The Thriller Film Industry.

I began my research on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)(http://www.imdb.com/genre/thriller) by looking at films by genre and going into the thriller section. The IMDB is the largest internet based database for information on directors, actors, celebrity stories, films and reviews. This website gave me the the current most popular thrillers which are:

1.The Wolfman
Dir: Joe Johnston, Genre: Horror | Thriller
2. Edge of Darkness
Dir: Martin Campbell, Genre: Drama | Thriller
3. From Paris With Love
Dir: Pierre Morel, Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
4. The Hurt Locker
Dir: Kathryn Bigelow, Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller | War
5. Shutter Island
Dir: Martin Scorsese, Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Three of these films, 'Wolfman', 'From Paris With Love' and 'Edge of Darkness', were also in the top 10 USA weekend Box Office Summary for this weekend, which shows the popularity of this genre.
From these films I can see that when there are thriller movies they are usually mixed with another genre in order to reflect their storylines. This could occur in our thriller, so after we have planned what our main story is, we may have to look at other genres to see if our film ties in with any others so we can avoid claiming it is a pure thriller as there don't seem to be any around without sub-genres.
According to www.movies.com.au 'The majority of thriller movies are actually hybrid films that use characteristics of another type of genre to maintain audience interest and anticipation', and the different hybrids are:
* Action thriller
* Conspiracy thriller
* Crime thriller
* Disaster thriller
* Drama thriller
* Eco-thriller
* Erotic thriller
* Legal thriller
* Medical thriller
* Political thriller
* Psychological thriller
* Spy thriller
* Techno-thriller
* Religious thriller

I also found a chart for the best and a chart for the worst Thriller films ever made, as voted for by IMDB users.(http://www.imdb.com/chart/thriller)

The 5 Top rated Thrillers of all time, according to the chart, are:
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. Rear Window (1954)
5. Fight Club (1999)

This chart shows how Thrillers have always been popular throughout the years and also shows how the genre has not been lost over time, as one of 5 these 'top thrillers' dates back to 1954, and another at 2008. The oldest movie on the chart called 'The Big Sleep' was made in 1946, and the most recent film on the chart is 'Inglourious Basterds' which was released in 2009.

Another website I used for research is http://www.toptenreviews.com. They keep up to date with movies, reviews, and the top directors and films and have plenty of information on their website.
According to their research, the top 10 thriller movie directors are:

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