Psychological drama

/saɪkəlˈɒdʒɪkəl dɹˈɑːmə/

/saɪkəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl dɹˈɑːmə/

[noun]

Psychological drama

[NOUN]

a play or motion picture that mainly focuses on the psychological condition of the characters rather than the events

Examples

1. It's one of the most magnificent psychological dramas in the Bible.

2. The psychological drama featured Kate Winslet in her feature debut, and it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

3. It's a psychological drama which I can't tell you too much about yet, but do look out for it.

4. The director gave the British starlet her big break when he cast her in 1994's Heavenly Creatures, a psychological drama based on a famous New Zealand case involving two teenage killers.