Film Genres

genres of films

Adventure:An adventure story is about a protagonist who journeys to epic or distant places to accomplish something. It can have many other genre elements included within it, because it is a very open genre. The protagonist has a mission and faces obstacles to get to his destination. 

Action: An action story is similar to Adventure, but the protagonist usually takes a risky turn, which leads to desperate situations including explosions, fight scenes, daring escapes, etc.

Comedy: Comedy is a story that tells about a series of funny or comical events, intended to make the audience laugh. It is a very open genre, and thus crosses over with many other genres such as romance & horror

Crime:A crime story is about a crime that is being committed or was committed. It can also be an account of a criminal's life. It often falls into the Action or Adventure genres.

Fantasy:A fantasy story is about magic or supernatural forces, though it often is made to include elements of other genres, such as science fiction elements, for instance computers or DNA, if it happens to take place in a modern or future era

Horror:A horror story is told to deliberately scare or frighten the audience, through suspense, violence or shock.

Mystery :Although normally associated with the crime genre, mystery fiction is considered a completely different genre in certain circumstances where the focus is on supernatural mystery (even if no crime is involved).

Romance:a romance story usually involves chivalry and adventure. In modern writing, a story about character's relationships, or engagements. It has produced a array of subgenres, the majority of which feature the mutual attraction and love of a man and a woman as the main plot, and have a happy ending. This genre, much like fantasy fiction, is broad enough in definition that it is easily and commonly seen combined with other genres, such as comedy or action-adventure

Science fiction:Science fiction is similar to fantasy, except stories in this genre use scientific understanding to explain the universe that it takes place in. It generally includes travel through space, time or alternate universes; alien life-forms; genetic engineering; or other such things.

Westerns:Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in the American Old West