Among the most common of film genres are musicals, thrillers, crime dramas, horror, and westerns, each of which employs its own characteristic story arcs and stylistic devices, and has its own particular audience.
常見的電影類型，例如歌舞片、驚悚片、警匪片、恐怖片、美國西部片等，都有獨特的故事走向與風格特徵，並且受到特定觀眾的支持與擁戴。