page_title: Romantic thriller
section_title: Films
hierarchical_section_title: Romantic thriller / History / Films
caption_attribution_description: English: Frame from the 1941 public domain trailer for the Warner Bros. film The Maltese Falcon showing Humphrey Bogart as Spade kissing Mary Astor as Brigid.
context_page_description: A Romantic thriller or a romance thriller is a narrative that involves romance and thriller. Etymology of the word thrill comes from English root meaning “to pierce”. A thrill is a sharp sensation.
  A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. It makes persons sit on the edge of their seats. A thriller is more a familiar concept and description than a pure genre. It is not a genre with a precise definition. It can vary from comedy and melodrama to adventure and romance. All thrillers are a combination of different genres. The basic thriller trait of suspense, fits with some genres better than with others. For example, crime, sci-fi and romance allow more scope for suspense than screwball comedies or musicals do.
  Romantic thriller in discussion of genres, is more a metagenre that merges two or more genres together. It is different from established and historically specific cinema movements like Gothic horror or Golden Age detective. A genre works on two levels. First a specific theme exists.
context_section_description: Opinions vary on what films are in this category. This is only a guide. The first list is Hollywood movies. The second is broader and includes international films.
  Casablanca (1942) World War II drama of complications and love.  Stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Raines.
  The Maltese Falcon (1941) Detective story with a love affair.  Stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Peter Lorre.
  The Big Sleep (1946) Detective Marlowe story with a love affair. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers.
  Vertigo (1958) Classic Alfred Hitchcock direction. Investigation and romance . Stars James Stewart and Kim Novak.
  "'Charade" (1963) Divorcee gets involved in a caper with multiple layers of masked identity. Stars Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, and James Coburn.
  Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)  Abused wife fakes her death to escape violent husband.  Stars Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin.
  True Romance (1993) By Quentin Tarantino. Full of drugs, drama and sex.  Stars Christian Slater,  Val Kilmer and Patricia Arquette.
  Unfaithful (2002) Marriage to an unfaithful wife has fatal consequences. Stars Richard Gere, Diane Lane.
  Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) Married couple are secret assassins. Stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
  "The Tourist" (2010) Spies rope an unsuspecting tourist into their global hunt for a thief. Stars Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, and Timothy Dalton.
  Broader list of examples:
  Pudhiya Paravai (1964 Indian film)
  The Tamarind Seed (1974)
  Diva (1981)
  Breathless (1983)
  Romancing the Stone (1984)
  The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
  True Romance (1993)
  Dil Se.. (1998)
  Wicker Park (2004)
  Match Point (2005)
  Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008)
  The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
  Super 8 (2011)
  Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal (2012 Tamil film)
  Nidra (2012 Malayalam film)
  Safe Haven (2013)
  Vai Raja Vai (TBA)
  Maha Maha (2015 Tamil film)
  Road Games (2015)
  Gentleman(2016)
caption: The Maltese Falcon
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