, December 2024, and April 2025.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 June 2025
As the years passed, the brothers evolved into cultural icons in their own right, amassing a loyal following as a series of docudramas and documentaries retold their stories for a younger audience.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The historical docudrama also was nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docudrama
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The Orchestra has even wrote new songs and put out an album in the early 2000s and just last year was the subject of a documentary film.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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The new documentary was created by Richard Yelland.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Paramount Pictures’ reboot/sequel of the comedy film series The Naked Gun is projected by Deadline to earn $8.1 million in its second weekend from 3,363 locations.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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These are the words her character, Dr. Tess Coleman, yelled out the car window to her daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) in the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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In a investigation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found a conveyor belt at the Jeep facility lacked adequate safety features.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The solo project boasts features from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, YFN Lucci, Key Glock, Teezo Touchdown, John Legend and Ty Dolla $ign.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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What should be a tender, feminist-minded story centered on a young woman rediscovering her dormant childhood dreamer turns into a middling melodrama about being with a cute guy in desperate need of her rescue.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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Dunham’s genius, and what made Girls a legitimate cultural event, was to meld heartfelt James L. Brooks-style melodrama with brutally honest reportage about millennial mores, desires, and deficits.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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The film debuted at the 2025 Cannes International Film Festival.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The film will launch Sept. 10 on the streamer, which also shared key art and a trailer (scroll down to watch below).—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Its jacket copy states, With a voice somewhere between Violeta Parra and Bad Bunny, Paulina Flores paints a portrait of a city, a generation, and its distinctive characteristics in this tragicomedy.—
Diana Arterian
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Told with a classic heist structure and hints of tragicomedy, the story follows an ordinary government employee obsessed with winning the Melate lottery.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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The film’s 4K restoration will then roll out to theaters throughout October, and a 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the original movie soundtrack will be reissued on 180g red-in-gold vinyl on October 10.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Will Lindsay Lohan live up to her spot on Richard Brody’s list of the best movie performances of the century so far?—
Sam Wolson,
New Yorker,
7 Aug. 2025
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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 21 Aug. 2025.
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