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Sub-Genres |
![]() Minor Film Sub-Genres: These are some of the most common and identifiable minor film sub-genre categories, categorized by each major genre. Also view various Main Genres, Sub-Genres, or Other Film
Categories. If you're interested in the chronological history
of film by decade - visit the section on Film
History or the multi-part section on Milestones
in Film History. |
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Action or Adventure Comedy Alien Invasion Animal Action Films Biker Blaxploitation Blockbusters Buddy Buddy Cops Caper Chase Films or Thrillers Comic-Book Action Conspiracy Thriller (aka Paranoid Thriller) Costume Adventures Crime Films Desert Epics Disaster or Doomsday - See Greatest Disaster Film Scenes also Epic Adventure Films Erotic Thrillers Escape Espionage Futuristic Girls With Guns Guy Films Heist - Caper Films Heroic Bloodshed Films Historical Spectacles Hong Kong James Bond Series Jungle and Safari Epics Martial Arts Man or Woman-In-Peril Man vs. Nature Mountain Period Action Films Political Conspiracies, Thrillers Prison Psychological Thriller Quest Rape and Revenge Films Road Romantic Adventures Sci-Fi Action Sea Adventures Searches/Expeditions for Lost Continents Serialized films Space Adventures Spy Straight Action/ Conflict Super-Heroes Surfing or Surf Films Survival Swashbuckler Sword and Sorcery (or "Sword and Sandal") (Action) Suspense-Thrillers Techno-Thrillers Treasure Hunts Undercover War Women in Prison |
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Action Comedies |
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Bad Girl Movies Blaxploitation Buddy Cop Caper Stories Cops & Robbers Detective/Mysteries Espionage Femme Fatales Film Noir Hard-boiled Detective Heist Hood Films Law and Order Lovers on the Run Road Films Mafia, Organized Crime, Mob Films Mysteries Neo-Noir Outlaw Biker Films Police Procedurals Prison Private-Eye Suspense-Thrillers Trial Films Vice Films Victim Who-dun-its Women's Prison Films |
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Any genre or sub-genre may be considered a "Cult Film" |
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Adaptations, Based upon
True Stories Addiction and/or Alcoholism Adult African-American Autobiographies/Biographies Biopics (Biographical) British Empire "Chick" Flicks or "Guy-Cry" Films Childhood Dramas Christmas Films Coming-of-Age Costume Dramas Crime Dramas Diary Films Disease/Disability Docu-dramas Espionage Ethnic Family Saga Euro-Spy Films "Fallen" Women Gay and Lesbian Generation Gap High School Holocaust Hood Films Investigative Reporting Legal/Courtroom Life Story Literary Adaptation Love Medical Melodramas ("Women's Pictures," Tearjerkers, or "Weepies") Newspaper Nostalgia Presidential Politics or Political Dramas Prostitution Race Relations, Inter-racial Themes Religious Romantic Dramas Sexual/Erotic (Steamy Romantic Dramas) Shakespearean Showbiz Dramas Soap Opera Social Problem Film, Social Commentaries Small-town Life Sports Dramas or Biopics Teen (or Youth) Films Tragedy War-Military Dramas Women's Friendship Youth Culture |
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Biblical |
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B-Movie Horror |
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Ballet |
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Action Sci-Fi |
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Action Combat Aerial Combat, Aviation Anti-War Civil War Historical Korean Military Prisoner of War/Escape Revolutionary War Submarine Vietnam War Epics World War I World War II |
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Biographies Cattle Drive Epic Westerns Frontier Gunfighters Historical Indian War Military Outlaws Psychological Westerns Road-Trail Journeys Romantic Westerns Science-Fiction Westerns Shoot-outs Space Westerns 'Spaghetti' Westerns Spoof Westerns |