romantic comedy

Murphy's Romance is a very gentle romantic comedy; even Murphy's cast-away lady friend (Georgann Johnson) behaves like a civilized human being instead of a woman scorned.

drama side as opposed to a pure romantic comedy

The series fits within the romance and drama side as opposed to a pure romantic comedy because of the story involved.

romance

Looks like a romance novel, what is the genre?

romance novel

Looks like a romance novel, what is the genre?

GENRE romance

And that, people, is about a GENRE romance .

a charming love-triangle comedy starring Sally Field as a divorced, financially strapped horse trainer in a small Arizona town whose relationship with the much older local pharmacist (James Garner) becomes threatened thanks to the arrival of James Garner's shiftless ex-husband

Murphy's Romance (1985) is a charming love-triangle comedy starring Sally Field as a divorced, financially strapped horse trainer in a small Arizona town whose relationship with the much older local pharmacist (James Garner) becomes threatened thanks to the arrival of James Garner's shiftless ex-husband (Brian Kerwin).

romantic drama

The book is basically a crime mystery in the garb of a romantic drama.

a May-December love story between Murphy Jones (Garner), a widowed pharmacist in rural Arizona, and Emma Moriarty (Sally Field), a newly divorced mother who moves to town in search of a fresh start

Murphy's Romance' is a May-December love story between Murphy Jones (Garner), a widowed pharmacist in rural Arizona, and Emma Moriarty (Sally Field), a newly divorced mother who moves to town in search of a fresh start.

thriller

The film is classified as a romance/thriller by IMDb.

The film, a sci-fi thriller

The film, a sci-fi thriller, Murphy plays a paranormal researcher who works with De Niro’s character, a blind psychic who claims to have supernatural powers.