The other ten super-genres are action, crime, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, war, and western. Williams identifies thriller films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy, claiming that all feature length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres.

The protagonist is usually set against a problem, such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery. Thriller films' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force, which can sometimes be abstract. Life is typically threatened in a thriller film, such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. A common theme in thrillers involves innocent victims dealing with deranged adversaries, as seen in Hitchcock's film Rebecca (1940), where Mrs.

Mystery movies full length free