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Film Genre. Film Genres are identifiable types, classifications or groups of films that have similar, familiar or instantly-recognizable patterns, syntax, filmic techniques or conventions - that include one or more of the following:
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Film Genres are identifiable types, classifications or groups of films that have similar, familiar or instantly-recognizable patterns, syntax, filmic techniques or conventions - that include one or more of the following: settings (and props), content and subject matter, themes, mood, period, plot, central narrative events, motifs, styles, structures, situations, recurring icons, characters, and stars. Many films are considered hybrids - they include several film genres.
Genres History • By the end of the silent era, many of the main genres were established: the melodrama, the western, the horror film, comedies, and action-adventure films. • Musicals were began with the era of the Talkies. • Science-fiction films weren't generally popularized until the 1950s.
One problem with genre films is that they can become stale, cliché ridden, and over-imitated. • A traditional genre that has been reinterpreted, challenged, or subjected to scrutiny may be termed revisionist.
Examples of 14 Film Genres • Action (Disaster): Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through a clash of physical forces. • Air Force One • Jurassic Park • Lethal Weapon • Return of the Jedi (also Science Fiction) • Speed (also a Thriller) • Titanic (also a Love story) • The Terminator • Twister
Adventure: Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through encounters with new "worlds." • Apollo 13 • The Deep • Get Shorty (blend of Gangster, Love, and Crime with a twist) • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (also an Action picture) • Robinson Crusoe • Water World
Comedy: Stories whose central struggle causes hilarious results. • Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (also Adventure) • French Kiss • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (also Fantasy) • My Best Friend's Wedding • When Harry Met Sally • Working Girl (also Love Story)
Coming-of-Age Drama: Stories whose central struggle is about the hero finding his or her place in the world. • American Beauty • The Breakfast Club • The Graduate • The Lion King • Without a Cause • Shakespeare in Love (also Romantic Comedy) • The Water Boy (also Comedy)
Crime: Stories whose central struggle is about catching a criminal. • Basic Instinct • Fargo • Ghost (also Love and Thriller) • Patriot Games • Pulp Fiction • The Sting • The Untouchables
Detective Story/Courtroom Drama: Stories whose central struggle is to find out what really happened and thus to expose the truth. • A Few Good Men • The General's Daughter • Inherit the • Rear Window • A Time to Kill • The Verdict • Vertigo
Epic/Myth: Stories whose central struggle plays out in the midst of a clash of great forces or in the sweep of great historical change. • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • The Godfather • Gone With the Wind • The Grapes of Wrath • Lawrence of Arabia (also Adventure) • Star Wars • The Ten Commandments
Fantasy: Stories which are animated, or whose central struggle plays out in two worlds - the "real" world and an imaginary world. • Alice in Wonderland • Antz • Ghostbusters • Mary Poppins • The Mask • Peter Pan • Toy Story • The Wizard of Oz
Gangster: Stories whose central struggle is between a criminal and society. A cautionary tale, rooted in a main character who commits crimes. • Bonnie and Clyde • Dead Man Walking • The Godfather (also Epic/Myth) • Goodfellas • Sling Blade • The Usual Suspects • Public Enemies
Horror: Stories whose central struggle focuses on escaping from and eventually defeating a Monster (either human or non-human). • Alien • The Blair Witch Project • Friday the Thirteenth • Halloween • I Know What You Did Last Summer • Nightmare on Elm Street • Psycho • Scream
Love (Romance): Stories whose central struggle is between two people who each want to win or keep the love of the other. • As Good As It Gets • Casablanca (also Epic/Myth) • Ghost • Notting Hill • Pretty Woman • Roman Holiday • The Way We Were • Wuthering Heights
Science Fiction: Stories whose central struggle is generated from the technology and tools of a scientifically imaginable world. • 2001 A Space Odyssey • Back to the Future • Blade Runner (also Crime) • ET: The Extra Terrestrial • The Sixth Sense • Stargate • Star Wars (and all the sequels or prequels) • The Terminator
Social Drama: Stories whose central struggle is between a Champion and a problem or injustice in society. Usually the Champion has a personal stake in the outcome of the struggle. • A Civil Action • Dead Man Walking • Grapes of Wrath • Kramer Vs Kramer Network • Philadelphia (also Courtroom Drama) • Schindler's List • To Kill a Mockingbird
Thriller: Stories whose central struggle pits an innocent hero against a lethal enemy who is out to kill him or her. • The Net • No Way Out • Night of the Hunter • Three Days of the Condor • Wait Until Dark • Witness (also Love Story)
