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<p>Add missing template</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Navbox with collapsible groups<br /> | name = Film genres<br /> | title = [[Film]] [[Film genre|genres]]<br /> | bodyclass = hlist<br /> | state = {{{state&lt;includeonly&gt;|autocollapse&lt;/includeonly&gt;}}}<br /> <br /> | sect1 = By theme<br /> | abbr1 = theme<br /> | state1 = &lt;noinclude&gt;expanded&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> | list1 ={{#invoke:navbox|navbox |child |groupstyle=font-weight:normal;<br /> | group1 = [[Action film|Action]]<br /> | list1 =<br /> * [[Girls with guns]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong action]]<br /> ** [[Heroic bloodshed]]<br /> * [[Martial arts film|Martial arts]]<br /> ** [[Chopsocky]]<br /> ** [[Gun fu]]<br /> ** [[Kung fu film|Kung fu]]<br /> ** [[List of ninja films|Ninja]]<br /> ** [[Wuxia]]<br /> * [[Mecha]]<br /> * [[Spy film|Spy]]<br /> ** [[Eurospy film|Eurospy]]<br /> * [[Survival film|Survival]]<br /> * [[Vigilante film|Vigilante]]<br /> * [[War film|War]]<br /> ** [[List of anti-war films|Anti-war]]<br /> ** [[Euro War]]<br /> ** [[Submarine films|Submarine]]<br /> * [[Western film|Western]]<br /> ** [[Acid Western|Acid]]<br /> ** [[Cabrito western|Cabrito]]<br /> ** [[Contemporary Western]]<br /> ** [[Dacoit Western]]<br /> ** [[Fantasy Western|Fantasy]]<br /> ** [[Florida Western|Florida]]<br /> ** [[Horror Western|Horror]]<br /> ** [[Horse opera]]<br /> ** [[Australian Western|Meat pie]]<br /> ** [[Northern (genre)|Northern]]<br /> ** [[Ostern]]<br /> ** [[Revisionist Western|Revisionist]]<br /> ** [[Science fiction Western|Science fiction]]<br /> ** [[Singing cowboy]]<br /> ** [[Space Western|Space]]<br /> ** [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti]]<br /> ** [[Weird West|Weird Western]]<br /> ** [[Zapata Western]]<br /> <br /> | group2 = [[Crime film|Crime]]<br /> | list2 = <br /> * [[Detective fiction|Detective]]<br /> ** [[Film noir]]<br /> *** [[Mexican film noir]]<br /> *** [[Neo-noir]]<br /> *** [[Pulp noir]]<br /> *** [[Tech noir]]<br /> ** [[Occult detective fiction|Occult detective]]<br /> ** [[Whodunit]]<br /> * [[List of drug films|Drug]]<br /> ** [[Psychedelic film|Psychedelic]]<br /> ** [[Stoner film|Stoner]]<br /> * [[Gangster film|Gangster]]<br /> * [[Gentleman thief]]<br /> * [[Gokudō]]<br /> * [[Gong&#039;an fiction|Gong&#039;an]]<br /> * [[Heist film|Heist]]<br /> * [[Heroic bloodshed]]<br /> * [[Hood film|Hood]]<br /> * [[Mafia film|Mafia]]<br /> ** [[Mafia comedy film|Mafia comedy]]<br /> * [[Mumbai underworld film|Mumbai underworld]]<br /> * [[Prison film|Prison]]<br /> ** [[Women in prison film|Women]]<br /> * [[Poliziotteschi]]<br /> * [[Trial film|Trial]]<br /> * [[Yakuza film|Yakuza]]<br /> <br /> | group3 = [[Fantasy film|Fantasy]]<br /> | list3 = <br /> * [[Epic film|Epic]]<br /> ** [[Sword-and-sandal]]<br /> * [[Isekai]]<br /> * [[Contemporary fantasy]]<br /> * [[Fantasy comedy]]<br /> * [[Fantastique]]<br /> * [[High fantasy]]<br /> * [[Historical