Romance films (or
romance movies) are romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theaters and on
television that focus on
passion,
emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the journey that their genuinely strong, true and pure romantic love takes them through dating, courtship or
marriage. Romance films make the romantic love story or the search for strong and pure love and romance the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as
finances, physical
illness, various forms of
discrimination, psychological restraints or family that threaten to break their union of love. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life,
temptations (of
infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films.