Film genre

The answer

SCIFI

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCIFI answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NOIR (37 uses in xd)
• ACTION (9 uses in xd)
• HORROR (9 uses in xd)
• DRAMA (4 uses in xd)
• SUSPENSE (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SCIFI

Every other clue in this collection answered by SCIFI, most used first.

• Bookstore section - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• "Star Trek" genre - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Futuristic genre - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Star Wars" genre - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Asimov's genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Bradbury's genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Futuristic novel genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Heinlein's genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Nebula Award genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Octavia E. Butler's genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Film critic Roger - EBERT, used 67 times
• Flynn of film - ERROL, used 60 times
• Cartoon genre - ANIME, used 59 times
• Jazz genre - BEBOP, used 58 times
• Japanese cartoon genre - ANIME, used 49 times
• French film award - CESAR, used 40 times

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