Genre and Subgenre

Genre refers to a class or category, having a particular form, content or technique. In media, films are grouped into categories such as Thrillers, Comedies, Horrors, Dramas, Westerns and Crime and Gangster.
Subgenre is a lesser or subordinate genre. For example; thriller films can be categorised into more specific genres, such as psychological thriller, action thriller and romantic thriller.


Psychological thrillers are films such as:
Dream House

Action thrillers are films such as:
Taken 2

Romantic thrillers are films such as:
Unfaithful

Scarface - Gangster

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Horror

Hangover - Comedy

Goodfellas - Drama

Cat Ballou - Western