fantasy]]<br /> * [[Magic realism]]<br /> * [[Science fantasy]]<br /> * [[Sword and sorcery]]<br /> <br /> | group4 = [[Horror film|Horror]]<br /> | list4 = <br /> * [[Art horror|Arthouse]]<br /> * [[Black horror|Black]]<br /> * [[List of body horror media|Body horror]]<br /> ** [[Ero guro]]<br /> * [[Cannibal film|Cannibal]]<br /> * [[Chinese horror film|Chinese horror]]<br /> * [[Christmas horror]]<br /> * [[Comedy horror]]<br /> * [[List of eco-horror films|Eco-horror]]<br /> * [[German underground horror|German underground]]<br /> * [[Giallo]]<br /> ** [[List of giallo films|list]]<br /> * [[List of ghost films|Ghost]]<br /> * [[Gothic film|Gothic]]<br /> ** [[Gothic romance film|Romance]]<br /> ** [[Gothic science fiction|Space]]<br /> ** [[Suburban Gothic|Suburban]]<br /> * [[Gothic film|Gothic]]<br /> ** [[Gothic romance film|Romance]]<br /> ** [[Southern Gothic|Southern]]<br /> ** [[Gothic science fiction|Space]]<br /> ** [[Suburban Gothic|Suburban]]<br /> ** [[Urban Gothic|Urban]]<br /> * [[List of holiday horror films|Holiday horror]]<br /> * [[Japanese horror]]<br /> * [[Korean horror]]<br /> * [[Lovecraftian horror|Lovecraftian]]<br /> * [[Melodrama film|Melodrama]]<br /> ** [[Korean melodrama|Korean]]<br /> * [[Monster movie|Monster]]<br /> ** [[List of films featuring giant monsters|Giant monster]]<br /> ** [[Kaiju]]<br /> ** [[List of mummy films|Mummy]]<br /> ** [[Vampire film|Vampire]]<br /> ** [[List of zombie films|Zombie]]<br /> *** [[Zombie comedy]]<br /> * [[List of natural horror films|Natural]]<br /> * [[New Extremity|New French Extremity]]<br /> * [[Gender in horror films|Psycho-biddy]]<br /> * [[Psychological horror|Psychological]]<br /> * [[Rape and revenge film|Rape and revenge]]<br /> * [[List of science fiction horror films|Science fiction]]<br /> * [[Slasher film|Slasher]]<br /> * [[Splatter film|Splatter]]<br /> * [[Satanic film|Satanic]]<br /> <br /> | group5 = [[Romance film|Romance]]<br /> | list5 = <br /> * [[Harem (genre)|Harem]]<br /> * [[Romantic comedy]]<br /> ** [[Bromantic comedy|Bromantic]]<br /> * [[Romantic fantasy]]<br /> * [[Gothic romance film]]<br /> * [[Paranormal romance]]<br /> * [[Romantic thriller]]<br /> <br /> | group6 = [[Science fiction film|Science fiction]]<br /> | list6 = <br /> * [[Arthouse science fiction film|Art]]<br /> * [[Science fiction comedy]]<br /> * [[Cyberpunk]]<br /> ** [[Japanese cyberpunk|Japanese]]<br /> * [[List of films featuring extraterrestrials|Extraterrestrial]]<br /> * [[Fantastique]]<br /> * [[Science fantasy]]<br /> * [[Gothic science fiction]]<br /> * [[List of science fiction horror films|Horror science fiction]]<br /> * [[Military science fiction]]<br /> * [[New Wave (science fiction)|New Wave]]<br /> * [[Space opera]]<br /> * [[Steampunk]]<br /> * [[Tokusatsu]]<br /> * [[Space Western]]<br /> <br /> | group7 = [[Slice of life]]<br /> | list7 = <br /> * [[Coming-of-age story|Coming-of-age]]<br /> * [[Ethnographic film|Ethnographic]]<br /> * [[Iyashikei]]<br /> * [[Heimatfilm|Homeland]]<br /> * [[Muslim social]]<br /> <br /> | group8 = [[Thriller film|Thriller]]<br /> | list8 = <br /> * [[Comedy thriller]]<br /> * [[Erotic thriller]]<br /> * [[Financial thriller]]<br /> * [[Giallo]]<br /> * [[Legal thriller]]<br /> * [[New Extremity|New French Extremity]]<br /> * [[Political thriller]]<br /> * [[Psychological thriller]]<br /> * [[Romantic thriller]]<br /> * [[Techno-thriller]]<br /> <br /> | group9 = Miscellaneous<br /> | list9 = <br /> * [[List of films about animals|Animals]]<br /> * [[Beach party film|Beach party]]<br /> * [[Body swap]]<br /> * [[List of Chicano films|Chicano]]<br /> * [[Colonial cinema|Colonial]]<br /> * [[Cute Girls Doing Cute Things]]<br /> * [[Disaster film|Disaster]]<br /> ** [[List of apocalyptic films|Apocalyptic]]<br /> * [[List of dystopian films|Dystopian]]<br /> * [[List of films about food and drink|Food and drink]]<br /> * [[Gendai-geki]]<br /> * [[Jidaigeki]]<br /> ** [[Samurai cinema|Samurai]]<br /> * [[Gentleman thief|Kaitō]]<br /> * [[List of LGBTQ-related films|LGBTQ]]<br /> * [[Luchador films|Luchador]]<br /> * [[Magical girl]]<br /> * [[Mountain film|Mountain]]<br /> * [[Nature documentary|Nature]]<br /> ** [[List of environmental films|Environmental issues]]<br /> * [[Outlaw biker film|Outlaw biker]]<br /> * [[Partisan film]]<br /> * [[Race film|Race]]<br /> * [[Road movie|Road]]<br /> * [[Rubble film|Rubble]]<br /> * [[Rumberas film|Rumberas]]<br /> * [[Sageuk]]<br /> * [[Shoshimin-eiga]]<br /> * [[List of films featuring slavery|Slavery]]<br /> * [[South Seas genre|South Seas]]<br /> * [[Sports film|Sports]]<br /> * [[Superhero film|Superhero]]<br /> * [[Surf film|Surfing]]<br /> * [[Swashbuckler film|Swashbuckler]]<br /> * [[Travel documentary|Travel]]<br /> **[[imaginary voyage]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> | sect2 = By style<br /> | abbr2 = style<br /> | state2 = &lt;noinclude&gt;expanded&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> | list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox |child |groupstyle=font-weight:normal;<br /> | group1 = [[Art film|Art]]<br /> | list1 =<br /> * [[Experimental film|Experimental]]<br /> * [[Transgressive art|Transgressive]]<br /> ** [[Cinema of Transgression]]<br /> ** [[Extreme cinema]]<br /> ** [[New Extremity|New French Extremity]]<br /> <br /> | group2 = [[Comedy film|Comedy]]<br /> | list2 =<br /> * [[Action comedy]]<br /> * [[Black comedy]]<br /> * [[Buddy film|Buddy]]<br /> ** [[Buddy cop]]<br /> ** [[Female buddy film|Female]]<br /> * [[Commedia all&#039;italiana]]<br /> * [[Comedy drama|Dramedy]]<br /> * [[Comedy horror]]<br /> ** [[Gross out]]<br /> * [[Parody film|Parody]]<br /> * [[Mo lei tau]]<br /> * [[Romantic comedy]]<br /> ** [[Comedy of remarriage|Remarriage]]<br /> * [[Screwball comedy|Screwball]]<br /> * [[Silent comedy|Silent]]<br /> * [[Slapstick film|Slapstick]]<br /> <br /> | group3 = [[Documentary film|Documentary]]<br /> | list3 =<br /> * [[Animated documentary]]<br /> * [[City symphony]]<br /> * [[Direct cinema]]<br /> * [[Docudrama]]<br /> * [[Mockumentary]]<br /> * [[mondo film|Mondo]]<br /> * [[Pseudo-documentary]]<br /> * [[Semidocumentary]]<br /> * [[Travel documentary]]<br /> * [[Video essay]]<br /> <br /> | group4 = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]<br /> | list4 =<br /> * [[Calligrafismo]]<br /> * [[Comedy drama|Dramedy]]<br /> * [[Historical drama|Historical]]<br /> * [[Legal drama|Legal]]<br /> * [[Psychological drama|Psychological]]<br /> <br /> | group5 = [[Sex in film|Erotic]]<br /> | list5 =<br /> * [[Cinema_of_Hong_Kong#Category_III_films|Category III films]]<br /> * [[Erotic thriller]]<br /> * [[Pink film|Pink]]<br /> * [[Sex comedy]]<br /> ** [[Commedia sexy all&#039;italiana|Italian]]<br /> ** [[Mexican sex comedy|Mexican]]<br /> * [[Pornographic film|Pornographic]]<br /> ** [[Hardcore pornography]]<br /> ** [[Softcore pornography]]<br /> *** [[Malayalam softcore pornography|Malayalam]]<br /> * [[Stag film|Stag]]<br /> <br /> | group6 = [[Exploitation film|Exploitation]]<br /> | list6 =<br /> * [[Blaxploitation]]<br /> * [[Bruceploitation]]<br /> * [[Goona-goona epic]]<br /> * [[Mexploitation]]<br /> * [[Cinema da Boca do Lixo|Mouth of Garbage]]<br /> * [[Nazi exploitation]]<br /> * [[Nunsploitation]]<br /> * [[Ozploitation]]<br /> * [[Sexploitation film|Sexploitation]]<br /> ** [[Bavarian porn]]<br /> ** [[Pornochanchada]]<br /> ** [[Sex report film|Sex report]]<br /> * [[Turksploitation]]<br /> * [[Template:Exploitation film|&#039;&#039;more&#039;&#039;]]<br /> <br /> | group7 = [[Musical film|Musical]]<br /> | list7 =<br /> * [[Arthouse musical|Arthouse]]<br /> * [[Backstage musical|Backstage]]<br /> * [[Concert film|Concert]]<br /> * [[Dance in film|Dance]]<br /> * [[Jukebox musical|Jukebox]]<br /> * [[Musicarello]]<br /> * [[Opera film|Opera]]<br /> * [[Operetta film|Operetta]]<br /> * [[Sceneggiata]]<br /> <br /> | group8 = Miscellaneous<br /> | list8 =<br /> * [[Adventure film|Adventure]]<br /> * [[Biographical film|Biographical]]<br /> * [[Educational film|Educational]]<br /> ** [[Social guidance film|Social guidance]]<br /> * [[Maximalist film]]<br /> * [[Minimalist film]]<br /> * [[Mumblecore]]<br /> * [[Mystery film|Mystery]]<br /> ** [[Detective fiction|Detective]]<br /> ** [[Giallo]]<br /> * [[Crossover fiction|Crossover]]<br /> * [[Propaganda film|Propaganda]]<br /> * [[Reality film|Reality]]<br /> * [[Slow cinema|Slow]]<br /> * [[Snuff film|Snuff]]<br /> * [[Trick film|Trick]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> | sect3 = By movement or period<br /> | abbr3 = movements<br /> | state3 = &lt;noinclude&gt;expanded&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> | list3 =<br /> * [[Absolute film|Absolute]]<br /> * [[American eccentric cinema]]<br /> * [[Australian New Wave]]<br /> * [[Auteur|Auteur films]]<br /> * [[Berlin School (filmmaking)|Berlin School]]<br /> * [[Bourekas film|Bourekas]]<br /> * [[Brighton School (filmmaking)|Brighton School]]<br /> * [[British New Wave]]<br /> ** [[Kitchen sink realism]]<br /> * [[Budapest school]]<br /> * [[Calligrafismo]]<br /> * [[Cannibal film|Cannibal boom]]<br /> * [[Cinema da Boca do