Crime Thriller

• This sub genre is a hybrid of both crime, thrillers and often action.
• It offers the viewer a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime(s).
• They focus on the criminal(s) point of view (narrative) rather than a policeman or a victim's.
• Crime thrillers usually empahsize action over psychology aspects.
• Central topics of the sub genre include serial killers/murderers, robberies, chases, shootouts, heists and double-crosses which lead to violence.

Psychological Thriller

• The conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical.
• There is usually a violent resolution as there is some psychological imbalance.
• Alfred Hitchcock was famous for creating psychological thrillers including Psycho.

Action Thriller

• Action thrillers contain- Suspense, conspiracies, the plot usually revolves around fights, action and revenge.

Political Thriller

• They contain plots that revolve around conspiricies.
• The hero/heroine fights to ensure the stability of government/organisation that employs him/her.
• They often have tense power struggles and conflict.