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Basic Film/Video Genre List
Note: the Library of Congress has begun issuing authority records for genre headings for film and television, but all of those on this list have not yet been issues. There are also more recent additions to the list, so it is now out of date. It will be left up for a while for historical reasons, but now the records for the 155 Genre headings in OCLC and/or Classification Web should be used as the source for genre headings. A current list is maintained at http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/Genre-FormHeadingsList.doc, which has a link to the current SCM documentation.
3-D films
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Adventure films
Adventure television programs
Amateur films
Animal films
Animated films
Animated television programs
Anti-war films
Anti-war television programs
Audience participation television programs
B films.
Baseball films
Beach party films
Bible films
Biographical films
Biographical television programs
Blaxploitation films
Boxing films
Caper films
Car-chase films
Children's films
Christmas films
Christmas television programs
Cinéma vérité
City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Clay animation films
College life films
Comedy films
Comedy programs
Cop shows
Detective and mystery films
Detective and mystery television programs
Disaster films
Documentary films
Documentary-style films
Documentary television programs
Educational films
Educational television programs
Epic films
Erotic films
Erotic videos
Ethnographic films
Ethnographic television programs
Experimental films
Experimental videos
Exploitation films
Fantasy films
Fantasy television programs
Feature films
Feminist motion pictures
Film noir
Films by children
Films for the hearing impaired
Films for people with visual disabilities
Football films
Foreign films
Game shows
Gangster films
Ghost television programs
Haunted house films
Haunted house television programs
Heimatfilme
Historical films
Historical television programs
Hockey films
Horror films
Horror television programs
Hospital films
Hospital television programs
Industrial films
Instructional television programs
Jungle films
Jungle television programs
Juvenile delinquency films
Live television programs
Loop films
Lost films
Lost television programs
Low budget motion pictures
Low budget television programs
Made-for-TV movies
Magazine format television programs
Martial arts films
Motion picture remakes
Motion picture sequels
Motion picture serials
Motorcycle films
Mummy films
Music videos
Musical films
Nature films
Nature television programs
Novelty films
New wave films
Newsreels
Outtakes
Parody films
Peplum films
Police films
Populist films
Prison films
Puppet films
Puppet television programs
Quiz shows
Reality television programs
Religious films
Ride films
Road films
Rock films
Romantic comedy film
Rural comedies
Rushes (Motion pictures)
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Samurai films
Schulmädchen-Report films
Science fiction films
Science fiction television programs
Science films
Science television programs
Screwball comedy films
Short films [less than 40 min.]
Silent films
Slasher films
Snuff films
Soap operas
Social guidance films
Sound motion pictures
Spaghetti Westerns
Sports films
Sports videos
Spy films
Spy television programs
Stock footage
Street films
Superhero films
Superhero television programs
Swashbuckler films
Talk shows
Television comedies (collections only)
Television commercial films
Television dance parties
Television mini-series
Television musicals
Television pilot programs
Television programs for people with visual disabilities
Television programs for the hearing impaired
Television programs, Public service
Television serials
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Travelogues (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Trick films
True crime television programs
Unfinished animated films
Unfinished motion pictures
Vampire films
Variety shows (Television programs)
Video art
Video recordings for children
Video recordings for the visually handicapped
War films
War television programs
Werewolf films
Western films
Western television programs
Wildlife films
Wildlife television programs
Young adult films
Zombie films
Named Genres
Alien films
Andy Hardy films
Angélique films
Batman films
Bowery Boys films
Charlie Chan films
Carry On films
Cisco Kid films
Doctor Mabuse films
Don Juan films
Dracula films
Frankenstein films
Godfather films
Godzilla films
Hopalong Cassidy films
Indiana Jones films
James Bond films
Lone Ranger films
Nightmare on Elm Street films
Niskavuori films
Our Gang films
Planet of the Apes films
Scooby-Doo television programs
Sherlock Holmes films
Sherlock Holmes television programs
Star Trek films
Star Trek television programs
Star Wars films
Superman films
Tarzan films
Three Stooges films
Tom and Jerry films
Torchy Blane films
Trapalhões films
Zorro films
Zorro television programs |
Note for Feature Films: Films about important
historical subjects or events may be given subject headings of
[Name]$vDrama, as may other important themes not covered in
the Basic Genre List. Use sparingly. See also the list under Motion
pictures in the LCSH.
Note for non-fictional films and television programs:
Generally do not add genre headings except for the following cases:
- Programs where a topical heading would not be applicable (e.g.
Television dance parties, Reality television programs, Variety
television programs, etc.)
- Reinactments (e.g. True crime television programs)
- Fictitious documentaries (e.g. Documentary-style films)
- Films for which the intention is more artistic than informative
(e.g. Experimental films, Experimental video, Video art)
African Films: Films produced in Africa or about
Africa (produced anywhere) should be given a local subject heading
(690) of: Motion pictures, Africa.
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October 25, 2007 |
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