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	=== Bromantic comedy ===		=== Bromantic comedy ===
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	A '''bromantic comedy''' is a comedy film genre that takes the formula of the typical “[[romantic comedy]]” but focuses on close male friendships.<ref>{{Citation\|chapter=Patterson, John Edward, (died 4 April 1919), littérateur\|date=2007-12-01\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u201429\|title=Who Was Who}}</ref> The word “[[bromance]]” is a close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men.<ref>{{Cite journal\|date=2014-09-22\|title=Reading the bromance: homosocial relationships in film and television\|journal=Choice Reviews Online\|volume=52\|issue=2\|pages=~~52–0739-52-0739~~\|doi=10.5860/choice.52-0739\|issn=0009-4978}}</ref> Notable bromantic comedy films are ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', ''[[Superbad (film)\|Superbad]]'', ''[[I Love You, Man]]'', ''[[Step Brothers (film)\|Step Brothers]]'', ''[[Bull Durham]]'', and ''[[About a Boy (film)]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls075220007/\|title=Best "Bro" Movies (Bromance)\|website=IMDb\|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> Popular and common elements or themes of bromantic comedies include; [[male bonding]], [[bromance]], and conflicts with [[walter white]] bonding, with the addition of humour.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/a-fine-bromance-the-12-rules-of-male-friendship/\|title=A fine bromance: the 12 rules of male friendship\|last=Moss\|first=Chris\|date=2016-02-01\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2019-11-27\|language=en-GB\|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Aspects of bromantic comedies, including male camaraderie, were first seen in Barry Levinson's 1982 film ''[[Diner (1982 film)\|Diner]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thenewyorkerandme.blogspot.com/2014/01/barry-levinsons-diner-kael-vs-wolcott.html\|title=The New Yorker & Me: Barry Levinson's "Diner": Kael vs. Wolcott\|last=Macdougall\|first=John\|date=2014-01-18\|website=The New Yorker & Me\|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>		A '''bromantic comedy''' is a comedy film genre that takes the formula of the typical “[[romantic comedy]]” but focuses on close male friendships.<ref>{{Citation\|chapter=Patterson, John Edward, (died 4 April 1919), littérateur\|date=2007-12-01\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u201429\|title=Who Was Who}}</ref> The word “[[bromance]]” is a close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men.<ref>{{Cite journal\|date=2014-09-22\|title=Reading the bromance: homosocial relationships in film and television\|journal=Choice Reviews Online\|volume=52\|issue=2\|pages=52–0739–52–0739\|doi=10.5860/choice.52-0739\|issn=0009-4978}}</ref> Notable bromantic comedy films are ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', ''[[Superbad (film)\|Superbad]]'', ''[[I Love You, Man]]'', ''[[Step Brothers (film)\|Step Brothers]]'', ''[[Bull Durham]]'', and ''[[About a Boy (film)]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls075220007/\|title=Best "Bro" Movies (Bromance)\|website=IMDb\|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> Popular and common elements or themes of bromantic comedies include; [[male bonding]], [[bromance]], and conflicts with [[walter white]] bonding, with the addition of humour.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/a-fine-bromance-the-12-rules-of-male-friendship/\|title=A fine bromance: the 12 rules of male friendship\|last=Moss\|first=Chris\|date=2016-02-01\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2019-11-27\|language=en-GB\|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Aspects of bromantic comedies, including male camaraderie, were first seen in Barry Levinson's 1982 film ''[[Diner (1982 film)\|Diner]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thenewyorkerandme.blogspot.com/2014/01/barry-levinsons-diner-kael-vs-wolcott.html\|title=The New Yorker & Me: Barry Levinson's "Diner": Kael vs. Wolcott\|last=Macdougall\|first=John\|date=2014-01-18\|website=The New Yorker & Me\|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

