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Movie Genre List


Genre

1950'S (FILMS SET DURING)

1950'S MOVIES (MOST POPULAR MADE DURING)

1960'S (MOVIES SET DURING)

1960'S MOVIES (MOST POPULAR MADE DURING)

1970'S (MOVIES SET DURING)

1970'S MOVIES (MOST POPULAR MADE DURING)

1980'S MOVIES (MOST POPULAR MADE DURING)

3D MOVIES IN 16MM

3D MOVIES IN DVD

9/11 EVENTS/THEMES DEPICTED IN FILM

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS FOR BEST PICTURE

ACCOUNTING

ACTION FILMS (MOST POPULAR)

AFI'S TOP 100

AFI'S TOP 100 FUNNIEST FILMS

AFI'S TOP 100 MOST INSPIRATIONAL FILMS

AFI'S TOP 100 MOST ROMANTIC FILMS

AFRICA

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

AGEING AND ISSUES OF THE ELDERLY

AIDS AS A CENTRAL THEME

ALCOHOL AWARENESS

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE'S 100 GREATEST MOVIES

ANIMALS AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS

ANIMATED FEATURES (NOT CARTOONS OR SHORTS)

ANTARCTICA

ARCTIC

ARTHOUSE/ACCLAIMED FILMS (MOST RECENT)

ASIA

ASIAN THEMED

ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER

ASTRONOMY

ATHLETICS

ATTORNEYS, LEGAL AID AND COURTROOM DRAMAS

AUSTRALIA

AUTHORS AND WRITERS

AUTO RACING FILMS

AVIATION, PILOTS AND FLYING

B-MOVIES

BACK TO SCHOOL MOVIES

BASEBALL AND BALL PLAYERS

BASKETBALL AS A MAIN THEME

BBC EUROPE

BEACH AND WATER MOVIES (FOR POOL PARTIES)

BIOGRAPHICAL MOVIES

BIOLOGY

BLACK HISTORY MONTH MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

BLAXPLOITATION MOVIES OF THE 60'S AND 70'S

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES (100 NEWEST)

BLUE PLANET

BOOKS AND LITERATURE (ADAPTATIONS)

BUG AND INSECT MOVIES

BUSINESS AND LABOR FILMS

BUSINESS LAW

CAMPUS SAFETY

CANCER AS A CENTRAL THEME

CARIBBEAN

CARTOONS

CENTRAL AMERICA

CHARLES DICKENS (ADAPTATIONS)

CHEMISTRY

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES

CHRISTMAS FILMS

CHURCHES OR RELIGION

CINEMASCOPE

CIRCUS-THEMED MOVIES

CIVIL WAR THEMED MOVIES

CLASSICAL STUDIES

CLASSICS OF THE 30'S, 40'S, 50'S AND 60'S

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY LIFE IN FILMS

COLUMBUS DAY FILMS

COMEDIES (MOST POPULAR CONTEMPORARY)

