Thrillers commonly occur on a large scale. For example events like terrorism, assassinations, murders or the overthrowing of a government.

In thrillers that are associated with tragedy, the hero commonly is killed in the process.

The cover up of important information as well as chase scenes are commonly involved in action thriller films.

Examples of thriller films include: Crime, conspiracy, disaster, mystery, psychological thriller, revenge, supernatural, political, technological and many others.

A genre of film that uses suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements. A thriller tends to have a climax where the main character is usually placed in a situation which seems impossible to get out of.