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Main Film Genres genre : pronunciation: zhän’-rə function: noun 1 : a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content 2 : kind, sort

Action Films Fast paced films that celebrate human endurance

Action films usually include high energy, big- budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional 'good- guy' heroes (or recently, heroines) battling 'bad guys' - all designed for pure audience escapism. Includes the James Bond 'fantasy' spy/espionage series, martial arts films, and disaster films.

Adventure Films Films in which a character participates in a journey or quest

Adventure films are usually exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales, very similar to or often paired with the action film genre. They can include traditional swashbucklers, serialized films, and historical spectacles (similar to the epics film genre), searches or expeditions for lost continents, "jungle" and "desert" epics, treasure hunts, disaster films, or searches for the unknown.

Comedy Films Self explanatory, right?

Comedies are light-hearted plots consistently and deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter (with one-liners, jokes, etc.) by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationships and characters. This section describes various forms of comedy through cinematic history, including slapstick, screwball, spoofs and parodies, romantic comedies, black comedy (dark satirical comedy), and more.

Crime Films Films with plots based on unlawful human actions.

Crime films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals, mobsters, bankrobbers, underworld figures, or ruthless hoodlums who operate outside the law, stealing and murdering their way through life. Crime films are often categorized as gangster, 'serial killer' film noir, detective, mystery, or suspense films.

Drama Films Films that deal with strong human emotions

Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special- effects, comedy, or action. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets: melodrama, epic, historical fiction, romance, biographical (also called “biopic”).

Horror Films Films created to scare the audience.

Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the early classic creatures like Dracula and zombies to today's CGI (computer-generated imagery) monsters and deranged humans. There are many sub- genres of horror: slasher, teen terror, serial killers, satanic, occult, etc.

Musical Films that have song and dance as the primary factor.

Musical/dance films are cinematic forms that emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way, usually with a musical or dance performance integrated as part of the film narrative, or they are films that are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography. Major subgenres include the musical comedy or the concert film.

Science Fiction Films Films that deal with outer space adventures and extra- terrestrial encounters.

Sci-fi films are often quasi-scientific, visionary and imaginative - complete with heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology, unknown and unknowable forces, and extraordinary monsters ('things or creatures from space'), often created by mad scientists or by nuclear havoc. Science fiction often expresses the potential of technology to destroy humankind, particularly when technology or alien life forms become malevolent.

War (and Anti-War) Films Films based on wars that occurred in recorded human history.

War films acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting (against nations or humankind) on land, sea, or in the air provide the primary plot or background for the action of the film. War films are often paired with other genres, and they often take a disapproving approach toward warfare. They may include POW tales and stories of military operations and training.

Western Films Films based upon the exploits of the American west during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry - a eulogy to the early days of the expansive American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring genres with very recognizable plots, elements, and characters (six-guns, horses, dusty towns and trails, cowboys, Indians, etc.). Over time, westerns have been re-defined, re-invented and expanded, dismissed, re-discovered, and spoofed.