Cinema and Drama

Cinema

Cinema noun - The art or business of making a movie.

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Drama and cinema are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drama" instead a noun "Cinema".

Nearby Words: cine, cinematic, cinemascope

Drama noun - The public performance of plays.

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Cinema and drama are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cinema" instead a noun "Drama".

human	human cinema	human drama
good	good cinema	good drama
full	full cinema	full drama
romantic	romantic cinema	romantic drama
Other adjectives: popular, real, big, great, serious, black, dark, early, major, classic, modern, historical.

City by the Sea, a 2002 crime drama starring Robert De Niro, was rated 15 by the BBFC for cinema release because, despite a scene showing two characters 'freebasing' (taking drugs in a non-salt form), the film had a strong anti-drugs message.

Source: Same Content, Different Rating
Most romantic drama films and comedies are extremely predictable, yet women and couples just want to see a romantic story on a fairy tale level to leave the cinema with a happy feeling.

Source: Just Here for Godzilla
Bob Dylan's Renaldo and Clara: it's four hours long, and alternates between being a concert film/rockumentary, cinema verité documentary, improvised drama (with a cast full of non-actors), and surreal home movie.

Source: Le Film Artistique

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