FILM GENRES

FILM GENRES

1. ACTION

   • SPY
   • POLITICAL THRILLER
   • MARTIAL ARTS
   • Includes fights, chases and physical stunts

2. ADVENTURE

   • SERIALIZED
     • INDIANA JONES
   • SWASHBUCKERS
     • Z
   • EXPEDITION
     • THE MISSION
   • STRANGE MYSTERIES
     • THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
   • Exciting stories

3. COMEDY

   • PARODIES
     • AIRPLANE
   • SATIRICAL
     • WAG THE DOG
   • BLACK
     • HAROLD MAUDE
   • Light-hearted plots to amuse and provoke laughter

4. CRIME

   • DETECTIVES
     • SHERLOCK HOLMES
   • MYSTERIES
     • FAKE
   • SUSPENSE
     • THE MISSING GIRLS
   • THRILLER
     • STORMY WATERS
   • COURTROOM DRAMA
     • 12 ANGRY MEN
   • Feature the sinister actions of criminals

5. DRAMA

   • MELODRAMAS
     • AMERICAN BEAUTY
   • ROMANCE
     • YOU'VE GO MAIL
   • BIOGRAPHICAL
     • CLEOPATRA
   • Involve intense character development and interaction

6. EPIC

   • HISTORICAL
     • THE MISSION
   • COSTUME DRAMA
     • LITTLE WOMEN
   • RELIGIOUS
     • NOE
   • Take a historical/imagined event and add extravagant settings

7. HORROR

   • SLASHER
     • PSYCHO
   • MOSTERS
     • DRACULA
   • SUPERNATURAL
     • WAR OF THE WORLDS
   • Frighten and invoke fears

8. MUSICALS

   • BROADWAY
   • COMEDY
   • PERFORMANCE
   • Cinematic forms that emphasize song and dance routines in significant way

9. SCI-FI

   • FUTURISTIC
     • METROPOLIS
   • GRAPHIC NOVELS
     • ULTRAVIOLET
   • MAD SICENCE
     • THE FLY
   • SPACE INVADERS
     • E.T.
   • Visionary and imaginative

10. WAR

    • ANTI-WAR
      • DR. STRANGE LOVE
    • MILITARY OPERATIONS
      • FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
    • Acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of wars

11. WETERNS

    • BLAZING SADDLES
    • Eulogy to the early days of the American frontier.

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