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MOVIE GENRES
Categorizing the Movies You Watch
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“Zhan-ruh”
The term “genre” is used a lot around the movie industry to break down the type of film
into categories.
It's difficult to place a lot of films in a single category. For this reason a lot of films have
multiple genres.
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Main Film Genres Action Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Detective/Courtroom Documentary Drama Epic Family Fantasy
Film-Noir History Horror Musical Mystery Romance Sci-Fi Sports Thriller War Western
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Movie Narrative
All movies must have narrative, e.g., “tell a story.”
All movie stories must have a “central struggle.”
The central struggle is the problem with which the main
character is confronted
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Action
Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through a
clash of physical forces.
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Action Movies
The Dark Knight 48 Hours Face/Off Die Hard Lethal Weapon Fight Club Bourne Ultimatum
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Adventure
Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through
encounters with new “worlds.”
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Adventure Movies
Apollo 13 Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom Water World The Matrix Wizard of Oz Into the Wild
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Animation
Animation is not a strictly-defined genre category, but rather a film technique, but it is large enough
to deserve its own category.
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Animation Movies Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs
WALL-E South Park The Incredibles Monsters, Inc. Shrek Watership Down Wallace &
Gromit Fantasia
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Biography
Stories whose central theme focuses on an important
historical person, place or thing.
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Biographical Movies
Ray Patton The Aviator Amadeus Gandhi Evita Citizen Kane Man on the Moon
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Comedy
Stories whose central struggle causes hilarious results.
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Comedy Movies
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Big Lebowski
The Wedding Crashers
Caddyshack Meatballs
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Crime
Also: GangsterStories whose central struggle is
about catching a criminal – or watching him or her get away.
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Crime/Gangster Movies
48 Hours Fargo The Usual Suspects Pulp Fiction The Sting No Country for Old Men The Departed
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Detective/Mystery
Also Courtroom and MysteryStories whose central struggle is to find out what really happened
and thus to expose the truth.
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Detective/Courtroom Movies
A Few Good Men Caine Mutiny The Verdict Vertigo The Maltese
Falcon Chinatown Vantage Point JFK
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Documentary
A movie that attempts to document reality.
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Documentary Movies
Fahrenheit 9/11 Bowling for Columbine An Inconvenient Truth March of the Penguins Super Size Me Hoop Dreams
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Drama
Stories whose central struggle involves intense realistic
characters and situations in conflict with either themselves,
others, or forces of nature.
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Drama Movies
I Am Legend 21 Casablanca Memento Shawshank
Redemption Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind
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Epic
Stories whose central struggle plays out in the midst of a clash of
great forces or in the sweep of great historical change.
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Epic Movies
300 Star Wars The Ten
Commandments Ben Hur 2001: A Space
Odyssey Empire of the
Sun
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Family
Also: Children’sStories whose central theme is primarily for children and
families.
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Family Movies
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Home Alone Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A Bug’s Life Shrek Sky High
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Fantasy
Stories which are animated, or whose central struggle plays out in two worlds - the "real" world
and an imaginary world.
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Fantasy Movies
Big Ghostbusters Mary Poppins The Mask Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Lord of the Rings Groundhog Day
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Film-Noir
Strictly speaking, film noir is not a genre, but rather the
mood, style, point-of-view, or tone of a film.
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Film-Noir Movies
Citizen Kane Murder, My Sweet Notorious The Maltese Falcon Sunset Blvd. Double Indemnity The Third Man Touch of Evil
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History
Stories which bring to life an actual historical event, place or person—usually not as grand as
an epic.
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Historical Movies
Gettysburg Malcolm X Chaplin Nixon The Alamo Galipoli Ride With the Devil Wyatt Earp
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Horror
Stories whose central struggle focuses on escaping from and eventually defeating a Monster (either human or non-human).
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Horror Movies
Blair Witch Project Psycho Scream Tremors Saw The Grudge Amityville Horror The Exorcist
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Musical
Stories that can revolve around any theme as long as the
narrative is significantly carried along by songs.
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Musical Movies
Singin’ in the Rain Moulin Rouge! Chicago The Sound of Music Rocky Horror Picture Show West Side Story
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Romance
Also: LoveStories whose central struggle is between two people who each want to win or keep the love of
the other
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Romance Movies
Ghost Pretty Woman The Way We Were Titanic Sleepless in Seattle Sex and the City Annie Hall As Good As It Gets
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Sci-Fi
Science-FictionStories whose central struggle is generated from the technology
and tools of a scientifically imaginable world.
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Sci-Fi Movies
The Sixth Sense Star Wars series Back to the Future Iron Man The Truman Show The Prestige Twelve Monkeys Planet of the Apes
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Sports
Stories whose central struggle is related to a sport or sports
figure.
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Sports Movies
Miracle Remember the Titans The Natural Brian’s Song Cool Runnings Hoosiers Chariots of Fire Slap Shot
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Thriller
Stories whose central struggle pits an innocent hero against a lethal enemy who is out to kill him or
her.
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Thriller Movies
Three Days of the Condor The Dark Knight Silence of the Lambs Hotel Rwanda There Will Be Blood Reservoir Dogs Fatal Attraction
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War
Stories whose central struggle deals with war or the impact
of war.
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War Movies
Saving Private Ryan The Longest Day Platoon Full Metal Jacket M*A*S*H Gladiator Stalag 17 Kelly’s Heroes
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Western
Stories whose central struggle deals with the
Western/cowboy era.
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Western Movies
Red River Silverado Tombstone The Cowboys Outlaw Josie Wales Quigley Down Under High Noon