All film genres have an Apple genre code. An attribute named code must be used with the <genre> tag to supply the Apple genre code. Standardizing on the Apple genre codes reduces errors resulting from typos. If you have a typo when using the code, the package submission fails. You can correct the code and re-deliver.
The code attribute is required.
Note: You must provide the genre code exactly as displayed in the Apple Genre Code column below. The AMG IDs are given in case they are useful when identifying or mapping to the appropriate genre. AMG Genre IDs are not accepted as genre codes.
Genre | Apple Genre Code | AMG ID |
|---|---|---|
Action & Adventure | ACTION-ADVENTURE-00 | genres 646 and 647 |
African | AFRICAN-00 | |
Anime | ANIME-00 | |
Bollywood | BOLLYWOOD-00 | |
Classics | CLASSICS-00 | |
Comedy | COMEDY-00 | genre 648 |
Concert Films | CONCERT-FILMS-00 | |
Documentary | DOCUMENTARY-00 | category 239 |
Drama | DRAMA-00 | genre 649 |
Foreign | FOREIGN-00 | |
Holiday | HOLIDAY-00 | |
Horror | HORROR-00 | genre 654 |
Independent | INDEPENDENT-00 | |
Kids & Family | KIDS-FAMILY-00 | genre 660 |
Made for TV | MADE-FOR-TV-00 | |
Middle Eastern | MIDDLE-EASTERN-00 | |
Music Documentaries | MUSIC-DOCUMENTARIES-00 | |
Music Feature Film | MUSIC-FEATURE-FILMS-00 | |
Musicals | MUSICALS-00 | |
Regional Indian | REGIONAL-INDIAN-00 | |
Romance | ROMANCE-00 | genre 948 |
Russian | RUSSIAN-00 | |
Sci-Fi & Fantasy | SCIFI-FANTASY-00 | genres 652 and 650 |
Short Films | SHORT-FILMS-00 | production style 2239 |
Special Interest | SPECIAL-INTEREST-00 | genres 1063, 1047, 1085 and category 1982 |
Sports | SPORTS-00 | genre 1101 |
Thriller | THRILLER-00 | genre 942 |
Turkish | TURKISH-00 | |
Urban | URBAN-00 | |
Western | WESTERN-00 | genre 656 |