MongoDB Compass: select distinct field values

You can do this via aggregation framework in Compass, using $unwind and $group. The $unwind is performed to create a unique document for each element in the target array, which enables the $addToSet operator in the $group stage to then capture the genres as distinct elements.

Pipeline:

[
  {
    $unwind: {
      path: '$genre',
      preserveNullAndEmptyArrays: true
    }
  },
  {
    $group: {
      _id: null,
      uniqueGenres: { $addToSet: '$genre' }
    }
  }
]

See screenshot below for Compass example: