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Genre cleanup & consolidation
Verfasst von Travis BellSTAFFMOD am 10. Juni 2013 um 12:26
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?
Antwort von letitbe56
am 24. Juli 2025 um 13:38
What are you talking about? There are TONS of westerns coming out of Asian countries. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand have all released popular westerns. South Asian westerns are popularly termed "curry westerns". I encourage you to look it up!
Antwort von TheBlackReverand
am 11. August 2025 um 09:32
Hello,
Can we manage a new genre? "Show" of "One man show" for distinguish a comedy movie of a comedy show.
Thanks
Antwort von CeRu
am 12. August 2025 um 11:43
I hope there are Chinese genres: xianxia（仙侠） and ancient costume（古装）.