Follow TV Tropes

There is a constant interchange of ideas between TV and film — hit movies gettingSpin-Off series, popular TV series gettingbig-screen outings — so many tropes have entered TV from film, and vice versa.

Silent film established most of the basicCamera Tricks, and is the home to many aDiscredited Trope andDead Horse Trope, but at the same time many aTrope Maker orTrope Codifier.

See alsoActors,Directors,Academy Award, andMade-for-TV Movie.

Index of films:

Film types

• Animated Films
• Anthology Film
• Film Series
• Public Domain Feature Films
• Short Film
• Television Movies

Films by genre

• Fantasy Films
• Horror Films
• Military and Warfare Films
• Mystery and Detective Films
• Noir
• Science Fiction Films
• Superhero Films
• Thriller Films
• Westerns

Films by year

• Early Films
• Films of the 1920s
• Films of the 1930s
• Films of the 1940s
• Films of the 1950s
• Films of the 1960s
• Films of the 1970s
• Films of the 1980s
  • Films of the 1980s – Franchises
  • Films of 1980–1984
  • Films of 1985–1989
• Films of the 1990s
  • Films of the 1990s – Franchises
  • Films of 1990–1994
  • Films of 1995–1999
• Films of the 2000s
  • Films of the 2000s – Franchises
  • Films of 2000–2004
  • Films of 2005–2009
• Films of the 2010s
  • Films of the 2010s – Franchises
  • Films of 2010–2014
  • Films of 2015–2019
• Films of the 2020s
  • Films of the 2020s - Franchises

Films by nationality

• American Films
• Australian Movies
• Asian Films (multiple countries)
• Belgian Films
• British Films
• Canadian Movies
• Chinese Films
• Czech Films
• Dutch Films
• French Films
• German Films
• Hong Kong Films
• Indian Films
• Italian Films
• Japanese Films
• Korean Movies
• Nigerian Films
• Philippine Films
• Russian Films
• Spanish Films

Other lists

• 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
• American Film Institute
• British Film Institute
• Box Office Bombs
• The Criterion Collection
• Lovecraft on Film
• National Film Registry

Alternative Title(s):Movies,Films Live Action,Live Action Films