This document summarizes several common sub-genres found in thriller movies, including courtroom thrillers, movies involving murder and crime, supernatural thrillers, detective thrillers, and thrillers involving sex and relationships. Each sub-genre is defined by its key elements, such as courtroom scenes, crimes committed by villains, supernatural events, detectives investigating crimes, and relationships complicated by danger or being forced to work against each other. Examples of movies that fall into each sub-genre are also provided.

1. Sub-genres of a Thriller
Movie
This is a presentation explaining
which sub-genres you can find in a
Thriller movie and which elements
they include.

2. Courtroom
• You can find scenes with a courtroom in Thriller
movies
• People, often the villain, are charged for their crimes
in front of a jury
Examples
df - The Lincoln
Lawyer
- The Accused

3. Murder and crime
• In nearly every Thriller film you can find murder and crime
• The villain is committing crimes like stealing money or
diamonds or committing a murder
• The protagonist, the good person, is fighting against him/her
Examples
- Man on the
ledge
- Number 23

4. Supernatural
• Sometimes you find supernatural parts in Thriller movies
(ghosts, space shuttles, elements of the future)
• Supernatural things are happening in a supernatural
environment
Examples
- The
Gift
- Season
of the
witch

5. Detective
• You often find a Detective (a police officer or a private
person, who investigates a crime) in a Thriller movie
• The Detective is a person the viewers can relate to
• He/she often gets personally involved in the crime they
investigate
Examples
- Se7en
- The Dark
Knight

6. Sex and relationship
• You often find sex and relationship in Thriller movies in form
of to people who have sex or a relationship
• Those people are often involved in crimes or things which
make their relationship hard to last
• Sometimes they are forced to work against each other or the
are in danger
Examples
- Mr and
Mrs
Smith
- James
Bond