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Definition
Thrillers are types of films known to promote intense excitement, uncertainty and anxiety. Thriller is a film to pursue a simple goal – to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the ‘edge of their seats’ as the plot builds towards a climax. The protagonist is involved in a mystery situation and facing a series of obstacles; and the thriller film makes the audience to take the role as the protagonist. By special sound track and special effect at the right time and at the right point, it creates an anxiety environment to the audience. Thriller's close related genre is horror film. There are many sub-genre under the category of thriller such as spy thrillers, political thrillers, forensic thrillers, political thrillers… and more.

Inspiration
Where does the inspiration of thriller movies come from? Thriller movie usually comes from a fiction story. Some of ideas/storyies might be made up by the story writer/script writer. Some are based on the true stories such as the crimes that happened in the society or some individual's experiences in really life. The story line is an essential element for thriller movie. Without a good story line or plot, audience would not get tensioned.

Alfred Hitchcock

Famous Director
Director plays an important role in thriller film. The two greatest directors in thriller film field are Alfred Hitchcock and David Fincher. Alfred pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genre. He is one of the best known and most popular directors of all time, famous for his expert and largely unrivaled control of pace and suspense throughout his movies. Some of examples for his works are Psycho(1960), Rear Window(1954) and North by Northwest(1959) which are all in the top 10 thriller movies throughout years. Alfred loved to use bathroom as a plot device and often the theme of his movie is "wrong man" or "mistaken identity". Another famous director in the thriller film genre is David Fincher. Seven(1995) and Fight Club(1999) are two of David's well known works. The trade mark for David's movies is that several frames flash on the screen in the middle of a scene, which is demonstrated by his film Fight Club.

David Fincher

Examples
for sub-genres under thriller

Ex: Mission Impossible, 007 Ex: The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, Rambo Ken Goddard, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs. Ex: Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley
 * Spy thrillers** - the hero is usually a government agent who is against agents of a rival government or terrorists.
 * Political thrillers** - the hero must ensure the stability of the government that employs him
 * Forensic thrillers** - the heroes are forensic experts whose involvement with an unsolved crime puts their lives at risk.
 * Psychological thrillers** - conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional rather than physical.

Ranking

 * __Top Thriller Movies throughout years__**
 * 1) [|Rear Window (1954)]
 * 2) [|Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)]
 * 3) [|The Usual Suspects (1995)]
 * 4) [|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)]
 * 5) [|Psycho (1960)]
 * 6) [|North by Northwest (1959)]
 * 7) [|Memento (2000)]
 * 8) [|The Silence of the Lambs (1991)]
 * 9) [|Vertigo (1958)]
 * 10) [|Fight Club (1999)]



Relative Links
IMDB - [|http://www.imdb.com] Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Film Genre - http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

Red Dragon - http://www.impawards.com/2002/posters/red_dragon.jpg Rear Window - http://www.cinemarts.com/itemimages/item_954_1.jpg Alfred Hitchcock - http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/images/hitch_portrait.jpg David Fincher - http://www.nndb.com/people/445/000031352/fincher__david-crop.jpg Casino Royale - http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/albums/userpics/poster_CasinoRoyalTeaserPoster.jpg