costume drama

noun

: a movie that is set in the past in which the actors are dressed like people from the past

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Disney’s Jon Wax says The Remarried Empress, the lavish Korean costume drama set to make its world premiere in Busan on Friday, has substance to match its spectacle. — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 Year one of the costume drama set in Regency-era England — which dropped on Christmas Day 2020 — rocketed star Regé-Jean Page to stardom. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Van der Velden envisions Tilly not as a single fictional character but as a performer who could appear in anything from a costume drama to a monster movie to a music video. — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 That emotional core — a woman discovering her own worth beyond the confines of family expectation — gives the series a resonance that goes beyond costume drama spectacle. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for costume drama

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“Costume drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costume%20drama. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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