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Genre cleanup & consolidation
Skrevet af Travis BellSTAFFMOD d. 10 juni 2013 kl. 12:26 PM
Hello everyone,
It's finally time to take a look at the genres we use and make some tweaks. This post might get a little lengthy but I'll try to cover what I know right now.
First, here's a list of the movie genres on TMDb:
TMDb
- Action
- Adventure
- Animation
- Comedy
- Crime
- Documentary
- Drama
- Family
- Fantasy
- Foreign
- History
- Horror
- Music
- Mystery
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- TV movie
- Thriller
- War
- Western
And if we wanted to compare this list to some other sources online...
Rotten Tomatoes
- Action & Adventure
- Adult
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Faith & Spirituality
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Musical & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Romance
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interest
- Sports & Fitness
- Television
- Western
IMDb
- Action
- Adventure
- Animation
- Biography
- Comedy
- Crime
- Documentary
- Drama
- Family
- Fantasy
- Film-Noir
- Game-Show
- History
- Horror
- Music
- Musical
- Mystery
- News
- Reality-TV
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- Sport
- Talk-Show
- Thriller
- War
- Western
Amazon
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime
- Boxed Sets
- Classics
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Exercise & Fitness
- Faith & Spirituality
- Fantasy
- Foreign Language & International
- Gay & Lesbian
- Holiday & Seasonal
- Horror
- Indie & Art House
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Videos & Concerts
- Science Fiction
- Special Interests
- Sports
Onbviously, one of the things you might notice is that there are actually other genres in use on TMDb, but are not located in the above list. This is part of what we need to look at.
My initial proposal for TMDb's new set of genres is going to be the following:
- Action
- Adventure
- Animation
- Biography
- Comedy
- Crime
- Documentary
- Drama
- Family
- Fantasy
- Film-Noir
- Holiday
- History
- Horror
- Musical
- Music Videos & Concerts
- Mystery
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Thriller
- War
- Western
Do you guys have anything else you think deserves to be on this list?
Svar af The Polygon Man
d. 22 juni 2014 kl. 4:15 PM
Swedish translation:
Svar af sbarnea
d. 24 juni 2014 kl. 1:00 PM
This thread seems to be quite hard to follow.
Here is my case for adding the "Short" genre, look at one example from IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036618/ -- I doubt it can be mapped to anything else and personally I don't like having movies without any genre, as it breaks sorting by folders.
Svar af Holger
d. 31 august 2014 kl. 10:24 AM
Hi,
so is "Action & Adventure" (e.g. http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/32754 ) considered to be an error with respect to the new scheme which would need to be expanded into "Action" and "Adventure"?
Same for "Sci-Fi & Fantasy" (e.g. http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/39913).
Cheers. Holger
Svar af Samara
d. 31 august 2014 kl. 2:42 PM
The Genres in german need some improvement, there are german and english mixed that's not so good for "Liebesfilm" there is the english "Lovestory" , "foreign" and "Holiday" isn't used in Germany , and some are definitely missed as "Heimatfilm" "Filmbiografie" "Italowestern" "Melodram" "Revuefilm" and "Schlagerfilm"
Svar af cinemakis
d. 2 oktober 2014 kl. 12:25 AM
Yeap, another "short" genre wish guy, i want it to!
Svar af Larry Jenkins
d. 17 februar 2015 kl. 12:31 AM
After checking ALL of the listings in this discussion and in spite of the GLBT classification being in both Rotten Tomatoes & Amazon (and, in actuality, it is also in the IMDb) I couldn't believe there was no mention of this category. It really seems quite strange that in spite of the massive money the GLBT community spends on film and having such a strong, loyal fan base - NO ONE even mentioned this. It's lack of inclusion is not disturbing. The fact that it was never mentioned blows my mind! That "Action, Adventure, Thriller, & Mystery" couldn't all be considered Thriller and not have a Gay Interest or GLBT seems really lacking, bordering on homophobic. ANYONE who is GLBT always want to know if there is any related content. This designation is far more important than any consideration of "short". Have I overlooked some type of policy or something?
Svar af sp1ti
d. 17 februar 2015 kl. 2:30 PM
Huh what? How is GLBT (isn't it LBGT anyways) comparable to say "Action" as a genre? It can be a theme yes but it says nothing about the movie itself... You said yourself that it is about looking for "related content"... there are keywords for that. I wouldn't be surprised if most SJW's were more offended if the drama about the gay person was treated as a whole new genre.
As for the genre list: I still miss the "short" but could gladly pass on "war".
Would also be great if genres were finally fixed and browseable for TV shows.
Svar af Travis Bell
d. 17 februar 2015 kl. 3:07 PM
To sp1ti's point, plot keywords are the proper solution to something like this. Genre's are higher level than this and I don't think labeling something as LGBT really tells you anything about the movie as a whole. It is however a perfect plot keyword. You can see some already using this here.
Yes, it would. It's on the list, I just have 100 other things on that list too :D
Svar af Larry Jenkins
d. 18 februar 2015 kl. 4:01 AM
THANK YOU Travis Bell. Your contributions and talent to the MovieDb will be very helpful for decades to come! What a massive effort - and your quick response to my remarks are greatly appreciated. I wish you well in your artistic/literary future pursuits, and will continue to appreciate your labor of love as long as you continue! Warmest Regards always, Larry
Svar af krom33
d. 14 april 2015 kl. 9:40 AM
My proposal to Spanish translation and suggestions
And add
Svar af krom33
d. 11 maj 2015 kl. 6:58 AM
Hey Travis, wanted to emphasize that I have proposed to include two new genres to the list; Sport = Deporte and Music = Música.
Good luck, ;-)
Svar af djwi1ddreamer
d. 25 oktober 2016 kl. 7:50 PM
I would like to see the genre "sport" be added. The IMDB recognizes this genre for movies with a sports theme. There are numerous movies with a sports theme that get lumped in with the "comedy" or "drama" or "history" genres.
Svar af Rich Wannen
d. 1 juni 2017 kl. 12:56 PM
Oh, what an interesting thread. Useful. I'm bumping it for now, may add something later.
Svar af kortex.gentoo
d. 7 juni 2017 kl. 5:39 AM
Hi,
I am about 4 years late to the discussion but IMDB has 4,952 titles in the Genre: Biography & 2,934 titles in the Genre: Sport.
So Biography & Sport should definitely be in there.
eg. I recently looked up Jackie & The Program via TMDB, and both are listed as DRAMA, but actually should also be in BIOGRAPHY.
Possible to revisit this list?
Regards, KorteX
Svar af krom33
d. 7 juni 2017 kl. 6:30 AM
Hello,
I agree with kortex.gentoo. TMDB should include Biography and Sport as genres.
Good luck, :-)