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List of Library of Congress Subject Headings: Film Genres
The following is a fairly comprehensive list of Library of Congress Subject
Headings for film genres. This list is provided for the sake of completeness.
Some of these Headings are rarely used, and an IRIS search on an obscure
genre could retrieve zero results.
(*Note that the LCSH system uses the same headings for films themselves
and writing about films. For instance, the heading COMEDY FILMS
UNITED STATES is used for both comedy films made in the United States
and books about comedy films made in the United States.)
In addition to the following film genre Headings, also try...
- History and Criticism subdivisions (e.g. ADVENTURE FILMS HISTORY AND CRITICISM)
- Geographic subdivisions (e.g. ADVENTURE FILMS UNITED STATES)
- Geographic subdivisions with History and Criticism subdivisions (e.g. ADVENTURE FILMS UNITED STATES HISTORY AND CRITICISM)
ADVENTURE FILMS
ADVENTURE FILMS HISTORY AND CRITICISM
ADVENTURE FILMS UNITED STATES
ADVENTURE FILMS UNITED STATES HISTORY AND CRITICISM
AMATEUR FILMS
ANGELIQUE FILMS
ANIMATED FILMS
ANDY HARDY FILMS
BIBLE FILMS
BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS
BEACH PARTY FILMS
BLAXPLOITATION FILMS
BOWERY BOYS FILMS
CAPER FILMS
CHARLIE CHAN FILMS
CHILDREN'S FILMS
CHRISTMAS FILMS
COLLEGE LIFE FILMS
COMEDY FILMS
DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY FILMS
DISASTER FILMS
DOCTOR MABUSE FILMS
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
DOCUMENTARY-STYLE FILMS
EPIC FILMS
EROTIC FILMS
EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
EXPLOITATION FILMS
FANTASY FILMS
FEATURE FILMS
FEMINIST MOTION PICTURES
FILM NOIR
FILMS BY CHILDREN
FILMS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED
FOREIGN FILMS
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
FRANKENSTEIN FILMS
GANGSTER FILMS
GODFATHER FILMS
GODZILLA FILMS
HAUNTED HOUSE FILMS
HISTORICAL FILMS
HORROR FILMS
HOSPITAL FILMS
INDIANA JONES FILMS
INDUSTRIAL FILMS
JAMES BOND FILMS
MARTIAL ARTS FILMS
MOTORCYCLE FILMS
MUSICAL FILMS
OUR GANG FILMS
PLANET OF THE APES FILMS
POLICE FILMS
POPULIST FILMS
PRISON FILMS
PUPPET FILMS
RELIGIOUS FILMS
RIDE FILMS
ROAD FILMS
SAMURAI FILMS
SCIENCE FILMS
SHORT FILMS
SILENT FILMS
SPORTS FILMS
SPY FILMS
STAR WARS FILMS
STREET FILMS
SUPER-8 MOTION PICTURES
SUPERMAN FILMS
SWASHBUCKLER FILMS
TARZAN FILMS
TORCHY BLANE FILMS
TRICK FILMS
VAMPIRE FILMS
WAR FILMS
WEREWOLF FILMS
WESTERN FILMS
YOUNG ADULT FILMS
ZOMBIE FILMS
