Interests - Interests Suggestions & Feedback

Experimental film (first subgenre with "film" in it).

Softcore, some titles are neither comedy nor drama nor thriller, but just - softcore.

Thanks for the table of interests in the help page, but there are still things I don't understand.

The Holiday interest requires the holiday-season keyword. So what explains the difference between these two searches, for example?

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_movie&interests=in0000192

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_movie&keywords=holiday-season

Formulaic: As in you've seen one, you've seen them all! (per my previous post on this topic) 

Formulaic be when EVERY SINGLE EPISODE is the EXACT same with very little variation.

Ex:

1. Dead Files (Word for word, they say - and do! - the exact same thing in EVERY episode).
2. Bewitched (Though far superior to the above tripe, it's always the same storyline, with clever sound effects, cool costumes and all-around fun to watch, unlike the above tripe.)
3. Columbo (Killer spoiled in first few mins, Columbo zeros in on him only, who acts superior to him and smug. Columbo does his "just one more thing" purposedly annoying shtick.)

Prestidigitation:  a cool, 1-word way to say "Features stage magic as opposed to sorcery magic(k)" 

Ex:

The Magician (TV Series 1973–1974) - IMDb

The Prestige (2006) - IMDb

The Illusionist (2006) - IMDb

Now You See Me (2013) - IMDb

I forgot the other film that is just like The Prestige came out around the same time with some other big shot, not sure which script spy copied which, and dont' think it was The Illusionist, never heard of that one before.

Sorcery (real magick, not to be confused with magic. Sci-fi vs Stage Magic, and to avoid adding a K to "magic" because many get flustered when they see "magick".)

Ex:

1. Bewitched 
2. The Craft (1996) - IMDb
3. Practical Magic (1998) - IMDb
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) - IMDb
5. Hocus Pocus (1993) - IMDb

Suggestion:

ASMR

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Political Commentary

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Vlog

Some already available interests should appear under more than one genre.

For example, Period Film and Sword and Sandal both belong to history, which has not any available interest, but they only appear under action and drama.

Experimental needs to be added as a genre, those films cannot be categorized under anything else.

Some other suggestions:

Exploitation

Revenge

Luchadores films

Biblical

Shakesperian

Old age films

Alternate History

Outlaw Western

Marshall Western

Video-game films

Puppet animation

Prank movies

Anthropological drama

Philosophical Drama

I guess you could also have a big list of interest in adult films and somehow hide them from the general public as it happens with all adult films in the database, but there is a lot of different interests there.

To see a full list of all available Interests, visit http://www.imdb.com/interest/all in your web browser.

I'm not sure we can consider that page a "list":

Note that we can only view four interests under each genre at a time and have to scroll left and right to view the interests under each genre, as well as having to scroll up and down.

For purposes of this particular discussion where IMDb is looking for suggestions for new interests, it would be much more helpful if there were a text-based list of all existing interests, so we could read it just by scrolling up and down the list. I realize that most IMDb users may not care about that; my suggestion is for a list to be put into the Contributors Zone. Otherwise, it will be hard for us to keep track of what topics already exist as interests and don't need to be re-proposed.

I'm re-proposing what could have been the new Genres chosen a few years ago, to be Interests instead:

Awards Show: "Predominantly, but not exclusively, TV shows whose primary focus is on announcing and/or presenting awards for work that occurred before the show and that happened independent of the existence of that show. Non-fiction, generally live or taped live with minimal editing."

Erotica: "Should have a major portion of its running time emphasizing depictions of nudity, simulated sexual activity, or scenes otherwise designed to stimulate sexual arousal. This cannot co-exist with the Adult genre except in cases where the title has a hardcore alternate version. Subjective." (Similar to the Softcore interest proposed above by plur62.)

Experimental: "A title that explores the possibilities of film and video as art by "experimenting" with non-mainstream form and content. It often discards conventional techniques in favor of a non-linear, non-narrative structure; utilizes abstract, non-representational imagery and photographic techniques as opposed to the generally accepted production practices; and explores content from an unexpected, non-traditional, alternative point-of-view. Almost always an independent or low-budget film or video, it includes, but is not limited to, those titles also categorized as an underground-film or as avant-garde. Subjective." (Also suggested above by plur62 and Pencho15.)

Lifestyle: "Applies predominately to non-fiction titles which are primarily focused on describing and/or demonstrating life skills, hobbies and leisure activities. Examples of topics covered include: cooking, fashion, home decoration/improvement, travel, health/beauty, antiques, auctions, wedding and party planning, consumer awareness, parenting, and other topics along these lines."

Soap Opera: "Soap Operas are serial melodramas that run more than once a week. Exceptions will be made for certain weekly, prime-time shows, but only if they are similar to the typical serial in style and content. TV series only."

(See discussion at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/implementation-of-new-genres/5f4a7a638815453dbaa6da98.)