Query with linq from database - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm doing an mvc Theater project with entity framework code first.
I created a page to add a movie to my database.
the Movie class has a Genre property,the Genre class has an Id and a Name property.
What I'm trying to do is query all rows of the Genres table from database with Linq (if other method is better do tell) and choose one Genre to connect to a row of the movie I'm creating.
thanks,any help is appreciated.
this is my Genre class
public class Genre
{
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
[Display(Name="Ganre")]
public string GenreName { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Movie> MoviesByGenre { get; set; }
}
this is my Movie class
public class Movie
{
[Key]
public string Id { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie name is required")]
[Display(Name="Movie name")]
public string MovieName { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie length is required")]
[Display(Name="Length(minutes)")]
public int LengthInMinutes { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage="Genre of the movie is required")]
[Display(Name="Genre")]
public virtual Genre MovieGenre { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Year of release is required")]
public int Year { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage="Who is the director?")]
public virtual MovieDirector Director { get; set; }
public virtual MoviePoster Poster { get; set; }
//How many users bought a ticket
public virtual ICollection<ApplicationUser> UsersWhoBoughtTicket { get; set; }
}
this is the Add Movie page
<div class="form-horizontal">
<h4>Movie</h4>
<hr />
#Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.MovieName, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.MovieName, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.MovieName, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.LengthInMinutes, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.LengthInMinutes, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.LengthInMinutes, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Description, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Description, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Description, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Year, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Year, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Year, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.MovieGenre.GenreName, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "btn control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.MovieGenre.GenreName, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Director, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Director, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control dropdown" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Director, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Poster, new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
<input name="Image" type="file" />
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Poster)
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
<input type="submit" value="Create" class="btn btn-default" />
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

I hope your entities are like this:
public class Genre
{
public int Id{ get; set; }
public string Name{ get; set; }
public ICollection<Movie> Movies{ get; set; }
}
public class Movie
{
public int Id{ get; set; }
public string Name{ get; set; }
public int GenreId {get; set; }
public Genre Genre{ get; set; }
}
Now your query would be like this:
_context.Include(x=>x.Movies).Genres; //it will return all genres with movies
_context.Movies.where(x=>x.GenreId == genreId); // it will return movies based on a genre id