COMEDIES OF 30'S, 40'S AND 50'S

COMEDY SHORT SUBJECTS

COMIC BOOK/STRIP CHARACTERS

COMMUNICATION

COMPUTER SCIENCE

COMPUTERS AND COMPUTING

CONCERT FILMS - COMEDY

CONCERT FILMS - MUSIC

CONSTITUTION DAY

COUNSELING AS A CENTRAL THEME

COURTROOM DRAMAS

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

CULT AND MIDNIGHT MOVIES

DANCERS AND DANCING

DATE RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

DEATH AND DYING THEMES

DEPRESSION ERA MOVIES

DINOSAURS AND OTHER LARGE CREATURES

DIRECTED BY WOMEN

DIRTY HARRY SERIES

DISABILITIES AS A CENTRAL THEME

DISASTER MOVIES ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE 70'S

DISNEY CARTOON PACKAGES

DISNEY FEATURETTES

DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM

DOCTORS AND MEDICINE

DOCUMENTARIES

DRUG ABUSE AND AWARENESS

EARTH DAY/SUSTAINABILITY MOVIES

EASTER FILMS

EATING DISORDERS AND BODY IMAGE

ECONOMICS

EDUCATION

ENGLAND

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

EPIC MOVIES

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

ETHICS

ETHICS AND JUSTICE

EUROPE

FATHER'S DAY

FILM NOIR

FILMMAKING

FINANCE

FINE ARTS

FOOTBALL AS A MAIN THEME

FRANCE

FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE

G AND PG RATED MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

G-RATED MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

GARSON KANIN MOVIES

GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES

GENDER BENDERS

GENDER STUDIES

GEOLOGY/GEOPHYSICS

GERMANY

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNERS FOR BEST PICTURE

GREECE

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME

HAWAII

HISPANIC AWARENESS MOVIES

HISTORICAL EVENTS

HISTORY

HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES

HOMELESSNESS THEMED FILMS

HORROR AND HALLOWEEN MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

INDEPENDENCE DAY FILMS

INDEPENDENT OR LIMITED RELEASE FILMS

INTERNATIONAL FILMS

IRELAND

IRISH THEMED MOVIES

ITALY

JAMES BOND FILMS

JAPANESE ANIMATION

JAZZ

JEWS AND JEWISH HERITAGE

LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK

LITERATURE

MA AND PA KETTLE SERIES

MARK TWAIN (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

MARKETING/ADVERTISING

MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES

MATHEMATICS

MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE

MEDITERRANEAN

MENTAL HEALTH AS A CENTRAL THEME

MIDDLE EAST

MILITARY MOVIES (NOT WARFILMS)

MOTHER'S DAY

MOVIEMAKING AND HOLLYWOOD

MUSIC

MUSIC BANDS (REAL OR FICTIONAL)

MUSIC COMPOSERS

MUSICALS (MOST POPULAR)

MYSTERIES AND WHO-DUN-ITS

MYTHS, LEGENDS, FAIRYTALES AND FANTASY

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (ALL TITLES)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AFRICA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ALASKA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANTARCTICA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARCTIC

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ASIA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AUSTRALIA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CARIBBEAN

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CENTRAL AMERICA/PANAMA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CULTURE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EUROPE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXOTIC LOCATIONS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FILM SERIES

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HAWAII

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDIA DIARIES

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIFE IN THE FREEZER

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MEDITERRANEAN

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MEGASTRUCTURES SERIES

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NATURE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NORTH AMERICA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC QUEST FOR K2

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RETURN TO THE WILD

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SEA STORIES

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOUTH AMERICA

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURE SEEKERS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VISIONS OF SERIES

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WHO'S APING WHO

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WILDLIFE

NATIVE AMERICANS

NEIL SIMON (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALISTS

NORTH AMERICA

NUCLEAR ENERGY

OLYMPICS (AS A SETTING)

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

OUTER SPACE ADVENTURES

PAINTERS AND OTHER ARTISTS

PARODIES

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS/LOVE/FRIENDSHIP

PHILOSOPHY

PHYSICS

PINK PANTHER MOVIES

PLANET EARTH

POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLITICS AS THE MAIN THEME

PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING

RADIO OR TELEVISION INDUSTRY

RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY

REMAKES OF EARLIER MOVIES

RICK STEVES' EUROPE

RICK STEVES' MEDITERRANEAN

ROAD PICTURES WITH HOPE AND CROSBY

ROMANTIC MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

RUSSIA

SATIRES

SCIENCE FICTION FILMS (NOT SPACE ADVENTURES)

SCOTLAND

SELF IMPROVEMENT AS A CENTRAL THEME

SERIALS

SHORT SUBJECT PROGRAMMING ON DVD - ALL THEMES

SILENT MOVIES (WITH OR WITHOUT MUSIC)

SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES

SOCIAL WORK

SOCIOLOGY

SOUTH AMERICA

SPAIN

SPORTS AS THE MAIN THEME

SPY/ESPIONAGE FILMS (MOST POPULAR)

STAR TREK SERIES

STEPHEN KING (BASED ON HIS WORKS)

STRESS AS A CENTRAL THEME

SUICIDE AS A CENTRAL THEME

SUPERNATURAL AND PARANORMAL PHENOMENON

SUSPENSE FILMS (MOST POPULAR)

SWASHBUCKLERS

TEACHERS AND EDUCATION

TELEVISION SERIES EPISODES

TELEVISION SERIES SPINOFFS

THANKSGIVING FILMS

THEATER

THEATRICAL PLAYS AND MUSICALS

THREE OR MORE MOVIES IN A SERIES

TIME TRAVEL AND TIME WARPED MOVIES

VIETNAM WAR ERA

VIOLENCE AS A CENTRAL THEME

WARFILMS REGARDLESS OF TIME PERIOD

WEDDINGS AND MARRIAGE

WESTERNS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORK)

WINTER SCENES

WOMEN'S AWARENESS MONTH MOVIES

WOMEN'S STUDIES

WORLD WAR I (MOVIES SET DURING)

WORLD WAR II (MOVIES SET DURING)

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