Lixo]]<br /> * [[Cinéma du look]]<br /> * [[Cinema Novo]]<br /> * [[Cinema of moral anxiety|Cinema of Moral Anxiety]]<br /> * [[Cinema of Transgression]]<br /> * [[Cinéma pur]]<br /> * [[Commedia all&#039;italiana]]<br /> * [[Czechoslovak New Wave]]<br /> * [[Documentary Film Movement]]<br /> * [[Dogme 95]]<br /> * [[Erra Cinema]]<br /> * [[European art cinema]]<br /> * [[Film d&#039;art]]<br /> * [[Film gris]]<br /> * [[Free Cinema]]<br /> * [[French impressionist cinema|French Impressionist]]<br /> * [[French New Wave]]<br /> * [[German expressionist cinema|German Expressionist]]<br /> * [[German underground horror]]<br /> * [[Golden Age of Argentine cinema]]<br /> * [[Golden Age of Mexican Cinema]]<br /> * [[Golden Age of Nigerian Cinema]]<br /> * [[Grupo Cine Liberación]]<br /> * [[Heimatfilm]]<br /> * [[Hollywood on the Tiber]]<br /> * [[Hong Kong New Wave]]<br /> * [[Indiewood]]<br /> * [[Iranian New Wave]]<br /> * [[New Sensibility]]<br /> * [[Italian futurism in cinema|Italian futurist]]<br /> * [[Italian neorealism|Italian neorealist]]<br /> * [[Japanese New Wave]]<br /> * [[Kammerspielfilm]]<br /> * [[L.A. Rebellion]]<br /> * [[Lettrism|Lettrist]]<br /> * [[Modernist film]]<br /> * [[Mumblecore]]<br /> * [[Neorealism (art)|Neorealist]]<br /> * [[New Extremity|New French Extremity]]<br /> * [[New German Cinema|New German]]<br /> * [[New generation (Malayalam film movement)|New generation]]<br /> * [[New Hollywood]]<br /> * [[New Nigerian Cinema|New Nollywood]]<br /> * [[New Objectivity (filmmaking)|New Objectivity]]<br /> * [[New queer cinema|New Queer]]<br /> * [[No Wave Cinema|No Wave]]<br /> * [[Nuevo Cine Mexicano]]<br /> * [[Pan-Indian film]]<br /> * [[Parallel cinema]]<br /> * [[Filmfarsi|Persian Film]]<br /> * [[Philippine New Wave]]<br /> * [[Poetic realism|Poetic realist]]<br /> * [[Polish Film School]]<br /> * [[Poliziotteschi]]<br /> * [[The Prague film school]]<br /> * [[Prussian film]]<br /> * [[Pure Film Movement]]<br /> * [[Remodernist film|Remodernist]]<br /> * [[Romanian New Wave]]<br /> * [[Slow cinema]]<br /> * [[Spaghetti Western]]<br /> * [[Socialist realism|Socialist realist]]<br /> * [[Social realism|Social realist]]<br /> ** [[Kitchen sink realism]]<br /> * [[Soviet parallel cinema|Soviet parallel]]<br /> * [[Structural film|Structural]]<br /> * [[Surrealist cinema|Surrealist]]<br /> * [[Sword-and-sandal]]<br /> * [[Taiwan New Cinema]]<br /> * [[Tarantinoesque film|Tarantinoesque]]<br /> * [[Telefoni Bianchi]]<br /> * [[Cinema_of_Thailand#The_Thai_New_Wave|Thai New Wave]]<br /> * [[Third Cinema]]<br /> * [[Toronto New Wave]]<br /> * [[Vulgar auteurism]]<br /> * [[Yugoslav Black Wave]]<br /> <br /> | sect4 = By demographic<br /> | abbr4 = demographic<br /> | state4 = &lt;noinclude&gt;expanded&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> | list4 =<br /> * [[Adult film|Adult]]<br /> * [[Black film|Black]]<br /> * [[Children&#039;s film|Children]]<br /> * [[Teen film|Teen]]<br /> * [[Woman&#039;s film|Women]]<br /> ** [[Chick flick]]<br /> <br /> | sect5 = By format, technique, approach, or