Sub-genres of a chick flick

Tearjerkers:


* Tearjerkers are gal-pal films, movies about romance and emotional crises. They are traditionally 'weepies' and fantasy-action adventures, sometimes with powerful females and bonding situations characterised by a plot to appeal to the emotions of the audience.. An example of a tearjerker is 'Pay It Forward'.


Romantic – comedy:

* Rom-coms are films with light-hearted, easy to flow plot lines, centred on romantic ideas such as love at first sight and fairy-tale endings. Examples of a Romantic comedy are ‘The Holiday’ and ‘Love Actually’.

Guy- com:

* A guy chick flick is a movie where feelings and emotions are discussed and/or dealt with, but from the guy's point-of-view, and with minimum sap.  They may contain things you associate with guys, like sport, and laziness, but they are always about guys dealing with life, their futures, or relationships with women, family, and/or friends. Examples of guy coms are ‘American Pie’ and ‘The Hangover’. 

Comedy:

* Comedy films are designed to provoke laughter from the audience. They are light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain. Most comedy films humorously exaggerate situations, the way of speaking, the action and the characters. Examples of comedies are ‘The Inbetweeners’ and ‘Meet The Fockers’.

    

I've got some of the information from the film site: http://www.filmsite.org/subgenres.html