Did you know that Netflix has close to 27,000 genres of TV shows, movies, concerts and more ready to be streamed? That’s more than the number of people who grew up in the same town I did.
Mostly, Netflix shows you the ones you want to see or what everyone else is watching. But, they’ve got some pretty weird stuff going on too. Some, weirder than others, for sure.
26 Fairly Odd Subgenre Categories on Netflix:
1. 20th Century Period Pieces for Hopeless Romantics
Something you should put on your dating profile.
Everyone’s favorite.
3. Action Comedies for ages 11 to 12
When a regular comedy just won’t do.
Jokes about wine and beef and stuff.
5. Belgian Dutch-Language Dramas
Don’t we all like our favorite Belgian movies to be in Dutch?
Well, of course.
7. Canadian Deadly Disaster Movies
8/9. Classic Sentimental Movies based on Books
Classic Sentimental Movies based on classic literature
Interesting that these are two different categories.
10. Critically-acclaimed Dark Danish Dramas
There have to be hundreds (you’ve never heard of).
11. Dark Suspenseful Viral Plague Movies
Too specific.
12. Depression Era Movies for ages 8 to 10
Instead of Saturday morning cartoons.
13. East Asian Sports Comedies
The only way to spend a Tuesday evening.
14. Feel-good Deep Sea Movies for ages 8 to 10
Gotta love those G-rated deep sea classic.
Well, yeah.
16. Gritty Dysfunctional-Family Social Issue Dramas
Nothing puts the ‘fun’ in ‘family’ like dysfunction.
17. Mistaken-Identity Family Comedies
When your family feels like an outcast.
18. Pop
Popular?
19. Provocative Business Movies
Aren’t they all?
20. Raunchy Dysfunctional-Family TV Comedies
Sounds like a Sunday night to me.
The hilarity.
22. Suspenseful Scandinavian Movies based on Books
Riveting.
23. Understated Australian Independent Dramas
Those Australians are so subtle.
24. Violent Chinese Revenge Martial Arts Movies
For adults only.
25. Visually-striking Quirky Action & Adventure
Quirky, yet well done.
The real classics.
