Name movies of blended genres

Cafe Society
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Take any two of the genres below (or add any legitimate genre I’ve missed), and name a movie that qualifies

Comedy
Western
Gangster
Biblical
Samurai
Prison
Mystery
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Sports
Horror
Psycho Killer
War
Romance
Superhero
Historical

For example, all with Sean Connery: for Historical + Mystery, The Name of the Rose; Historical + Romance Robin and Marian; Science Fiction + Western **Outland **.

Best entries are those with the least-obvious-until-you-think-of-it examples. More than two genres?

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The first ones that came to mind mind:

Blade Runner and Gattaca = Film Noir + Science Fiction

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Comedy + Horror:

Tremors and its spiritual successor Slither.

4

Inglourious Basterds: (Black) Comedy Western Historical War Fantasy movie.

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Are there any War movies that don’t include another of those themes?

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If you add “Martial Arts” or “Kung Fu” as a Genre, then you can have Shaolin Soccer (Martial Arts and Sports) and Kung Fu Hustle (Gangster + Martial Arts) plus almost every Jackie Chan movie is Comedy + Martial Arts.

7

war film + mystery + courtroom drama + prison escape = **Hart’s War **
comedy + horror = The Frighteners

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I’d say the same about fantasy.

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose is Courtroom Drama + Horror.

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Serenity - Sci-fi & Western

11

You forgot disaster.

Disaster+Comedy=Airplane!

12

Army of Darkness is action/sci-fi/ horror/comedy. So is Ghostbusters.

Before he died–well, when else could he have? SHORTLY before he died–Steve Gerber (creator of Howard the Duck) joked that the best pitch for a movie would be “an action/sci-fi/buddy flick based on a Jane Austen novel.”

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To start at the top of your list:

Comedy + Western: Support Your Local Sheriff (oldie, but it holds up really well)

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Same for Support Your Local Gunfighter. Much of the same cast, different story and not related in any way to Sheriff.

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Supernatural+Horror+Private Eye = Angel Heart

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Disaster + Romance + Historical = Titanic

For some reason Dancer In The Dark sticks out in my mind as a choice for a thread like this, but I can’t quite articulate why. Maybe it’s just a film that is so strange that it feels like it’s blending all these genres together when really it’s just taking the viewer into unexpected places. Musical + drama + 60s America + courtroom + weird scenes where people slowdance at inappropriate times + Bjork?

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Science fiction + war = Starship Troopers
Sports + Prison = The Longest Yard
Science fiction + Horror + Comedy + Romance = Young Frankenstein

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I think “Musical” is a Genre that could be included. Thus Comedy+Horror+Musical = Little Shop Of Horrors , Science Fiction + Horror + Musical = Rocky Horror Picture Show, Western + Musical = Paint Your Wagon, etc.

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I’ve got to disagree about Ghostbusters. What horror? The only thing that springs to mind is the minor and entirely predictable bit with the ghost of the librarian in the basement that turns around, changes into the standard scary monster and gives the standard scary roar.

Any other scenes you want to nominate to back Ghostbusters’s horror cred?

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Sci Fi + Sports = Rollerball, Death Race 2000, The Running Man

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