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	===Paranormal romance ===		===Paranormal romance ===
	'''Paranormal romance''' is a popular genre of film which features romantic relationships between humans and supernatural creatures.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lW6EAwAAQBAJ&q=paranormal+romance+&pg=PP1\|title=A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television\|last1=Panse\|first1=S.\|last2=Rothermel\|first2=D.\|date=2014-04-24\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-1-137-01418-4\|language=en}}</ref> Popular tropes include [[vampirism]], [[Time travel\|time-travel]], [[~~Ghost\|ghosts~~]] and psychic or telekinetic abilities - i.e. things that cannot be explained by science.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Tobin-McClain\|first=Lee\|date=2000\|title=Paranormal Romance: Secretsof the Female Fantastic\|journal=Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts\|volume=11\|issue=3 (43)\|pages=294–306\|issn=0897-0521\|jstor=43308461}}</ref> The genre originated in literature and moved on to the screen in the early 2000s, following the success of the Twilight Saga adaptations from [[Stephenie Meyer\|Stephanie Meyer]]’s books.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=The twilight of the Gothic. Vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance.\|last=Crawford, Joseph.\|date=2014\|publisher=University of Wales Press\|isbn=978-1-78316-064-8\|oclc=894201495}}</ref> By 2007–8, film studios were producing various paranormal romance films, many adapted from novels.<ref name=":0" /> Examples of paranormal romance films include ''[[The Shape of Water]]'', ''[[Warm Bodies (film)\|Warm Bodies]]'', ''[[The Twilight Saga (film series)\|The Twilight Saga]]'', ''Emerald Green, [[Vampire Academy (film)\|Vampire Academy]]'', ''[[He's a Dragon\|I Am Dragon]]'' and ''[[The Exterminating Angel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls026257355/\|title=paranormal romance\|website=IMDb\|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>		'''Paranormal romance''' is a popular genre of film which features romantic relationships between humans and supernatural creatures.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lW6EAwAAQBAJ&q=paranormal+romance+&pg=PP1\|title=A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television\|last1=Panse\|first1=S.\|last2=Rothermel\|first2=D.\|date=2014-04-24\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-1-137-01418-4\|language=en}}</ref> Popular tropes include [[vampirism]], [[Time travel\|time-travel]], [[ghost]]s and psychic or telekinetic abilities - i.e. things that cannot be explained by science.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Tobin-McClain\|first=Lee\|date=2000\|title=Paranormal Romance: Secretsof the Female Fantastic\|journal=Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts\|volume=11\|issue=3 (43)\|pages=294–306\|issn=0897-0521\|jstor=43308461}}</ref> The genre originated in literature and moved on to the screen in the early 2000s, following the success of the Twilight Saga adaptations from [[Stephenie Meyer\|Stephanie Meyer]]’s books.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=The twilight of the Gothic. Vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance.\|last=Crawford, Joseph.\|date=2014\|publisher=University of Wales Press\|isbn=978-1-78316-064-8\|oclc=894201495}}</ref> By 2007–8, film studios were producing various paranormal romance films, many adapted from novels.<ref name=":0" /> Examples of paranormal romance films include ''[[The Shape of Water]]'', ''[[Warm Bodies (film)\|Warm Bodies]]'', ''[[The Twilight Saga (film series)\|The Twilight Saga]]'', ''Emerald Green, [[Vampire Academy (film)\|Vampire Academy]]'', ''[[He's a Dragon\|I Am Dragon]]'' and ''[[The Exterminating Angel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls026257355/\|title=paranormal romance\|website=IMDb\|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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[[File:Tyrone power alice faye ragtime6.jpg|thumb|270px|[[Tyrone Power]] passionately embraces [[Alice Faye]] in the [[1938 in film|1938 film]] ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]''.]]
'''Romance films''', '''romance movies''', '''ship movies''' or '''ship films''' are romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theaters and on [[television|TV]] that focus on [[passion (emotion)|passion]], [[emotion]], and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes them through [[dating]], [[courtship]] or [[marriage]]. Romance films make the romantic love story or the search for strong and pure love and romance the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as [[finance]]s, physical [[illness]], various forms of [[discrimination]], psychological restraints or family that threaten to break their union of love. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, [[temptation]]s (of [[infidelity]]), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/romancefilms.html |title=Romance films |website=[[Filmsite.org]] |access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>

Romantic films often explore the essential themes of [[love at first sight]], young with older love, unrequited romantic love, obsessive love, sentimental love, [[Spirituality|spiritual love]], forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and [[Tragedy|tragic love]]. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life "happily ever after", implied by a reunion and final kiss. In romantic television series, the development of such romantic relationships may play out over many episodes or different characters may become intertwined in different romantic arcs.

