The storyline usually involves a dilemma that has to be solved by the end of the film.

Violence is always involved.

They have a tragic or at least painful resolutions and concern the survival of some tragic crisis.

At the center of a drama is usually a character/s that are in conflict at a crucial moment in their lives.

SUB – GENRES: Psychodrama

Historical

Docudrama

Crime Drama

Comedy-drama

Melodrama

Romance

Tragedy

Examples

Kidulthood

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