How to Use costume drama in a Sentence

costume drama

noun
  • But this is far from a tame costume drama.
    — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Still, these are slim costume drama pickings.
    — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
  • And finally, the big budget 32-episode wuxia costume drama Blade of Vengeance.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The historical romantic costume drama is, by now, a cinematic china shop that demands a bull.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
  • With plenty of palace intrigue and a winking Favourite-esque sense of humor, The Serpent Queen is far from a stuffy costume drama.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The horror conceit occasionally lapses into B-movie costume drama with antagonists that feel more pastiche than myth.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • For a narrative in the tradition of British realism, the question is how to be an interesting twenty-first-century novel rather than a costume drama.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The company also presented the sumptuous, and very expensive-looking, costume drama Rebirth.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • It’s been 27 years since that Best Picture decision, which is exactly how long it’s been since a movie that has anything to do with Shakespeare or could credibly be called a costume drama has won Oscar’s big prize.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Also presented for consideration was In the Moonlight, a 40-episode historical costume drama that releases in Q1 2026 and stars Bao Shangen and Wang Hongyi.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Buccaneers, which mixes soapy costume drama with Taylor Swift songs, has been well reviewed by critics (72% Rotten Tomatoes average) and has developed a devoted following but has not broken out the way some of Apple TV+’s broad-appeal hits have.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025

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