Screenwriter and scholar [[Eric R. Williams]] identifies Romance Films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters’ taxonomy, claiming that all feature length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Slice of Life, Sports, Thriller, War and Western.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams, Eric R.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/993983488|title=The screenwriters taxonomy : a roadmap to collaborative storytelling|publisher=Routledge Studies in Media Theory and Practice|year=2017|isbn=978-1-315-10864-3|location=New York, NY|oclc=993983488}}</ref>

==Subgenres==
[[File:Poster - Gone With the Wind 01.jpg|thumb|200px|Poster for ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone With the Wind]]'' (1939).]]

=== Historical romance ===
{{main|Historical romance}}
Also known as Epic romance, this is a romantic story with a historical period setting, normally with a turbulent backdrop of war, revolution or tragedy. This includes films such as ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]], [[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]'', ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' and ''[[Cold War (Zimna wojna)]]''.

=== Romantic drama ===
'''Romantic dramas''' usually revolve around an obstacle which prevents deep and true love between two people. Music is often employed to indicate the emotional mood, creating an atmosphere of greater insulation for the couple. The conclusion of a romantic drama typically does not indicate whether a final romantic union between the two main characters will occur. Some examples of romantic drama films are ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', ''[[Before Midnight]]'', ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'', ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'', ''[[Up in the Air (2009 film)|Up in the Air]]'', ''[[Gloria Bell]]'', ''[[Before Sunset]]'', ''[[Before Sunrise]]'', ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'', ''[[The Bridges of Madison County (film)|The Bridges of Madison County]]'', ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'', ''[[María Candelaria]]'', ''[[Daughters of the Dust]]'', ''[[Sommersby]]'', ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'', ''[[Big Night]]'', ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha (film)|Memoirs of a Geisha]]'', ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]'', ''[[Water for Elephants (film)|Water for Elephants]]'', ''[[On the Waterfront]]'', ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'', ''[[Man's Way with Women]]'', ''[[Like Water for Chocolate (film)|Like Water for Chocolate]]'' and ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]''. Same-sex romantic dramas, which tackle LGBT issues include ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', ''[[Blue Is the Warmest Colour]]'' and ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''.<ref>{{citation | first1=Wheeler W. | last1=Dixon | year=2000 | title=Film genre 2000: new critical essays | series=The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video | page=238 | publisher=SUNY Press | isbn=0-7914-4514-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgzACTHIAcsC&pg=PA238}}</ref>

=== Chick flick ===
{{main|Chick flick}}
'''Chick flick''' is a term often associated with romance films as many are targeted to a female audience.<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Simpson |editor-first=John |title=Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, on CD-ROM Version 4.0 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-19-956383-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |editor1-last=Stevenson |editor1-first=Angus |editor2-last= Lindberg |editor2-first=Christine A. |year=2010 |title=New Oxford American Dictionary, Third Edition |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=300 |isbn=978-0-19-539288-3}}</ref> Although many romance films may be targeted at women, this is not a defining characteristic of a romance film and a ''chick flick'' does not necessarily have a romance as a central theme, revolve around the romantic involvement of characters or even contain a romantic relationship. As such, the terms cannot be used interchangeably. Films of this genre include ''[[Gilda]]'', ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'', ''[[The Red Shoes (1948 film)]]'', ''[[Sense and Sensibility (film)]]'', ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'', ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'', ''[[The Notebook (2004 film)|The Notebook]]'', ''[[Dear John (2010 film)|Dear John]]'', ''[[A Walk to Remember]]'', and ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]''.

