Top Rated Thriller Films

Rank	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	334,786
2.	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	192,625
3.	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	329,622
4.	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	227,532
5.	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	94,285
6.	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	121,892
7.	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1994)	219,164
8.	8.7	Psycho (1960)	114,587
9.	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	296,529
10.	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	196,228
11.	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	75,253
12.	8.6	Memento (2000)	214,194
13.	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	306,888
14.	8.6	Se7en (1995)	217,120
15.	8.6	Léon (1994)	151,541
16.	8.6	Taxi Driver (1976)	121,144
17.	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	73,385
18.	8.5	M (1931)	31,032
19.	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	28,310
20.	8.5	The Third Man (1949)	40,846
21.	8.5	Chinatown (1974)	61,994
22.	8.5	The Departed (2006)	198,516
23.	8.5	Alien (1979)	143,233
24.	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	154,162
25.	8.5	The Shining (1980)	137,495

All information/sources from Imdb

My Genre Choice

I chose thriller as a genre choice for my film because I personally do enjoy watching thriller films in my own time. As thriller is a genre that often merges or includes other themes it gives thriller films more diversity so there is a wide range of differences between each films. There is more choice as what type of thriller film to watch but the main codes and conventions do stay the same. Thriller is the most notifyable film to have sub - genres so audiences are usually not disappointed in what they view this also may include other themes that may be viewed in other genres too.. Supense is usually high and red herrings or cliff hangers used extensively this all adds to the tensions composed successfully in thriller films.

Role Allocation

For my fiction film I am working on my own and so this means I will be doing all the roles and work for my production.

Writer/Director/Cameraperson/Editor = Shanola May - Fuller