The Complete List of Film Sub-Genres
The Complete List
of Film Sub-Genres
Action/Adventure
Sub-Genres
Action Suspense-Thrillers
Animal Action Films
Biker
Blockbuster
Chase Films or Thrillers
Comic-Book Action
Conspiracy Thriller
(aka Paranoid Thriller)
Costume Adventures
Desert Epics
Epic Adventure Films
Erotic Thrillers
Escape
Girls With Guns
Guy Films
Heroic Bloodshed Films
Hong Kong
James Bond Series
Jungle and Safari Epics
Man or Woman-In-Peril
Man vs. Nature
Martial Arts
Mountain
Political Conspiracies, Thrillers
Rape and Revenge Films
Sea Adventures
Searchers/Expeditions for Lost Continents
Serialized films
Space Adventures
Straight Action/ Conflict
Surfing or Surf Films
Survival
Swashbuckler
Sword and Sorcery
(or "Sword and Sandal")
Techno-Thrillers
Treasure Hunts
Undercover
Comedy
Sub-Genres
Anarchic Comedies
Animals
Black Comedies (Dark Humor)
British Humor
Classic Comedies
Clown
Comedy Thrillers
Comic Criminals
Dumb Comedies
Family Comedies
Farce
Fish-out-of-water Comedies
Gross-out Comedies
Lampoon
Meet-Cute Screwball or
Romantic Comedies
Mockumentary (Fake Documentary)
Parenthood Comedies
Parody
Political Comedies
Populist
Pre-Teen Comedies
Re-Marriage Comedies
Satire
School Days
Screwball Comedies
Sex Comedies
Slacker
Slapstick
Social-Class Comedies
Sophisticated Comedies
Spoofs
Stand-Up
Stoner Comedies
Teen/Teen Sex Comedies
Urban Comedies
Crime & Gangster
Sub-Genres
Bad Girl Movies
Cops & Robbers
Detective/Private Eye/Mysteries
Film Noir
Hard-boiled Detective
Law and Order
Lovers on the Run
Mysteries
Neo-Noir
Outlaw Biker Films
Procedurals
Suspense-Thrillers
Trial Films
Vice Films
Victim
Drama
Sub-Genres
Adaptations, Based upon True Stories
Addiction and/or Alcoholism
Adult
African-American
British Empire
Chick Flicks or Guy-Cry Films
Childhood Dramas
Christmas Films
Costume Dramas
Diary Films
Disease/Disability
Docu-dramas
Ethnic Family Saga
Euro-Spy Films
Fallen Women
Generation Gap
High School
Holocaust
Investigative Reporting
Legal/Courtroom
Life Story
Love
Medical
Melodramas
Newspaper
Nostalgia
Presidential Politics or
Political Dramas
Prostitution
Gay and Lesbian
Race Relations,
Inter-racial Themes
Sexual/Erotic
(Steamy Romantic Dramas)
Shakespearean
Showbiz Dramas
Small-town Life
Soap Opera
Social Problem Film
Social Commentaries
Teen (or Youth) Films
Tragedy
Women's Friendship
Youth Culture
Epic/Historical
Sub-Genres
Biblical
Greek Myth
Medieval (Dark Ages)
Roman Empire
Horro
Sub-Genres
B-Movie Horror
Cannibalism or Cannibal Films
Classic Horror
Creature Features
Demonic Possession
Erotic
Ghosts
Gore
Gothic
Halloween
Haunted House, other Hauntings
Macabre
Older-Woman-In-Peril Films
('Hagsploitation')
Psychic Powers
Reincarnation
Satanic Stories
Serial Killers
Slashers or "Splatter" Films
Teen Terror ("Teen Screams")
Terror
Vampires
Witchcraft
Wolves, Werewolves
Musical/Dance
Sub-Genres
Ballet
Beach Party Films
Broadway Show Musicals
Concert Films
Dance Films
Folk Musicals
Hip-Hop Films
Operettas
Rockumentary
Stage Musicals
Science Fiction
Sub-Genres
50's Sci-Fi
Action Sci-Fi
Aliens, Extra-Terrestrial Encounters
Atomic Age
Classic Sci-Fi
Cyber Punk
End of World
Fantasy Films
Lost Worlds
Other Dimensions
Outer Space
Post-Apocalyptic
Pre-historic
Robots, Cyborgs,
and Androids
Sci-Fi Thrillers
Star Trek
Time or Space Travel
Virtual Reality
War
Sub-Genres
Aerial Combat, Aviation
Anti-War
Civil War
Korean
Prisoner of War/Escape
Revolutionary War
Submarine
Vietnam
Western
Sub-Genres
Cattle Drive
Epic Westerns
Frontier
Gunfighters
Outlaws
Road-Trail Journeys
Shoot-outs
Spaghetti Westerns
Hybrid Sub-Genres
Action Combat
Action Comedies
Alien Invasion
Autobiographic/Biographies
Blaxploitation
Buddy
Buddy Cop
Caper
Comedy Musicals
Coming of Age
Crime Dramas
Crime/Caper Comedies
Disaster
Dramatic Musicals
Espionage
Fairy Tale
Frankenstein/Mad Scientist
Futuristic
Heist/Caper
Historical
Hood Films
Horror Comedies
Indian War/History
Literary Adaptation
Mafia, Organized Crime, Mob Films
Military
Monsters/Mutants
Period Pictures
Prison
Psychological
Quest
Religious
Road
Romance
Sci-Fi Action
Science-Fiction Westerns
Space Adventures
Space Opera
Space Westerns
Spoof Westerns
Sports
Super-Heroes
Supernatural
War
Western Comedies
Western Musicals
Women in Prison
World War I
World War II
