Genres - Thriller

Sub genres:

Thrillers- sub genres of the thriller genre give more detail to how a thriller should be laid out, as well as giving specific examples of films for each sub genre category.

Conspiracy Thriller: this consists of some sort of hero or heroine who are stereotypically journalists or armature investigators who find themselves trapped in a very powerful organisation. It plays with the identification of good to overrule the evil in the world. They often play with the secrecy of governments and major organisations in history. Exaples of these are "The Game" starring Michael Douglas and "The Bourne Ulimatum" with Matt Damon.

Crime Thriller: thrillers are sometimes used to create more suspense on an account to showing success of a failed crime act on film. They focus on the criminals and their activities leading up to the crime. They usually emphasise action over psychological aspects. Central topics of the films include serial killers and murderers, robberies, chases, shootouts, heist and double-crosses. Some films are "Inside man" with Denzel Washington, Clove Owen, Jodie Foster, and theres "seven" starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

Disaster Thriller: these types of thrillers follow certain groups or persons survival in conflict with natural or artificial disasters like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes. These thrillers play with what the future is going to bring for if such disasters were to happen. " 2012" and "The Day After Tomorrow"

Mystery Thriller: This relates a lot to crime thrillers. It focuses mostly on the efforts of the detective or private investigator in order to solve the mystery. Audiences usually take part in trying to uncover the story. This brings more dramatic effect to the films during the investigation in order to know what the crime is. "Flight Plan" with Jodie Foster and " Identity" are examples of or mystery thrillers.

Political Thriller: this looks into the stabilityof a government and reliance on a hero or heroine who must ensure the stability of the government that employs him in order to prevent bad things happening. Commonly used scenarios are the US presidential elections and the preventions of world wars occuring. "The Contender" with Gary Oldman, Jean Allen, Jeff Bridges and Chritian Slater is and exmples of a political thriller based film.