Thriller Genre

The Thriller genre is based around suspense and tension. Simply, the aim of a Thriller film is to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Thriller films are notoriously stressful leaving the audience anxious and nervous for the main characters or the victims in the film.

Here are some examples of Thriller Films:

'The Silence of the Lambs'- An FBI agent develops a relationship with a serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lector, in order to gain Lector’s help and contacts in the hunt for another serial killer.

'The Great Escape' - A huge group of british prisoners of war, plan an escape from a German war camp in the middle of World War II.

'North By Northwest' - Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, an advertising agent travels cross-country trying to survive.

Thriller films are often hybrid films clashed with another genre. For example, the main thriller sub-genres are, Action or Adventure Thriller's, Sci-Fi Thriller's, Psychological Thriller's and Western Thrillers.

Here are some other examples of iconic thriller films:

The Terminator (1984)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Goldfinger (1964)
 Planet of the Apes (1968)
Jaws (1975)