Genres of films
by Ольга Федорова
1. Comedy
1.1. Types
1.1.1. Comedy of manners
1.1.2. Fish out of water comedy film
1.1.3. Parody film
1.1.4. Black comedy
1.1.5. Romantic comedy film
1.2. Hybrid genres
1.2.1. Action comedy
1.2.2. Comedy horror
1.2.3. Fantasy comedy
1.2.4. Sci-fi comedy
1.2.5. Military comedy
2. Detective fiction
2.1. Phycological detective
2.2. Historical detective
2.3. Fantastic detective
2.4. Spy detective
2.5. Police detective
3. Serial
3.1. Telenovela
3.2. Soap opera
3.3. Miniseries
4. Drama film
4.1. Crime drama
4.2. Historical drama
4.3. Docudrama
4.4. Melodrama
4.5. Tragedy
5. Horror film
6. Musical film
7. Action films
7.1. Action comedy
7.2. Action horror
7.3. Sci-fi action
7.4. Spy film
7.5. Superhero film
8. Documentary film
8.1. National Geographic Channel
8.2. BBC
8.3. History Channel
8.4. Discovery Channel
9. Short film
10. Cartoon
10.1. Theatrical cartoon
10.2. Direct-to-video
10.3. Short cartoon
10.4. Animated series
11. Adventure film