The thriller genre origniated from 'Homer's Odyssey' which is thought to be one of the earliest prototypes of the thriller genre. The modern thriller has now branched into other popular sub-genres such as:
Conspiracy, In which the Character recognises enemy e.g 'Flightplan' by Robert Schwentke (2005)
A Crime thriller, which accounts a successful or failed crime, often criminal focus as main character e.g 'Oceans eleven' (2001) Steven Soderbergh, or 'Godfather' by Francis Ford Coppola (1972) which is considered one of the best thrillers of all time.
A Disaster thriller which can be Natural or Artificial which affects the main character such as 'The Day after tomorrow' (2004) by Roland Emmerich. These can often be popular as exaggerations of real events that have happend recently, for Example '2012' that was also directed by Roland Emmerich (2009).
Legal thriller - lawyer/hero faces enemy in and/or outside a courtroom 'Presumed Innocent' (1990) Alan J. Pakula,
Medical thrillers involve hero/heroine working to solve a medical problem, such as 'Coma' (1978) Michael Critchton.
Mystery thrillers involve a main character involved in Problem solving or in a mysterious setting, 'Memento' (2000) by Chirstopher Nolan. This particular example also used variation in Narritive structure which supported the ideal of mystery by placing the audience at the end of the film and working towards the start.
Political - Hero/heroine must help maintain government order, 'The Ghost writer' (2010) by Roman Palanski, real life politcal events can also influence thrillers, for example 'JFK' by Oliver Stone (1991) recorded the events that lead up to the assasination of the President of America.
Psychological thrillers that display conflict that is emotional and psychological, until an often phsyical climax, 'Phone Booth' (2002) by Joel Schumacher
There are other sub-genres that have been formed such as Erotic, Religious, Rape/Revenge,Techno and medical thrillers.
One of the first appearence of a thriller sub-genre was a romantic-comedy film called 'Safety Last' by Harold Lloyd (1923) and other sub-genres followed as a result of it's success.
A Crime thriller, which accounts a successful or failed crime, often criminal focus as main character e.g 'Oceans eleven' (2001) Steven Soderbergh, or 'Godfather' by Francis Ford Coppola (1972) which is considered one of the best thrillers of all time.
A Disaster thriller which can be Natural or Artificial which affects the main character such as 'The Day after tomorrow' (2004) by Roland Emmerich. These can often be popular as exaggerations of real events that have happend recently, for Example '2012' that was also directed by Roland Emmerich (2009).
Legal thriller - lawyer/hero faces enemy in and/or outside a courtroom 'Presumed Innocent' (1990) Alan J. Pakula,
Medical thrillers involve hero/heroine working to solve a medical problem, such as 'Coma' (1978) Michael Critchton.
Mystery thrillers involve a main character involved in Problem solving or in a mysterious setting, 'Memento' (2000) by Chirstopher Nolan. This particular example also used variation in Narritive structure which supported the ideal of mystery by placing the audience at the end of the film and working towards the start.
Political - Hero/heroine must help maintain government order, 'The Ghost writer' (2010) by Roman Palanski, real life politcal events can also influence thrillers, for example 'JFK' by Oliver Stone (1991) recorded the events that lead up to the assasination of the President of America.
Psychological thrillers that display conflict that is emotional and psychological, until an often phsyical climax, 'Phone Booth' (2002) by Joel Schumacher
There are other sub-genres that have been formed such as Erotic, Religious, Rape/Revenge,Techno and medical thrillers.
One of the first appearence of a thriller sub-genre was a romantic-comedy film called 'Safety Last' by Harold Lloyd (1923) and other sub-genres followed as a result of it's success.
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