As nouns the difference between docudrama and biopic
is that docudrama is a type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events while biopic is a motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
docudrama
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
Alternative forms
* docu-drama
biopic
English
Noun
(
wikipedia biopic)
(
en noun)
A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
Synonyms
* biographical film
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