Plenty of excellent replies, guys, especially the ones by MT and Nova.
But I was not referring to this - "if realism exists in filmmaking." Excluding docs, filmmaking is one giant cooker of imagination. I know that too.
And there is a huge difference between realism and reality. Realism is simulating reality in the visual arts - be it films, painting, sculpture etc. To quote a guy from another forum -
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When an audience can relate to something, it is more likely to affect them. So realism, for me, has always meant something I could envision happening in the 'real' world. Movies are there to play on our emotions, and thus all tools are used to achieve this task. We are meant to feel happy with the central character when he gets the girl, glad when he kills the villain, and sad when the villain comes back. The more real it seems, the more effective it is. Drugs, Rape and Murder are things that affect our society, and thus people will usually be more sensitive to them.
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There's a good article on this too -
http://www.filmreference.com/encyclo...M-HISTORY.html
But thats a different line altogether, and we won't go there.
I am referring to something else - escapist entertainment vs realism.