Theme: Romantic Comedy

There are probably few films featured on this site where romance of some type does not feature. Not all romance films are however Romantic Comedies, a variation that looks at the more light-hearted aspects of attraction and is a popular niche in mainstream cinema.

There have been a number of permutations of the Romantic Comedy within Fantastic Cinema. These include romances with non-human characters such as mermaids, aliens, angels, androids, cyborgs, vampires, mannequins and zombies. Others concern romances with those who have unusual abilities such as witches, clairvoyance and psychic powers. Other works involve people with the ability to travel through time, bodyswaps, are set in alternate worlds or before the end of the world.

For more detail and an overview of the genre see the Theme Essay Romantic Comedies.