What are the most consistently reliable film genres for you?

[toddly6666]

1. Sports movies
2. Westerns
3. Horror films

For some reason, whenever I see in the theater or rent one of these films, they seem to never disappoint. Im not a huge fan of any of those three genres but the majority of these films have always been satisfying. I have seen a few bad westerns and few bad horror films but I have not seen one bad sports film and I dont even care about watching sports in real life

Which film genres rarely disappoint you...and remember they can be film genres that you dont love dearly (for example, I love animated films, Musicals, sci-fi, superhero movies... yet they arent always as consistently reliable entertainers).

[Taipan]

Probably romantic comedies. I always expect nothing and cliches in these and I'm never disappointed. They are consistent enough to fit your criteria.

Every other film genre has inconsistencies for me.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

To be completely honest, the only genre which has (so far) been 100% guaranteed success for me in my history of film viewing has been Marvels Cinematic Universe. Every other genre has always had entries of dissapointing note.

That being said, I am prepared for the eventual day where even that one very specific genre fails me as well. I can only hope that it is still a far ways off though.

[levcore]

Action
horror

[octagon]

It's not really a genre but I would probably say low-budget indie character films have a pretty good track record for me. They're like anything else...the really good ones are few and far between but I usually find something to like about them (if only that they were at least trying something more or less interesting).

I finally got around to watching Hesher the other night and was kind of surprised by how much I disliked it. That's a pretty rare reaction. I wasn't necessarily crazy about (for example) Safety Not Guaranteed or Everything Must Go but there were things I really liked about them.

[octagon]

I was just reading the films people were listing in The Judge giveaway and that got me to thinking. Courtroom Dramas might be a legitimate genre with a great track record too.

I love the great ones. I love a lot of the pretty good ones and I even like a lot of the just okay ones.

[dyne]

War movies for me.

[blonde_devil]

Probably westerns. Even with bad ones, you know you will have certian things in it. With others, the bad can be bad - comedies can have very lame jokes, horror can be not so scary, etc - and that will totally ruin the film.

[qb2333]

film noirs. even when they're bad, they're good

[AKORIS]

probably war movies....

horror/sci-fi, action, and suspense are my favorite genres but they all have lots of terrible movies....

rarely do I see a war flick and say "that really sucked!"

[Visco.]

Thrillers, Crime Dramas, and Neo-noir are my favorites.

Genres are hard because I love so many things about each of them. I'd say just about every single genre has a balanced chance of satisfying me. I naturally try to avoid silly action blockbusters and rom-coms.

[warrian]

Science Fiction, Historical Epics and Period Dramas for me.

I guess I like being transported as far away from my own life as possible.

[LegacyCosts]

Character dramas, crime dramas, neonoir. Top 3 for sure. I love science fiction but it's such a big genre and much of it is terrible.

[Moviefan2k4]

Family films, science fiction, and superheroes.

[pEgLeG]

80s horror

[cardiac161]

Samurai (jidai-geki) films for me. Most may not have the hyper-kinetic action scenes like 13 Assassins or Kill Bill. But a lot of them deal with themes of honor amidst class struggles, revenge and social codes.

[Astro Zombie]

Horror probably. Even the worst horror movies are enjoyable to me in a "so-bad-it's-good" sort of way.

[AaronJ]

Slasher flicks rarely disappoint me.

Now, I'm not sure if that's because most of them are at least somewhat entertaining, or because I just don't bother with the ones which I don't think I like. It's probably a combination of the two, actually.

Super-hero movies have been fairly reliable, with only a few exceptions (Spider-Man 3, Iron-Man 3, Superman Returns, X-Men Origins: Wolverine). But the vast majority have been good-to-excellent.

[CinemaBlu]

Noir.

Because for a film to be considered a noir film, it has to first successfully incorporate the noir style. Otherwise it's not a noir film. And, ironically, it has to successfully depict failure.

[Pondosinatra]

Porn.