History of the romantic crime genre

Romantic crime is not a common genre therefore it is not as popular, so there are not as many movies within the genre. However romance and crime separately have a larger history.

Romance 
  • Romance movies are probably some of the most popular films and they can be subcategorised with comedy and action too, therefore appealing to a larger target audience of women and men. 
  • Romance films narrative revolve around love between the two protagonists.
  • The first Romantic movie was said to be called 'The may Irwin kiss', which apparently lasted an approximate of 18 seconds and was created by Thomas Edison in New Jersey.


  • Romance films can be subcategorised into a few different genres including:
  1. Romantic drama- Titanic 
  2. Chick flick- Mean girls 
  3. Romantic comedy- When harry met sally 
  4. Romantic thriller- sleeping with the enemy
  5. Romantic action/ crime- Mr and Mrs smith 
  • The most famous historical romance movies include Titanic, Gone with the wind, Jane Eyre and Romeo and Juliet. 

Crime

  • Crime films are mainly orientated around actions of criminals, e.g bankrollers, stealing, murder and ruthless characters who operate outside the war.
  • Many crime films are not based on popular novels but plays, for instance 'Witness for the prosecution'
  • The crime genre actually arose from the idea of a romantic crime, giving heroic qualities to the main character.
  • Crime films are often associated with gangster films as they have similar conventions. Gangster films emerged during the 1930s and quickly became very popular. A lot of the time these films are associated and have links with the mafia.

         

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