Exploitation films may adopt the subject matters and stylings of film genres, particularly horror films and documentary films. The subgenres of exploitation films are categorized by which characteristics they utilize. Thematically, exploitation films can also be influenced by other so-called exploitative media, like pulp magazines. Exploitation films often blur genre lines by containing elements of two or more genres at a time. For example, Doris Wishman's Let Me Die A Woman contains both shock documentary and sexploitation elements.
by Action[]
- Martial Arts Films
- Mockbuster
- Rape and Revenge Film
- Slasher Film
- Splatter Film
- Vigilante Films
by Subject[]
- 1930's and 1940's Cautionary Films
- Carsploitation
- Eco-Terror Films
- Mondo Film - shockumentaries
- Sexploitation Film
- Shocksploitation
- Woman-In-Prison Film
by Subculture[]
- Blaxploitation
- Cannibal film
- Chambara - Samurai
- Clownsploitation
- Gaysploitation
- Hixploitation
- Nazi Exploitation
- Nerdsploitation
- Ninja Films
- Nudist Film
- Nunsploitation
- Outlaw Biker Film
- Redsploitation
- Stoner Films
- Teensploitation
- Transploitation
by Setting[]
- Post-Apocalypse Films
- Spacesploitation
- Spagetti Western
- Sword & Sandals Films
- Urban Decay
by Location[]
- Britsploitation - British
- Canuxsploitation - Canadian
- Giallo - Italian Slasher
- Mexsploitation - Mexican
- Ozploitation - Autstrailian
- Pinku eiga - Japanese Sexploitation
- Pornochanchada films - Brazilian softcore