There are several different models of personality in contemporary psychology. The model that has the strongest empirical support is called the five-factor model and was developed in the 1980s by Costa and McCrae among others, but has roots as far back as the 1930s.

A personality is measured according to five different values ​​that one can have more or less of. The five values ​​are

– being open to new impressions
– being careful and conscientious
– being outgoing
– being agreeable
– being emotionally sensitive

This can be useful, for example, to know which jobs a person is suitable for.
Being open to new impressions can be good both in creative professions and research, but also technology, media, and other fields can be suitable.

On the other hand, if you have low openness, you may be better suited to administrative and organizational professions, in the legal system or security, finance and economics, as well as more routine jobs such as mechanics, warehouse workers or dental hygienists.

What I wanted to write about here, however, are the five personality traits and film and literature. There have been some such studies.

Horror movies are for neurotic and introverted people. Less agreeable and sensation seekers with low empathy.

Romance movies are for extroverted, agreeable and less open people with a hedonistic (pleasure seeking) bent.

Drama movies are for extroverted and agreeable people with a eudaimonic (meaning-seeking) bent.

Comedy movies are for agreeable people with low openness and a bit hedonistic.

Animation movies are for people who are agreeable and a bit neurotic.

Classic movies are high in openness and are eudaimonic.

Science fiction movies are high in openness and are for sensation seekers.

Action and adventure are low in neuroticism but are for sensation seekers.

Fantasy movies are high in openness and sensations like sci fi movies, but their viewers are more introverted.

Sport movies attract people who are low in openness, low in neuroticism and are higher on conscientiousness, extraversion and agreeableness.

You can compare this with the research that exists on the five personality traits and literature.

Extroverts read exciting things like adventures and thrillers. They also like some non-fiction books.

Introverts read more poetry, literary works and philosophy. Fantasy and sci-fi fit in well.

Conscientious people read a lot of non-fiction

It is also interesting what different literature lacks;

Graphic novels and manga may be short of extraversion sometimes.
Comics sometimes lack conscientiousness a bit.
Asian tends to be a bit low on openness now and then and so is also girls fiction, manga, religion and romance from time to time.
Religion and self-improvement books seem terapeutic against neuroticism.
Philosophy is sometimes low on agreeableness as is horror and graphic novels.

On IMDB I can read that the genres I have seen the most movies in are
1. Comedy
2. Drama
3. Adventure
4. Science fiction
5. Action
6. Fantasy
7. Thriller
8. Horror
9. Animation
10. Mystery

On Goodreads it says that my favorite genres, in alphabetical order, are; biography, classics, fantasy, memoir, nonfiction, philosophy, politics, psychology, science and science fiction.

There has also been some research on the Big Five and various digital games.
Openness is correlated with puzzle games and adventure games.
Extraversion is connected to action and sports.
Neuroticism is correlated with escapism like in some adventure and fantasy games.
Conscientiousness seems to be lower if youre a heavy gamer.
I personally like puzzle games and adventure.