A film comedy, also called a comedy film, is a film genre in the tradition of theatrical comedy, in which the viewer should be made to laugh. The genre has numerous subgenres, for example black comedy, action comedy, horror comedy, crime comedy, musical comedy, romantic comedy, screwball comedy, slapstick comedy, mistaken identity comedy, tragic comedy, fantasy comedy or science fiction -Comedy. Furthermore, numerous variations can be found, for example the culture clash comedy or the lederhosen film.
