POLL - SEX & ROMANCE

Rules, tropes, cliches all films have them, what sub-genres should I test?

Help decide on future film sub-genres to be tested by doing the following poll (explanations for sub-genres appear after the poll.)

• "Carry On" films - A British series of sex comedies.  [Carry on Behind]
• Erotic romance - Romances that have lots of sex.  [9 1/2 Weeks]
• Historical romances - Romances set in an earlier period.  [Titanic]
• Lesbian romance - A romance between 2 women.  10+ films have already been tested for this genre.  [The Incredible True Adventure of Two Girls In Love]
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl - Films based around this character type.  10 films have already been tested for this genre.  [Garden State]
• Romantic drama - A romantic drama.  [Breakfast At Tiffany's]
• Romantic tragedies - A romance with a death.  [Sweet November]
• Rom Coms - The standard formulaic romantic comedies.  10 films have already been tested for this genre.  [Sleepless In Seattle]
• Supernatural romance - Romances between humans and supernatural creatures.  [Twilight]
• Teen Sex Comedies - Coming of age films meet sex comedies.  [Porky's]

There may be a lot of crossover between these sub-genres, many Sex & Romance films are comedies, dramas films.  Films may be tested in multiple genres.

There are Sex & Romance sub-genres not included here that appeared in previous polls.

• Comedies & Musicals - includes: Sex Comedies.
• Dramas & Historical - include genres that often include romances, like Bio-Pics, Coming of Age films, Melodramas and the like.
• Exploitation films - especially Sexploitation films.

There are Sex & Romance  sub-genres not included here that will appear on later polls.

• Suspense & Thrillers - especially Erotic thrillers.

Any sub-genres of Sex & Romance you feel are missing and need to be added to the list?  Any films that need to be tested?  Please comment below.

~ DUG.

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LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Desert Hearts (1985)

Films have formulas and cliches, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Setting in Reno in 1959, Desert Hearts (1985) is a film about a uptight respectable academic in Nevada for a quickie divorce who meets and falls in love with a wild young artist.

The following analysis may contain spoilers for

DESERT HEARTS (1985)

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - The Monkey's Mask (2000)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

The Monkey's Mask (2002) is, like Bound (1996) an erotic thriller with a lesbian hero.

The following analysis may contain spoilers for

THE MONKEY'S MASK (2000)

MULTI-GENRE FILM - Imagine Me & You (2005)

Films have formulas and rules, but can one film fit two sets of film rules?

Imagine Me & You was a 2005 romantic comedy about two women falling in love.

VARIOUS RULES - Why Rule #2 [Nudity]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Why do the nudity rules exist?

For every set of rules I've made Rule #2 about nudity.  Also see 10 ways film nudity can be more than gratutious titillation

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Why Rule 1 [Coming Out Story]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

I looked at 10 rules the Lesbian Romance films followed, tested 10 films against them and analysed the results, but I never looked at the rules themselves, so let's look at the first Lesbian Romance film rule...

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Analysis

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas? What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

These are the rules for Lesbian Romance Films.  Not the rules for romancing a lesbian.  I'm not qualified to do that.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Jack & Diane (2012)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Jack & Diane (2012) is a supposed horror film about two girls who meet and fall in love.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Lost & Delirious

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Lost & Delirious is about a girl new to a boarding school and the lesbian relationship of her room mates.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Bound

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Bound is an erotic thriller with a lesbian hero.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Better Than Chocolate

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Better than Chocolate is about young lesbians Maggie & Kim and Maggie's friends and family.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - My Summer of Love

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

My Summer of Love is the story of a poor town girl and her relationship with a rich girl sent home from boarding school as a bad influence.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - The Children's Hour

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

The Children's Hour is the story of two women who are just starting to establish a successful boarding school for girls when it all falls apart over rumours that they are lesbians stared by a spoilt child.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - DEBS

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

DEBS is a light comedy about a squad of trainee girl-spies and a female super villain.  Based on the short film of the same name.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - But I'm A Cheerleader

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

But I'm A Cheerleader is a farce about a girl who doesn't realise she's a lesbian who family hold an intervention and being taken to a special camp to be cured.  As such it parodies the hegemony's treatment of homosexuals, 12 step programs and many of this film genre's conventions.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love is everything it says on the tin.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Imagine Me & You

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

"Who knows why - past life, physiometry - but for some reason you just kind of click." ~ Rachel.

Imagine Me & You is a Rom Com about a woman who falls in love with someone else on her wedding day.  Can a Lesbian Romance follow the Rom Com rules?

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - The Film Rules

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Does a niche genre like Lesbian Romance films follow a genre.  They're often low-budget independent films, more likely to be seen in arthouse cinemas and at festivals.  Those sort of films don't have a formula, right?