psychological drama

The Comfort of Strangers is a 1990 Italian-British psychological drama film directed by Paul Schrader.

a 1990 psychological thriller film directed by Paul Schrader

The Comfort of Strangers is a 1990 psychological thriller film directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, and Helen Mirren.

drama

The Comfort of Strangers is a 1990 Italian-British drama film directed by Paul Schrader.

a dramatic thriller movie

The Comfort of Strangers is a dramatic thriller movie.

an exquisitely crafted gothic novella

The Comfort of Strangers is an exquisitely crafted gothic novella.

Romance

The subject matter of the book lies within the tradition (or genre) of the Romance.

another of Ian McEwan’s taut and suspenseful novels

The Comfort of Strangers is another of Ian McEwan’s taut and suspenseful novels.

an art house film directed by Paul Schrader

The Comfort of Strangers, an art house film directed by Paul Schrader, features Walken as Robert, a decadent Italian aristocrat with extreme sexual tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with Walken's wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice.

a contemporary ensemble drama that follows a disparate group of characters, all trying to survive a cold New York City winter, who find laughter, love and kindness in each other

The Kindness of Strangers is a contemporary ensemble drama that follows a disparate group of characters, all trying to survive a cold New York City winter, who find laughter, love and kindness in each other.

Fantasy/Adventure

Its genre could be described as Fantasy/Adventure, for

romantics

Although a stereotypical story with type-cast characters, the subjects simply depict the human experience, appealing to sympathetic audiences and romantics on a universal level.

horror fiction

As such, the book falls in the genre of horror fiction.

stereotypical story

Although a stereotypical story with type-cast characters, the subjects depict the human experience and appeal to sympathetic audiences and romantics, sympathetic audiences's simplicity giving sympathetic audiences the ability to connect to audiences on a universal level.

a brooding, steely, ravishingly seductive film, one that lingers long in the memory

The Comfort of Strangers is a brooding, steely, ravishingly seductive film, one that lingers long in the memory.

romance, mystery, humor, fantasy, horror and science fiction

The genres include romance, mystery, humor, fantasy, horror and science fiction.