thriller

a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

The ''thriller'' is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroheroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. The hero of a typical thriller faces danger alone or in the company of a small band of companions. The protagonist may be a law enforcement agent, a journalist, or a soldier, but typically he or she is cut off from the resources of "their" organization. More often the hero is an ordinary citizen drawn into danger and intrigue by circumstances beyond their control. Thrillers are typically novels or filmmovies, though television series such as ''Alias (television)Alias'', ''24 (television)24'', ''The Sandbaggers'' and ''Spooks'' also fall into this genre, along with such non-fiction bestsellers as ''Holy Blood, Holy Grail'' and even ''Fermat's Enigma'', Simon Singh's account of the conquest of Fermat's last theoremFermat's Last Theorem. While thrillers constitute a distinct genre, they often incorporate elements of other genres such as adventure noveladventure, detective fiction, and espionage. A thriller includes suspense as an indispensable ingredient.Novelists closely associated with the genre include: Eric Ambler, Desmond Bagley, John Buchan, Frederick Forsyth, Jack Higgins, Christopher Hyde, Duncan Kyle, Alistair MacLean, Dan Brown and Robert Ludlum.Notable movie thrillers include: ''The Thirty-Nine Steps'', ''The Lady Vanishes'', ''North by Northwest'', ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''Duel (movie)Duel'', ''The Parallax View'', ''In the Line of Fire'', ''Manhunter (film)Manhunter'', ''The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Hannibal (film)Hannibal'', ''Red Dragon'', and ''Marathon Man''.

See also -

List of thriller authors

Thriller fiction

Conspiracy thriller

Techno-thriller

Thriller film

Spy fiction

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