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
And if we wanted to compare this list to some other sources online...
Rotten Tomatoes
IMDb
Amazon
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:
Do you guys have anything else you think deserves to be on this list?
¿No encuentras una película o serie? Inicia sesión para crearla:
¿Quieres puntuar o añadir este elemento a una lista?
¿No eres miembro?
Contestado por The Polygon Man
el 22 de junio de 2014 a las 16:15
Swedish translation:
Contestado por sbarnea
el 24 de junio de 2014 a las 13:00
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.
Contestado por Holger
el 31 de agosto de 2014 a las 10:24
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
Contestado por Samara
el 31 de agosto de 2014 a las 14:42
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"
Contestado por cinemakis
el 2 de octubre de 2014 a las 00:25
Yeap, another "short" genre wish guy, i want it to!
Contestado por Larry Jenkins
el 17 de febrero de 2015 a las 00:31
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?
Contestado por sp1ti
el 17 de febrero de 2015 a las 14:30
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.
Contestado por Travis Bell
el 17 de febrero de 2015 a las 15:07
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
Contestado por Larry Jenkins
el 18 de febrero de 2015 a las 04:01
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
Contestado por krom33
el 14 de abril de 2015 a las 09:40
My proposal to Spanish translation and suggestions
And add
Contestado por krom33
el 11 de mayo de 2015 a las 06:58
Hey Travis, wanted to emphasize that I have proposed to include two new genres to the list; Sport = Deporte and Music = Música.
Good luck, ;-)
Contestado por djwi1ddreamer
el 25 de octubre de 2016 a las 19:50
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.
Contestado por Rich Wannen
el 1 de junio de 2017 a las 12:56
Oh, what an interesting thread. Useful. I'm bumping it for now, may add something later.
Contestado por kortex.gentoo
el 7 de junio de 2017 a las 05:39
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
Contestado por krom33
el 7 de junio de 2017 a las 06:30
Hello,
I agree with kortex.gentoo. TMDB should include Biography and Sport as genres.
Good luck, :-)