100 Best Dramas of All Time
By Molly Pennington, Stacker
On 3/9/21 at 6:30 PM EST
Dramatic elements elicit strong emotions and pull you into the intimate core of human relationships. Drama as a film category spans a range of genres, including horror, thrillers, noirs, and comedy. These movies can center on heartwarming subjects, be viewed with a tissue in hand, or can take deep dives into serious matters. Dramas force audiences to grapple with issues of morality and the hard choices that govern what s right and wrong.
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The term melodrama has a bad rap as a description for films that are overwrought or sentimental. However, consider how the term melos, a Greek word for music, links with drama and becomes a word that captures the way sweeping scores and evocative musical soundtracks work in films that spark deep emotions. It s a drama if it evokes powerful emotions across subjects such as law and order in Westerns, courtroom plots, or g
45 Iconic One-Hit Wonders From the Past 50 Years
By Rachel Cavanaugh, Stacker News
On 2/2/21 at 6:30 PM EST
We re all familiar with the one-hit wonder that artist who storms onto the music scene with a smash hit, only to disappear as soon as he or she arrived. Some one-hit wonders continue making music for years but never manage to produce another successful song. Others leave the industry altogether after their mega-hits, cashing in their earnings and quitting while they re ahead. A few artists on this list may have gone on to release more hit songs, had their lives not been cut short.