=== Bromantic comedy ===
{{Main|Bromantic comedy}}
A '''bromantic comedy''' is a comedy film genre that takes the formula of the typical “[[romantic comedy]]” but focuses on close male friendships.<ref>{{Citation|chapter=Patterson, John Edward, (died 4 April 1919), littérateur|date=2007-12-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u201429|title=Who Was Who}}</ref> The word “[[bromance]]” is a close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2014-09-22|title=Reading the bromance: homosocial relationships in film and television|journal=Choice Reviews Online|volume=52|issue=2|pages=52–0739-52-0739|doi=10.5860/choice.52-0739|issn=0009-4978}}</ref> Notable bromantic comedy films are ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', ''[[Superbad (film)|Superbad]]'', ''[[I Love You, Man]]'', ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]'', ''[[Bull Durham]]'', and ''[[About a Boy (film)]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls075220007/|title=Best "Bro" Movies (Bromance)|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> Popular and common elements or themes of bromantic comedies include; [[male bonding]], [[bromance]], and conflicts with [[walter white]] bonding, with the addition of humour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/a-fine-bromance-the-12-rules-of-male-friendship/|title=A fine bromance: the 12 rules of male friendship|last=Moss|first=Chris|date=2016-02-01|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-11-27|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Aspects of bromantic comedies, including male camaraderie, were first seen in Barry Levinson's 1982 film ''[[Diner (1982 film)|Diner]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thenewyorkerandme.blogspot.com/2014/01/barry-levinsons-diner-kael-vs-wolcott.html|title=The New Yorker & Me: Barry Levinson's "Diner": Kael vs. Wolcott|last=Macdougall|first=John|date=2014-01-18|website=The New Yorker & Me|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

=== Romantic comedy ===
{{main|Romantic comedy}}
'''Romantic comedies''' are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. Humour in such films tends to be of a verbal, low-key variety or situational, as opposed to slapstick.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/subgenre/romantic-comedy-d529 |title=Romantic Comedy |publisher=[[AllRovi]] |access-date=10 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071237/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/subgenre/romantic-comedy-d529 |archive-date=11 August 2011 }}</ref> Films within this genre include ''[[City Lights]]'', ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'', ''[[It Happened One Night]]'', [[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story]]'', ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]'', ''[[Roman Holiday]]'', ''[[The Big Sick]]'', ''[[Enough Said]]'', ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost In Translation]]'', ''[[To All the Boys I've Loved Before (film)|To All the Boys I've Loved Before]]'', ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'', ''[[Dave (film)]]'', ''[[Say Anything...]]'', ''[[Moonstruck]]'', ''[[As Good as It Gets]]'', ''[[Something's Gotta Give (film)|Something's Gotta Give]]'', ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', ''[[Annie Hall]]'', ''[[Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Apartment]]'' and ''[[Pablo and Carolina]]''.

=== Romantic action ===
'''Romantic action''' is a film that blend [[Romance (love)|romance]] and [[action film|action]]. Examples include ''[[Foreign Correspondent (film)|Foreign Correspondent]]'', ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives ]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'', ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', ''[[The Torch (film)]]'', ''[[The Town (2010 film)|The Town]]'', ''[[Killers (2010 film)|Killers]]'', ''[[Knight and Day]]'', ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'', ''[[This Means War (film)|This Means War]]'' and ''[[The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)|The Bounty Hunter]]''.

