Name Dropping
In Take Shelter, Curtis’s troubled relationship with Samantha and Hannah and his traumatic childhood with his schizophrenic mother exemplify how the film can be classified as this subgenre
The family melodrama
The slasher
The maze is the defining narrative and stylistic feature of this genre
Thriller
Shockingly, this genre is set during the settling of the American West and depicts a quest or frontier life
Western
This is a sub-subgenre of slapstick comedy that portrays comic teams engaged in male bonding
The buddy comedy
Films such as the Saw franchise, Evil Dead Rise, and Hostel, in which the psychology of a character takes second place to the depiction of graphic violence, are examples of this subgenre
Physical horror film
If a film contains physical humor and stunts like pratfalls and a topper, a protagonist who is obviously unsuited for romance, and a dynamic of the little guy versus the big guy, it is most likely this subgenre
Slapstick comedy
This is a common narrative structure in the rom/com, which features scenes centering one character that alternate with parallel scenes centered on the other
Dual focus
Movies like Cloverfield are holdovers from a cycle of films from the 1930s in which monsters play a major role, known by this cutesy name
Creature feature
In FernGully, Batty represents the social evils of animal testing and human experimentation on their fellow creatures. As such, he can be classified as this kind of character
An archetype
Movies like The Producers or Tick, Tick…Boom, which center around the production and performance of a musical show, are examples of this subgenre
Theatrical musical
Movies like The Defiant Ones are this subgenre of the melodrama that extends its reach to include larger historical, community, economic, and racial issues
The naturalized use of violence is a defining feature of which subgenre of the Western?
Political Western
This is a cycle of films made after World War II that focused on broader cultural issues and social ills and as such is distinguishable by its subject matter
Social problem film
This is the major difference between the ending in a rom-com and the ending in a romance film
A rom-com guarantees a happy ending, but the romance film doesn't
Films like Stagecoach and The Great Train Robbery, which concentrate on action and movement with a heroic character on a quest, are examples of this subgenre
The epic Western
If a movie features a spiritual evil that erupts in the human realm, it is this subgenre
This genre injects magic into ordinary situations
Fantasy
Science fiction films originated with the early trick films of this French director
Georges Méliès
Blocking elements like class differences for Jack and Rose in Titanic serve this purpose in the film
To show how love can overcome differences
If a film starred an actor like Matt Damon or Cary Grant as an unwilling victim of a labyrinthine plot, it would likely be this genre
A thriller
If a Western film communicates a more introspective worldview, in which the traditional hero is troubled by his changing social status and the frontier is more populated and civilized, then it is this subgenre
Existential Western
Screwball comedy
This is why there were no musicals before 1927
There was no technology for synchronized sound
An exclusive grouping of social problem films only includes serious, realistic dramas set in contemporaneous times. An inclusive grouping would include these other types of films
Parodies and historical films