Movie Genres List

  • Action
    • Adventure
    • Diaster
    • Espionage
    • Heroic Bloodshed
    • Martial Arts
    • Military Action
    • Spy
    • Superhero
    • Video Game
  • Animation
    • Claymation
    • Computer Generated Imagery
    • Cutout
    • Live-Action
    • Puppetry
    • Stop Motion
    • Traditional
  • Comedy
    • Action Comedy
    • Buddy Comedy
    • Dark Comedy
    • Mockumentary
    • Parody
    • Prank
    • Road Comedy
    • Romantic Comedy
    • Satire
    • Screwball
    • Sitcom
    • Sketch Comedy
    • Slapstick Comedy
    • Spoof
  • Crime
    • Caper
    • Cop
    • Courtroom
    • Crime-Comedy
    • Detective
    • Gangster
    • Heist
    • Prison
    • Procedural
  • Drama
    • Anthropological
    • Docudrama
    • Family
    • Legal
    • Medical
    • Melodrama
    • Philosophical
    • Political Drama
    • Religious Drama
    • Sports Drama
    • Teen Dramas
  • Experimental
    • Absurdist
    • Surrealist
  • Fantasy
    • Contemporary Fantasy
    • Dark Fantasy
    • Fairy Tales
    • High Fantasy
    • Myth
    • Mythological Fantasy
    • Sword and Sorcery Movies
    • Urban Fantasy
  • Historical
    • Alternate History
    • Biblical
    • Biography
    • Biopics
    • Historical Epic
    • Historical Event
    • Historical Fiction
    • Period Piece
    • War
  • Horror (special thanks to Horror on Screen – Perspective)
    • Body Horror
    • Comedy Horror
    • Creepy Kid
    • Found Footage (a subgenre of what)
    • Gore & Disturbing
      • Cannibal
      • Extreme (crossed with Psychological)
      • Splatter (crossed with Psychological)
      • Torture
    • Gothic Horror
    • Horror Romance
    • Killer
      • Backwoods & Redneck (crossed with Monster)
      • Crime & Giallo (crossed with Psychological)
      • Home Invasion (crossed with Psychological)
      • Slasher
    • Monster
      • Aliens (crossed with Paranormal)
      • Animals & Nature
      • Backwoods & Redneck (crossed with Killer)
      • Classic & Mythological
      • Devil & Demon & Hell (crossed with Paranormal)
      • Giant Monsters
      • Neo-Monsters
      • Small Creatures
      • Vampire
      • Werewolf
      • Zombies (??)
    • Paranormal
      • Alien (crossed with Monster)
      • Devil & Demon & Hell (crossed with Monster) 
      • Ghost & Spirits
      • Haunted House
      • Possession
      • Witches & Occult
      • Supernatural
    • Psychological
      • Crime & Giallo (crossed with Killer)
      • Extreme (crossed with Gore & Disturbing)
      • Fanaticism
      • Home Invasion (crossed with Killer)
      • Madness & Paranoia (crossed with Killer)
      • Phobia & Isolation
      • Splatter (crossed with  Gore & Disturbing)
    • Teen Horror
    • Zombies (??)
      • Undead
      • Virus
  • Horror
    • Found Footage
    • Ghost
    • Monster
    • Natural Horror
    • Occult
    • Slasher
    • Splatter
    • Teen Horror
    • Vampire
    • Werewolf
    • Zombie
  • Mystery
  • Romance
    • Period Romance
    • Romance Drama
    • Romance Thriller
    • Supernatural Romance
  • Science Fiction
    • Apocalyptic
    • Contemporary
    • Cyberpunk
    • Dystopian
    • Military Sci-Fi
    • Post-Apocalyptic
    • Robot/Monster
    • Sci-Fi Adventure
    • Space Opera
    • Space Tavel
    • Steampunk
    • Tech Noir
    • Time Travel
    • Utopian
  •  Thriller
    • Conspiracy
    • Crime Thrillers
    • Fantasy
    • Film Noir
    • Mystery
    • Psychological
    • Supernatural Thrillers
    • Techno
  • Western
    • Empire
    • Epic
    • Marshal
    • Musical
    • Outlaw
    • Revenge
    • Revisionist
    • Spaghetti Western
  • Other
    • Biopics
    • Musical
    • War

Got Something for Movie Genres List?

When you want a movie similar to the one you just watched, it makes sense to start by trying to find other films from the same genre. It’s easy to define genres such as ‘crime,’ ‘romance,’ or ‘science fiction. But how about titles like ‘psychological thriller’? Are these more than just sub-genres?

Grouping movies by genre lets you find similar films. In this article, we look at the main genres and also some sub-genres

 

The first thing to remember is that many different genres, subgenres, and even sub-subgenres. The most common genres are:

Romance – Films about love and relationships

Comedy – Films with jokes or humor to make you laugh

Drama – Serious films about actual life events or people’s emotions

Thriller – Suspenseful stories of crime and danger (often scary!)

Action – Exciting adventures where the hero has to overcome challenges

Sci-fi – Stories set in the future with advanced technology or science fiction elements (robots, aliens, etc.) Fantasy is similar but usually involves magic instead of technology. Horror movies are often scary, but they can also be funny if they try not to take themselves too seriously!

War/Westerns show battles between two sides, either with guns or horses

Sports movies tell the story of one team winning against another group

Documentaries cover subjects like history & science through interviews with experts & reenactments instead of fictional characters

 Superheroes are comic book heroes like Batman & Superman who fight bad guys regularly.

That’s All Folks!

 

There are a lot of different movie genres out there. Some people like action, some like horror, and some have a favorite genre that they would never miss if it came up on television. I hope we can all agree that movies are essential for our lives. They help us relax, entertain us while we’re bored or working out our feelings about something, and provide great bonding opportunities with friends and family members. If you want more information about any particular movie genre, don’t hesitate to ask!

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