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Romantic comedy

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCore term

In film & television, romantic comedy means: A genre that combines a love story with humor, usually focusing on obstacles, attraction, misunderstandings, and an emotionally satisfying ending.

In Turkish: romantik komedi

How it is used

Used in film, TV, and publishing. Romantic comedies often balance witty dialogue, relationship tension, and light emotional stakes.

Example sentences

  1. The streamer wanted the script to lean more clearly into romantic comedy, so we added sharper banter and a less bitter breakup.

    Here, romantic comedy describes a tonal genre choice that shapes dialogue, conflict, and the emotional feel of the story.

  2. Although the poster looked dramatic, reviewers called the film a romantic comedy because the central relationship drove most of the jokes.

    In this sentence, the term classifies the work by how romance and humor function together across the film.

Common collocations

  • romantic comedy film
  • write a romantic comedy
  • romantic comedy series
  • classic romantic comedy
  • genreA category of films or TV shows that share a style, subject or set of conventions, such as comedy, horror, western or science fiction.
  • plotThe series of connected events that make up the story of a film or series, and the order in which they are shown.

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