Some are about important issues like police brutality and corruption. Not all police dramas are mysteries, however. Video: Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s police drama Mystic River starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins Two good examples are In The Heat of the Night about an African American detective who faces racism while investigating a murder, and Mystic River in which something terrible happens while police are trying to solve a serious crime. A similar genre is the police drama in which crimes are often investigated by police detectives. In many mysteries a private detective is hired to help a client who's in trouble, as in The Long Goodbye and Chinatown. A classic example is Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window in which a photographer sees something suspicious through a neighbour's window and then tries to discover what's happened. In this genre, suspense keeps us anxious while we watch what happens. There are many different genres of drama and one of the most popular is the mystery genre. Photo: Movie poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic mystery drama Rear Window (Public Domain) They can also make us think about important issues and teach us important lessons about life and how to live. If we feel emotions like these we'll get involved in the story and find it more entertaining. If something good happens we feel like smiling, if something sad happens we feel like crying, and if something bad is done to a character we like we might even feel angry. It makes us care about the characters and feel many emotions. A good drama does more than just tell a good story, however. Comedies entertain us by making us laugh, but dramas entertain us by telling interesting stories.

(Words in bold are listed in Wordchecker below.)ĭrama and comedy were the earliest genres of cinema, and they're still the most popular genres today. This page looks at the vocabulary of Drama Movies through their history, people and styles.

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