Genre

What is a genre?
A genre is essentially a category for films in which would mainly depend on the content that is has altogether.

Examples of Genres: Crime, Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi. Horror, Comedy, Romance, Drama and Fantasy.

How to categorise a film in a genre: As explained, this is mainly dependent on the content that the film has, if the film has more lighter tones in which can make people laugh, it is a Comedy, if the content is that the film has a setting within the near or far future, if it uses advanced technology or science, then it is a Sci-Fi, if is has a scary and tense atmosphere, suspenseful music, then it is classified into Horror.

Films in their genre: Crime- Pulp Fiction, Scarface, The Godfather, Sin City, The Wolf of Wall Street.
Action- Kick Ass, Guardians of the Galaxy, Sucker Punch, The Avengers.
Thriller- Before I Go To Sleep, The Dark Knight, Se7en.
Sci-Fi- Total Recall, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Star Wars.
Horror- Aliens, Nightmare on Elm Street, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th.
Comedy-Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Anchorman, Shawn of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim VS the World, American Psycho.
Romance-Her, The Fault in our Stars, Titanic, Forest Gump.
Fantasy- The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Jumanji.