production<br /> | abbr5 = format<br /> | state5 = &lt;noinclude&gt;expanded&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> | list5 =<br /> * [[3D film|3D]]<br /> * [[Actuality film|Actuality]]<br /> * [[Animation]]<br /> ** [[Anime]]<br /> ** [[Arthouse animation|Art]]<br /> ** [[Animated cartoon|Cartoon]]<br /> ** [[Computer animation|Computer]]<br /> ** [[Stop motion|Stop-motion]]<br /> ** [[Traditional animation|Traditional]]<br /> * [[Anthology film|Anthology]]<br /> * [[Art film|Art]]<br /> * [[B movie]]<br /> * [[Behind-the-scenes]]<br /> * [[Black and white]]<br /> * [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|Blockbuster]]<br /> * [[Cinéma vérité]]<br /> * [[Classical Hollywood cinema]]<br /> * [[Collage film|Collage]]<br /> * [[Color motion picture film|Color]]<br /> * [[Compilation film|Compilation]]<br /> * [[Composite film|Composite]]<br /> * [[Screenlife|Computer screen]]<br /> * [[Cult film|Cult]]<br /> ** [[midnight movie]]<br /> * [[Database cinema]]<br /> * [[Direct-to-video]]<br /> ** [[Original net animation|ONA]]<br /> ** [[Original video animation|OVA]]<br /> * [[Docufiction]]<br /> * [[Ethnofiction]]<br /> * [[Experimental film|Experimental]]<br /> ** [[Abstract animation|Abstract]]<br /> * [[Feature film|Feature]]<br /> * [[Featurette]]<br /> * [[Film à clef]]<br /> * [[Film-poem]]<br /> * [[Found footage (film technique)|Found footage]]<br /> * [[Geezer teaser]]<br /> * [[High concept]]<br /> * [[Hyperlink cinema]]<br /> * [[Independent film|Independent]]<br /> ** [[Guerrilla filmmaking]]<br /> ** [[List of American independent films]]<br /> * [[Interstitial art]]<br /> * [[Live action]]<br /> ** [[List of films with live action and animation|animation]]<br /> * [[Low-budget film|Low-budget]]<br /> * [[Major film studios]]<br /> * [[Masala film|Masala]]<br /> * [[Maximalist film]]<br /> * [[Message picture]]<br /> * [[Metacinema|Meta-film]]<br /> * [[Minimalist film]]<br /> * [[Mockbuster]]<br /> * [[Modernist film]]<br /> * [[Musical short]]<br /> * [[Mythopoeia]]<br /> * [[Neorealism (art)|Neorealist]]<br /> * [[No-budget film|No-budget]]<br /> * [[One-shot film|One-shot]]<br /> * [[Paracinema]]<br /> * [[Participatory cinema|Participatory]]<br /> * [[Poetry film|Poetry]]<br /> * [[Postmodernist film|Postmodernist]]<br /> * [[Reverse motion]]<br /> * [[Satire (film and television)|Satire]]<br /> * [[Sceneggiata]]<br /> * [[Semidocumentary]]<br /> * [[Serial film|Serial]]<br /> * [[Shinpa]]<br /> * [[Short film|Short]]<br /> * [[Silent film|Silent]]<br /> * [[Slow cinema]]<br /> * [[Socialist realism|Socialist realist]]<br /> * [[Sound film|Sound]]<br /> * [[Television film]]<br /> * [[Underground film|Underground]]<br /> * [[Video nasty]]<br /> * [[Vulgar auteurism]]<br /> * [[Z movie]]<br /> <br /> | below = <br /> * {{icon|cat}} [[:Category:Film genres|Category]]<br /> <br /> }}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> {{Documentation}}<br /> &lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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