Zombies The Complete List of Film Sub-Genres Action/Adventure Sub-Genres Action Suspense-Thrillers Girls With Guns Searches/Expeditions for Lost Continents Animal Action Films Guy Films Serialized films Biker Heroic Bloodshed Films Space Adventures Blockbusters Hong Kong Straight Action/ Conflict Chase Films or Thrillers James Bond Series Surfing or Surf Films Comic-Book Action Jungle and Safari Epics Survival Conspiracy Thriller (aka Paranoid Thriller) Man or Woman-In-Peril Swashbuckler Man vs. Nature Costume Adventures Sword and Sorcery Martial Arts (or "Sword and Sandal") Desert Epics Mountain Techno-Thrillers Epic Adventure Films Political Conspiracies, Thrillers Treasure Hunts Erotic Thrillers Rape and Revenge Films Undercover Escape Sea Adventures Comedy Sub-Genres Anarchic Comedies Gross-out Comedies School Days Animals Lampoon Screwball Comedies Black Comedies (Dark Humor) Meet-Cute Screwball or Sex Comedies Romantic Comedies British Humor Slacker Mockumentary (Fake Documentary) Classic Comedies Slapstick Parenthood Comedies Clown Social-Class Comedies Parody Comedy Thrillers Sophisticated Comedies Political Comedies Comic Criminals Spoofs Populist Dumb Comedies Stand-Up Pre-Teen Comedies Family Comedies Stoner Comedies Re-Marriage Comedies Farce Teen/Teen Sex Comedies Satire Fish-out-of-water Comedies Urban Comedies Crime & Gangster Sub-Genres Bad Girl Movies Law and Order Procedurals Cops & Robbers Lovers on the Run Suspense-Thrillers Detective/Private Eye/Mysteries Mysteries Trial Films Femme Fatales Neo-Noir Vice Films Film Noir Outlaw Biker Films Victim Hard-boiled Detective Drama Sub-Genres Race Relations, Inter-racial Themes Adaptations, Based upon True Stories Generation Gap Addiction and/or Alcoholism High School Sexual/Erotic Adult Holocaust (Steamy Romantic Dramas) African-American Investigative Reporting Shakespearean British Empire Legal/Courtroom Showbiz Dramas Chick Flicks or Guy-Cry Films Life Story Small-town Life Childhood Dramas Love Soap Opera Christmas Films Medical Social Problem Film Costume Dramas Melodramas Social Commentaries Diary Films Newspaper Teen (or Youth) Films Disease/Disability Nostalgia Tragedy Docu-dramas Presidential Politics or Women's Friendship Political Dramas Ethnic Family Saga Youth Culture Prostitution Euro-Spy Films Gay and Lesbian Fallen Women Epic/Historical Sub-Genres Biblical Medieval (Dark Ages) Roman Empire Greek Myth Horror Sub-Genres B-Movie Horror Gothic Satanic Stories Cannibalism or Cannibal Films Halloween Serial Killers Classic Horror Haunted House, other Hauntings Slashers or "Splatter" Films Creature Features Macabre Teen Terror ("Teen Screams") Demonic Possession Older-Woman-In-Peril Films Terror ('Hagsploitation') Erotic Vampires Psychic Powers Ghosts Witchcraft Reincarnation Gore Wolves, Werewolves Musical/Dance Sub-Genres Ballet Dance Films Operettas Beach Party Films Folk Musicals Rockumentary Broadway Show Musicals Hip-Hop Films Stage Musicals Concert Films Science Fiction Sub-Genres 50's Sci-Fi Fantasy Films Robots, Cyborgs, and Androids Action Sci-Fi Lost Worlds Sci-Fi Thrillers Aliens, Extra-Terrestrial Encounters Other Dimensions Star Trek Atomic Age Outer Space Time or Space Travel Classic Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic Virtual Reality Cyber Punk Pre-historic End of World War Sub-Genres Aerial Combat, Aviation Korean Submarine Anti-War Prisoner of War/Escape Vietnam Civil War Revolutionary War Western Sub-Genres Cattle Drive Gunfighters Shoot-outs Epic Westerns Outlaws Spaghetti Westerns Frontier Road-Trail Journeys Hybrid Sub-Genres Action Combat Futuristic Sci-Fi Action Action Comedies Heist/Caper Science-Fiction Westerns Alien Invasion Historical Space Adventures Autobiographies/Biographies Hood Films Space Opera Blaxploitation Horror Comedies Space Westerns Buddy Indian War/History Spoof Westerns Buddy Cop Literary Adaptation Sports Caper Mafia, Organized Crime, Mob Films Super-Heroes Comedy Musicals Military Supernatural Coming of Age Monsters/Mutants War Crime Dramas Period Pictures Western Comedies Crime/Caper Comedies Prison Western Musicals Disaster Psychological Women in Prison Dramatic Musicals Quest World War I Espionage Religious World War II Fairy Tale Road Zombies Frankenstein/Mad Scientists Romance List source: filmsite.org tdylf.com
The Complete List of Film Sub-Genres
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