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Action fiction. Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and mysteries.
This is chronological list of action films split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including, horror , comedy , and science fiction films ); the lists should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.
Adventure fiction often overlaps with other genres, notably war novels, crime novels, detective novels, sea stories, Robinsonades, spy stories (as in the works of John Buchan, Eric Ambler and Ian Fleming), science fiction, fantasy, (Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien both combined the secondary world story with the adventure novel) and ...
Action fiction is characterized by excitement, momentum, conflict, and often features the protagonist overcoming overwhelming odds. Physical confrontations and daring stunts are common, but the genre is anchored in a broader sense of conflict and dynamic character development.
Science fiction action films (16 C, 2 P) Sports action films (26 P) Spy action films (3 C) Superhero films (15 C, 1 P) Supernatural action films (16 P) Swashbuckler films (14 C, 7 P)
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Goeff ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... Adventure fiction by medium (8 C) A. Action animation (3 C) Action anime and manga (10 C, 541 P) C.