=== Romantic thriller ===
{{main|Romantic thriller}}
'''Romantic thriller''' is a genre of film which has a storyline combining elements of the romance film and the [[Thriller film|thriller genre]]. Some examples of romantic thriller films are ''[[To Catch a Thief]]'', ''[[Vertigo (film)]], ''[[The Adjustment Bureau]]'', ''[[West Side Story]]'', ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'', ''[[The Crying Game]]'', ''[[Unfaithful (2002 film)|Unfaithful]]'', [[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]], and ''[[Wicker Park (film)|Wicker Park]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/wicker-park-v286560 |title=Wicker Park (2004) |publisher=AllRovi |access-date=10 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027223231/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/wicker-park-v286560 |archive-date=27 October 2011 }}</ref>

=== Gothic romance ===
{{Main|Gothic romance film}}'''Gothic romance''' is a film genre which includes gothic elements and affirms feminine experiences, perceptions and interpretations of their “fear, anger, and distrust of patriarchal order”.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Waldman|first=Diane|date=1984|title="At Last I Can Tell It to Someone!": Feminine Point of View and Subjectivity in the Gothic Romance Film of the 1940s|journal=Cinema Journal|volume=23|issue=2|pages=29–40|doi=10.2307/1225123|jstor=1225123}}</ref> A key feature of gothic romance films is the [[Bluebeard|“Bluebeard motif”]]. This typically refers to secrets or forbidden rooms or areas in a house, which represent female protagonists’ repressions. This common characteristic is based on a variation of the Bluebeard folktale of a wealthy man who forbids his new wife from entering his castle's underground chamber, to which she finds the corpses of his many former wives. Some examples of gothic romance films include ''[[Crimson Peak]], [[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]], [[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]'' and [[Gaslight (1944 film)|''Gaslight'']]''.''

=== Romantic fantasy ===
{{main|Romantic fantasy}}
'''Romantic fantasies''' describe [[fantasy]] stories using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre. Some examples include ''[[The Lady Eve]]'', ''[[Top Hat]], ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)]]'', ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'', ''[[Groundhog Day (film)]]'', ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'', ''[[Cinderella (2015 film)|Cinderella]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)]]'', ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'', ''[[Midnight in Paris]]'', and ''[[Her (film)|Her]].<ref name="Robinson">{{cite web|url=http://web.utk.edu/~wrobinso/590_lec_fan.html|title=A Few Thoughts on the Fantasy Genre|author=William C. Robinson|date=October 2004|publisher=University of Tennessee, Knoxville|access-date=18 January 2009}}</ref>

===Paranormal romance ===
'''Paranormal romance''' is a popular genre of film which features romantic relationships between humans and supernatural creatures.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lW6EAwAAQBAJ&q=paranormal+romance+&pg=PP1|title=A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television|last1=Panse|first1=S.|last2=Rothermel|first2=D.|date=2014-04-24|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-01418-4|language=en}}</ref> Popular tropes include [[vampirism]], [[Time travel|time-travel]], [[Ghost|ghosts]] and psychic or telekinetic abilities - i.e. things that cannot be explained by science.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tobin-McClain|first=Lee|date=2000|title=Paranormal Romance: Secretsof the Female Fantastic|journal=Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts|volume=11|issue=3 (43)|pages=294–306|issn=0897-0521|jstor=43308461}}</ref> The genre originated in literature and moved on to the screen in the early 2000s, following the success of the Twilight Saga adaptations from [[Stephenie Meyer|Stephanie Meyer]]’s books.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The twilight of the Gothic. Vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance.|last=Crawford, Joseph.|date=2014|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-1-78316-064-8|oclc=894201495}}</ref> By 2007–8, film studios were producing various paranormal romance films, many adapted from novels.<ref name=":0" /> Examples of paranormal romance films include ''[[The Shape of Water]]'', ''[[Warm Bodies (film)|Warm Bodies]]'', ''[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|The Twilight Saga]]'', ''Emerald Green, [[Vampire Academy (film)|Vampire Academy]]'', ''[[He's a Dragon|I Am Dragon]]'' and ''[[The Exterminating Angel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls026257355/|title=paranormal romance|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of romance films]]
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]]
* [[Romantic comedy]]
* [[Drama (film and television)|Drama film]]
* [[List of interracial romance films|Interracial romance film]]
* [[Romance novel]]
* [[Romance (love)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genres=romance&languages=en&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=feature&num_votes=10000,&explore=genres Top-rated English-language Romance films] at [[IMDb]]

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