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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)

1990'S MOVIES (MOST POPULAR MADE DURING)

3D BLU-RAY MOVIES (require special equipment)

3D DIGITAL THEATRICAL MOVIES

3D MOVIES IN 16MM

3D MOVIES IN DVD

9/11 EVENTS/THEMES DEPICTED IN FILM

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS FOR BEST PICTURE

ACTION FILMS (MOST POPULAR)

AFI'S 100 GREATEST MOVIES

AFI'S TOP 100 FUNNIEST FILMS

AFI'S TOP 100 MOST INSPIRATIONAL FILMS

AFI'S TOP 100 MOST ROMANTIC FILMS

AFRICA

AGATHA CHRISTIE (ADAPTATIONS OF HER WORKS)

AGEING AND ISSUES OF THE ELDERLY

AIDS AS A CENTRAL THEME

ALCOHOL AWARENESS

ALEXANDER DUMAS (ADAPTATION OF HIS WORKS)

ANIMALS AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS

ANIMATED FEATURES (NOT CARTOONS OR SHORTS)

ANIME (FEATURE FILMS AND TV SHOWS)

ANTARCTICA

ARCTIC

ARTHOUSE/LIMITED RELEASE FILMS (MOST RECENT)

ASIA

ASIAN THEMED

ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER

ATTORNEYS, THE COURTS AND LEGAL/ETHICS ISSUES

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

BEACH AND WATER MOVIES (FOR POOL PARTIES)

BIOGRAPHICAL MOVIES

BLACK HISTORY MONTH MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

BLAXPLOITATION MOVIES OF THE 60'S AND 70'S

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES (100 NEWEST)

BOLLYWOOD FILMS

BOOKS AND LITERATURE (ADAPTATIONS)

BUG AND INSECT MOVIES

BULLYING AS A MAIN THEME

CAMPING AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS

CANCER AS A CENTRAL THEME

CARIBBEAN

CARS AND MOTORCYCLES

CARTOONS - ALL

CARTOONS - ANIMANIACS AND FRIENDS

CARTOONS - HANNA-BARBERA

CARTOONS - LOONEY TUNES

CARTOONS - NICKELODEON

CARTOONS - THE PINK PANTHER AND FRIENDS

CENTRAL AMERICA

CHARLES DICKENS (ADAPTATIONS)

CHRISTMAS FILMS

CHRISTMAS SHORT PROGRAMS (LESS THAN AN HOUR)

CHURCHES OR RELIGION

CIRCUS-THEMED MOVIES

CIVIL WAR THEMED MOVIES

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE

COMPUTERS AND COMPUTING

CONCERT FILMS - COMEDY

CONCERT FILMS - MUSIC

CONSTITUTION DAY

CULT AND MIDNIGHT MOVIES

DANCERS AND DANCING

DATE RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

DEATH AND DYING THEMES

DEPRESSION ERA MOVIES

DINOSAURS AND OTHER LARGE CREATURES

DIRTY HARRY SERIES

DISABILITIES AS A CENTRAL THEME

DISASTER MOVIES ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE 70'S

DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM

DOCTORS AND MEDICINE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

DRUG ABUSE AND AWARENESS

EARTH DAY/SUSTAINABILITY MOVIES

EASTER FILMS

EATING DISORDERS AND BODY IMAGE

EDGAR ALLAN POE (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

END OF THE WORLD / APOCALYPTIC FILMS

ENGLAND

EPIC MOVIES

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

EUROPE

FAITH-BASED FILMS

FATHER'S DAY

FILM NOIR

FINE ARTS

FOOD AND DINING

FOOTBALL AS A MAIN THEME

FRANCE

FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE

G AND PG RATED MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

G-RATED MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES

GENDER BENDERS

GERMANY

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNERS FOR BEST PICTURE

GREECE

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME PROGRAMS

HALLOWEEN SHORT PROGRAMS (LESS THAN AN HOUR)

HAWAII

HISPANIC AWARENESS MOVIES

HISTORICAL EVENTS DEPICTED IN FILMS

HISTORY/ARCHEOLOGY PROGRAMS AND DOCUMENTARIES

HOMELESSNESS THEMED FILMS

HORROR AND HALLOWEEN MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

INDEPENDENCE DAY FILMS

INDEPENDENT OR LIMITED RELEASE FILMS

INTERNATIONAL FILMS - ALL

INTERNATIONAL FILMS - FROM CHINA

INTERNATIONAL FILMS - FROM FRANCE

INTERNATIONAL FILMS - FROM INDIA

INTERNATIONAL FILMS - FROM ITALY

INTERNATIONAL FILMS - FROM SPAIN

IRELAND

IRISH THEMED MOVIES

ITALY

JACK LONDON (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

JAMES BOND FILMS

JAZZ

JEWISH HERITAGE AND HISTORICAL JEWISH FIGURES

JOHN GRISHAM (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

JULES VERNE (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

LATE NIGHT PROGRAMMING

LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK

LIFE STORIES (HBO)

MA AND PA KETTLE SERIES

MARK TWAIN (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES

MATHEMATICS

MEDITERRANEAN

MIDDLE EAST

MIDNIGHT AND CULT MOVIES

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 PROGRAMS

NATIVE AMERICANS

NATURE AND THE EARTH SCIENCES

NEIL SIMON (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORKS)

NEWS AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALISTS

NORTH AMERICA

NUCLEAR ENERGY

OLYMPICS (AS A SETTING)

OUTER SPACE ADVENTURES

PAINTERS AND OTHER ARTISTS

PARODIES

PEOPLE AND CULTURES

PINK PANTHER MOVIES

POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

POLITICS AS THE MAIN THEME

PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING

RADIO OR TELEVISION INDUSTRY

RAY HARRYHAUSEN'S SPECIAL EFFECTS FILMS

REMAKES OF EARLIER MOVIES

RICK STEVES' EUROPE

RICK STEVES' MEDITERRANEAN

ROAD PICTURES WITH HOPE AND CROSBY

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (ADAPTATIONS)

ROMANTIC MOVIES (MOST POPULAR)

RUSSIA

SAFARI ADVENTURES

SATIRES

SCIENCE FICTION FILMS (NOT SPACE ADVENTURES)

SCOTLAND

SHORT SUBJECT PROGRAMMING ON DVD - ALL THEMES

SILENT MOVIES (WITH OR WITHOUT MUSIC)

SOCCER FILMS

SOUTH AMERICA

SPAIN

SPANISH LANGUAGE FILMS

SPORTS AND ATHLETICS

SPY/ESPIONAGE FILMS (MOST POPULAR)

STEPHEN KING (BASED ON HIS WORKS)

SUPERNATURAL AND PARANORMAL PHENOMENON

SUSPENSE FILMS (MOST POPULAR)

SWASHBUCKLERS

TEACHERS AND EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

TELEVISION SERIES

TELEVISION SERIES SPINOFFS

THANKSGIVING FILMS

THEATER

THEATRICAL PLAYS AND MUSICALS

THREE OR MORE MOVIES IN A SERIES

TIME TRAVEL AND TIME WARPED MOVIES

TRAVEL AND DESTINATION PROGRAMS

VAMPIRE MOVIES

VIETNAM WAR ERA

WARFILMS REGARDLESS OF TIME PERIOD

WEDDINGS AND MARRIAGE

WESTERNS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ADAPTATIONS OF HIS WORK)

WINTER SCENES

WOMEN'S AWARENESS MONTH MOVIES

WORLD WAR I (MOVIES SET DURING)

WORLD WAR II (MOVIES SET DURING)

ZOMBIE MOVIES

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