List of film genres

List of film genres

Some common film genres are so widespread that they are often broken down into sub-genres. The most widely used terms encompassing a broad range of films (and some examples of their sub-genres) are:

• Action film
o Comic Book film-superhero
o Martial arts film
o Wu Xia film

• Art film
o Independent film

• Comedy film
o Black comedy
o Gross-out film
o Mo lei tau
o Romantic comedy film
o Screwball comedy film
o Stoner film
o Wacky Comedy film

• Drama film
o Courtroom drama film
o Romance film
o Romantic Drama film
o History film
o Docudrama

• Exploitation film
o Blaxploitation
o Cult film
o Disaster film

• Fantasy film
o Film fantastique

• Film Noir

• Heimatfilm

• Horror film
o Slasher film
o Snuff film
o Splatter film

• Science fiction film

• Sports film
o Baseball film

• Thriller
o Gangster film
o Giallo
o Heist film
o Spy film

• War film
o Submarine film

• Western film
o Spaghetti western